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Friendship Care Package By Thoko Kalinda
Having that one person you have the closest bond and the most fun with sounds like all sorts of cool, but there is more to having a BFF (best friend forever) than what meets the eye. We have gotten past the ‘making friends’ bit, and it's now time to focus on how to maintain the ‘forever’ part. First things first, it's absolutely normal to feel lost on how to maintain a friendship after getting into one. Quite frankly, making friends is easier than maintaining friendships but don’t worry about it too much, SKY has a few tips to help you get your way around it.
Give what you want to receive Be to your friend, what you want them to be to you. You can't expect from your friend what you yourself are unable to give back. If you want your friend to be able to listen to you when you are sad, you should be able to do the same for them too.
Learn and be teachable
In the event that you and your friend don’t have the same love languages, worry not. This calls for you both to be open to learning and teaching each other. This can practically be done by both of you taking a keen interest in each other’s hobbies or generally any activities that make you both happy.
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Make time
Life can really get hectic with school, chores and a whole bunch of things, we get you! But you need to learn to make time for your friends in whatever way you can. Try spending your break or lunch with them at school, that’s a great way to build your bond. Another way would be doing your chores together, trust even your mums will be happy! LOL
Communication
Most times when we think about communication, we focus on things like affirmations or your usual chit-chats but another important aspect is communicating negative emotions. You won’t always see eye to eye with your friend and the times that this occurs, you need to be able to communicate your grievance the right way. You choosing not to speak out on certain things could have you growing apart when you could have been growing closer.
