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What is important in a friendship?
If you and your friend have trust, equality, compassion, honesty, and independence, you already have the foundation of a strong and healthy friendship. Even though it can be hard to recognize when a friendship is weak in some areas, it is always possible to improve yourself and your relationship with a friend.
How do I show my friend I care?
5 ways to show your friends you care
- Send handwritten notes and flowers. Sending and receiving a handwritten note with a bouquet of flowers can be incredibly moving.
- Flowers make people happier.
- Say how much they mean to you.
- Listen properly and ask good questions.
- Meet in person as often as possible.
How can I help a friend without giving advice?
With one exception, the nine tips below will enable you to help a friend without giving direct advice about action to be taken. The goal is to respect their right of self-determination and to strengthen their sense of self: Just be there. Listen. Your very presence can be a comfort to a friend.
How do you ask a friend for advice without being rude?
Give them a rant window. Oftentimes when people ask for advice, what they really want is to rehash something they can’t get off their mind—something they’ve probably talked about repeatedly to lots of different people (maybe even anyone who’d listen). The best way to be a friend is to enable both what they want to do and what they need to do.
Is getting advice from older friends better than that from same age friends?
Getting Advice from Older Friends Is Better Than That from Same Age Friends? TOPIC: Agree or disagree with this following statement: Getting advice from friends of an older age would be more valuable than from friends your own age. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
What is the best way to be a friend to someone?
The best way to be a friend is to enable both what they want to do and what they need to do. Want: tell the story repeatedly, as if they can change how they feel if they just talk about it enough. Need: work through it and let it go. Tell them you’re there to listen to everything they need to say.