The Art of maintaining friendship.
The art of maintaining friendship . People say making friends is an art, and not everybody can do it. To me, that’s true — but the real art is in maintaining those friendships. I often wonder when I see people posting childhood friends’ pictures, tagging them: “15 years of friendship,” “last year of friendship,” “bond forever.” I wonder how they actually maintain that friendship. How are they still connected after so many years? Do they regularly call each other, or just once in a while? Do they share memes often, catch up, rant, or run to each other when life gets tough? Or is it just this mindful “friendship thing” — thinking about each other only when things get hard? Honestly, I secretly feel jealous of them. Because I’ve never really maintained a friendship. To my knowledge, I meet new people, make friends, talk, laugh, rant, and have fun. Then we drift apart, no contact, nothing. I’ve never truly maintained a friendship. Even my parents and grandparents have childhood frie...