![]() How can I keep up a meaningful friendship? - Bye Bye Baby ![]() I don't have kids, but a lot of my friends are starting to, and it feels like we have less in common. But I would push you to ask yourself why you think this person would not be a good friend. It doesn't have to mean that you have a deep, intense friendship with everyone. Having different kinds of friends and generally being able to get along with different kinds of people is an important life skill. But if they're a kind of person you're not used to being friends with, you might ask yourself why that is and what you can do about that. Don't show up half of the time and keep them waiting the other half of the time.īut, truly, I would challenge this letter writer to go a little beyond that: If you think that truly this person has a personality you don't like, then forget about it. So I will say that if you truly do not have time to hang out with this person, do not lead them on. You don't have to tell someone something as negative as "I don't think our personalities mesh well," because the truth is that you've probably not spent enough time with this person to figure that out. My policy usually is kindness, kindness, kindness. How do I let them know? - Not asking for a friend Right: Simon & Schuster, cover design by Elizabeth Spiridakis Olson Ann Friedman (left) and Aminatou Sow are the authors of the book Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close.Īn acquaintance of mine really wants to become better friends, and I'm just not interested. ![]()
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