How to Nurture Life Long Friendships: MIMH077 - youramericanmoney
Author: Michelle
Description: How to nurture life long friendships isn't easy. But, it's not as hard as many people think. Social media is making things trickier, here's what to do
Date: 2019-07-08T09:00:00+00:00

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# How to Nurture Life Long Friendships: MIMH077

posted on 8 July, 2019

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The other day, my sister from another mister Facetimed me. She was in Paris for work and was showing me where we used to hang out back in the day. We’ve known each other for what feels like a lifetime and originally met when I was studying French at the Sorbonne and she was teaching English as a Second Language to French school kids. Ironically, that trip I only spent $4,000 in cash for 6 months in Paris including: accommodation, transportation, phone services, and some food. Ask me about what I did when you see me. But, this conversation got me thinking about how important this friendship and others in my life have been as I make my way through this crazy experience called life. My friend is now married with two cute little boys who I consider my nephews.

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## Show Notes

- Who are the Five people that are closest to you?

- The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants is the ultimate movie about friendship. A somewhat unlikely group of girls become lifelong friends despite their differences and are connected by the magic of a pair of jeans that fits all of them. And, when each girl wears those jeans something magical happens. In some ways many of my friendships have a magical quality to them. For me, my best friendships have usually happened as a result of a shared experience. Like going to FinCon since 2012, traveling the world in Up With People, or working for the boss from hell.

- In the past couple of months I’ve had friends reach out to me to make sure that I was doing ok. Friends such as Kassandra Dassent, Sandy Smith, Michelle Poe (she’s a big deal if you know what Protandim is) Molly, Whittney, Parin (my bestie) and a couple of other amazing ladies who know me well. Life would be hard without them.

- Be the friend that you want to be. Typically, you will connect with like-minded people with this approach.

- Value your friendship. How do you show up?

- Be clear about financial boundaries and avoid borrowing money from a friend. I’ve been the broke friend who pays back the other friend LATE. It never ends well.

- Don’t fight the ebb and flow of the friendship

- Be supportive

- Don’t badmouth their partner (even when you should). People typically don’t want to hear it.

- If you’re ambivalent towards kids and they have them…that might kill your friendship.

- Or, if you have kids and drop off the face of the earth and reappear years later-that will end your friendship.

- Prioritize in person time…even if they live far from you.

- If you stay at their house make sure you remember to:
  - Pay for groceries
  - Help out
  - Leave a nice gift
  - Make sure they feel appreciated

- Have fun with your friend! Go on adventures, travel, do fun stuff to create new memories.

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