Show Intro
I am Elijah R Young, I’m here with Sarah J. Storer and this is Relations: The Podcast, the on-demand radio show giving you better relationships, and more importantly, helping you become a better person to be in a relationship with…In today’s show:
Show Description
What are some of the characteristics of a true friendship? What signs can you look for to know that your friend is in for the long haul? This show is an extension of a conversation on THought Catalog in an article titled, “25 Signs Someone is a Real, True Friend”, by Christopher Hudspeth
By the end of this episode:
- 9 Signs that your friend is a keeper
Describe the problem
…After leaving high school or the easy built-in camaraderie of college, making friends–true friends–can prove to be a challenge. Friendships can often be as messy and as complicated as romantic relationships, especially the ones that last for a lifetime. How do you know if someone is a true friend? And how do you know if you’re a true friend in return? Find out in today’s episode, “Signs of a True Friendship.”
Segment #1
- They don’t make you feel like a horrible person for passing on invitations because you have to do things important to your education, career or the betterment of yourself in general. Sketchy is the friend who legitimately bashes you for choosing work over play.
- Much like with family members, you can go extended stretches of weeks or months without talking and hanging out consistently, yet there’s no doubts about your relationship. Schedules get busy, circumstances arise, but your friendship remains fully intact.
- They’ve helped you move. (If they help you move during the summer, they’re the realest friend, and you better buy them some type of friendship ring or at least the 2 for $20 at Chili’s.)
- If someone slings their name through the mud, you take offense, interrupt and kill any bashing immediately – and they’ll do the exact same for you.
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Segment #2
- When a friend knows painful information (e.g. your crush hates the way your face looks), they’ll tell you. Maybe slightly modified to soften the blow, but they won’t leave you in the dark with false hopes, or headed down a disastrous path.
- Even when involved in relationships, they don’t fall off the grid or blow your friendship off entirely. Yes, new love commands a lot of attention but don’t pull an Andy from Toy Story and just straight up neglect your clique.
- Rarely do you discover anything about what’s going on with them on social networks. You don’t need Facebook to tell you it’s their birthday, or Instagram to see who they were with and where they went last night.
- They don’t let you do anything stupid – at least not by yourself. If you wind up hammered, singing the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air theme song solo on karaoke night, reevaluate the friendships of everyone you were with that night. Someone should’ve intervened or started to sing.
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Final Thoughts:
#1 There are silences, but they don’t feel the least bit uncomfortable or awkward. If you can sit down and shut up with a person, never feeling obligated to fill that hushed void, you’ve got a special connection.
- Elijah’s Thoughts
- Sarah’s Thoughts
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