Practical Advice on Nurturing New Friendships

Wayne (Weimin) Li

A friend, which is the most important thing in anyone’s life, represents honesty and support. Therefore, making friends is very important. Whether good friends or bad friends, both can affect the way we live.
With hi-tech developments, there are so many ways to find new friends or keep in touch with our old friends. As you know the way we usually use to communicate with people, are the telephone, writing a letter, the Internet and text messages. If you want to know which the best way to meet a new friend is, I can tell you this depends on different kind of people, who have their own personalities.
However, when you make a friend, if you are not concerned about this up and coming friendship, you're likely to lose this friend soon. So, what you should do after having made a new friend is having contact with them properly or doing something that shows you care about them. For example, if you want to attend an activity, you may call your friend and say ‘would you like to attend that activity with me?’ And you also can text them to say ‘How’s it going?’ Or you can send them some gifts as well. I think all the means above definitely work.
To tell the truth, I am not really sure how to maintain a relationship or to make it long-lasting, but personally, whatever the case is, doing your best for your friends is the key.