Research has even proven that basing one’s self-worth on financial success is a direct path to misery and isolation.
You can’t force a friendship. If you want to avoid double date drama, you just have to practice amazing diplomacy.
You can find yourself in a tough position if you decide to keep a friend around who is doing things you don’t agree with. How do you remain a supportive presence in her life when you don’t support her choices?
When we’re still developing and finding our way in life, before we become whatever our success story is, the playing field is pretty even, and we make friends in this pure, innocent way. But what happens after we make our way in the world and find our career paths…that can really change friendships.
What happens when the girl you’ve confided in, laughed with, and shared a lot of memories becomes a distant memory herself? I’m sure we’ve all experienced a breakup, but friendship breakups seem to hit different than those we have with our significant others.
Not everyone grows up with the same understanding of what it means to be a friend, or what healthy expectations are of friends.
“Around this age, people begin to hone in on their values and their life purpose. It is around this age that there is a change in their interests, and people begin to think about life and their future differently due to major life changes."
When we don’t have social engagements to go to and the only way to carry out friendships is through video chats and simple outdoor park hangs, we see friendships for what they really are.
Radical honesty ain’t for everybody or every relationship; even though it should be.
As you get older, you start to discover what your values and beliefs are around some pretty major things like money, fidelity, and politics…These are things that didn’t impact your friendships when you were young.
Even I feel nervous sometimes admitting some of my pandemic behaviors to friends, as I fear they’ll condemn me, or judge me. I mentioned going to a bar (with a mask on, and sitting outdoors, distanced) to a friend, and she gave me a tongue lashing
Today, I really respect those who have mastered the art of live and let live. It makes for a pretty peaceful existence. It’s funny that I have struggled to learn when to lay off because I, personally, have been on the other side of unwanted opinions and I know how much it bothers me