JessidJoycewerebestfriendsinjuheydidalmtogether。TheeramisuandioppedtalkingtoJessiorethahs,JoycerefusedtotalktoJessiswerher;Duringthattime,Ifoundoutortantfriendshewas,"Jessicasays,"I'teveewhenIwasstudying,ljustthoughtabouthowtomendourfriendship。"
&semester,Jessicatriedagain。Thistime,Joycewaswillingtoworkitout。Ittooksometimea,butthefriendship>
Mostofushavesufferedthepainofbrokenfriendships。Butthegoodhatmostfriendshipsded。
OxfordprofessorMichaelArgylereisheda15-yearstudythatexploredlehappy。Whatdidhefiohappinessishavingoionshipaworkoffrieudiesshowthatoursoeakeushealthieraostress。Maintaininglong-lastihyfriendshipisworththeeffort!
Ifthere'sabrokenfriendshipyou'dliketomend,trythefollo>
Giveyourfrieofthedoubt。
It'seasytoassumetheworst。Butifafriendhashurtyou,hemaynotevenrealizehe'sdoneso。
Matt,anAmeridoctoralstudewofriendshipsbrokenbyhurtfulwords。Bothrelatioerhealed。
"It'sprobablytruethatifsomeosyou,theyshouldhavek;Mattsays,"butthefactisweareallhumahingsup。Youogivepeoplethebehedoubtbecauseyouwill,aswell。"
&iativetouhyourfriend。
Ifyou'vebeenhurt,yourinstinctisprobablytopullarotectyourself。Butifyoudothis,thefriendshipwilllikelydie。
"You,"says20-year-oldJamie,whohasrestoredseveralbrokenfriendships,"Friebrokeislost。Bothfrieoreaddemoheyaretrustworthy。"
&hefirsttoapologize。
Evenifyouwerehurt,apoly。
Giveupyhttht。Otherwisethefli'tbefotten,asitshouldbe。
Walkthroughtheflicttogether。
Startbytryihingsfromyourfriend'spoialkabouttheproblemsopenlybutkindly。Atfirst,Jessi'tuandwhyJoycestoppedtalkihenJoyallyexplaiJessica'steasingbotheredher。"Ifinallyfoundoutshewasaeasedherinfrontoftheboysinourclass。"Jessied。Jessiothieasingandthoughtitshouldn'tbotherJoyce。ButtedthatitwasembarrassingtoJoyce,shestopped。Thentheirfriendshipcouldheal。
Niichellehadbeefriendssincepreschool。Butinichellesuddenlypulledaway。"Wedidn'ttalktoeachotherforawhile,theorecile,"Nicolesays,"Butwe'rejustpoliteaow。"
It'snormalforfriendshipstoge。Oftedriftapart。Problemsewheriestohangoherfriesgo。
Ifyourfriendisn'twillingtsout,acdmoveon。Butifyouareabletorecile,you'llhaveafriendshipthat'stried-and-true!