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To Be a Better Friend Back when we were kids, the hours spent with friends were too numerous to count. Even after boyfriends entered the picture, our best friends irreplaceable. And time was the means by which we cultivated those friendships. Many of our friendships were never meant to last a lifetime. It’s natural that some friendships have time limits. Furthermore, now everyone has a busy social calendar, so pull back from some people that you don’t really want to draw close to and give the most promising friendship a fair chace to grow. You may get a call from a friend who is really depressed over a certain problem when you are just sitting down to enjoy a romantic dinner with your boyfriend . This is just one of those instances when a friend’s needs matter most. If you can’t be there at that given moment , say something like ,” I wish I could be with you---I can hear that you’re in pain. May I call you tomorrow?” Be sure your friend knows she’s cared about. Nearly all of us have friends living far away –friends we miss very much . Given the limited time available for visits and the high fees of phone calls ,writing is a fine way to keep in touch--and makes both sender and receiver feel good. Besides, letters, cards and postcards have the virtue of being concrete—friends can keep them and reread them for years to come. Many people fear that others will think less of you if you express negative feelings like anger and hurt. Remember ,honesty is the key to keeping a friendship real .Sharing your pain will actually deepen the unity between friends. Long--term friendships are similar to marriage in that there will be both periods of excitement and dullness. Long-term friendships wax and wane. You and your friends might be out of touch for a year or more because things get so hurried nowadays. But understand that if you need each other, you will be there for each other as much as you can. The last but not the least thing to keep a friendship alive is to say to your