Friendships longer than seven years will last a lifetime, a popular study have said. And that’s somewhat true. You might have a friend from school who you are still in contact with. Or a college buddy you regularly visit. We form friendships with people all through our life. But the ugly truth is even your BFF right now can eventually fade out from your life.
Friendships that stay on for many years truly stand the test of time. Even though you don’t meet up for years, you can have that one friend who is a constant in your life. Their presence is unfazed, but not always physical. In the course of years, you both change but the change doesn’t affect the friendship.
Here are the signs your friendship will last a lifetime.
You’re both proactive in each other’s life
Whether it’s via text or video calls, even when miles apart your communication is constant.
You can hang out in silence
Silence don’t bother you. You could hang out, scroll through social media and still have a great time.
Life milestones don’t bring up jealousy
Infact when one of your get a promotion or their dream job, you are actually happy for them. You celebrate each other’s milestones with unfolded happiness.
You plan settling down together
You have planned to take a month-long vacation in Hawaii way into the future and eventually look for the ideal place to settle down together. Even probably live next to each other and plan to take your pets on strolls.
You understand what the other is going through
Acutely aware of what the other is feeling, you have a connection that offers support at their worst hours. Even if you are miles apart.
You express hurt healthily
You don’t fight with passive aggression. If you are hurt, you work through it in a healthy way. You can openly communicate with each other and willing to change to make it a healthy friendship.
Even when you fight, you both make up immediately
You might be fighting but that doesn’t mean you will stop sending each other memes. You always make up after a fight no matter who is in the wrong. You choose to choose your friendship over your ego.
You actually listen to each other
No interruption and hours of listening to each other. You actually listen because you want to be offer support.
You don’t disappear without an explanation
You make time to drop them a text why you have been AWOL. You don’t ghost them and come back when its convenient for you. You actually let them in why you have disappeared from social media.
