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How would you describe your friends? “Friend from work”? “Vest in which you can always cry”? “The one you call when you have nothing to do”? It sounds cynical, but, whatever one may say, different friends “close” our different needs. So, they can be attributed to one type or another. We tell you which of them we all would like to see next to us.
Whether we like it or not, lifelong friendships are rare. Especially if we talk about true friendship, and not about the formal maintenance of relations when the roads have already parted. Perhaps this is not scary: what is more important is that right now there are people next to you with whom you are on the way. Those who can comfort or support you.
According to clinical psychologist Karen Nimmo, there are 6 types of friends that will make life better for each of us.
1.Friend at first sight
Have you ever met someone and immediately realized that this is “your” person? To feel between you, if not “chemistry”, as in the situation with a potential romantic partner, then at least “kinship of souls”?
Intuitively decide that this person can be trusted, tell about what even close friends do not know about? Or maybe, as soon as you met, you felt a huge mutual interest? Then, it seems, this is it – “friend at first sight.”
Of course, “your” people may leave your life, but the relationship with this particular friend will definitely be bright and emotionally rich. And most importantly, such friends can be made at any age, the main thing is to remain open to new acquaintances.
2.Man-adventure
It is never boring with such a friend – he is ready to share with you any adventure, which, most likely, he himself will offer. He brings a drop of madness to the routine, however, it sometimes turns into problems.
However, these are trifles: if such a person is nearby, one must appreciate his company – most of us take life too seriously, and such characters do not let you get bored and plunge headlong into problems.
3. Sister in mind …
Or brother. It can be either a colleague with whom you are united by the work sphere, or a friend with whom you met on the Internet and love to talk about the fate of the world. Regardless of what ground you agree on, communication with him is always an exchange of ideas and a great fuel for creativity.
4. Hobby buddy
Members of your sports club or book club, video game partners, girls in your yoga class – most likely, among them there is one or another with whom you most enjoy sharing your passion. And this is wonderful: common passion and mutual interest often become the key to a long friendship.
5. Lifesaver
You broke up with your partner. You’ve been fired. You have insomnia. You were upset by a caustic comment on social networks … In short, you just feel bad. But you always know you can call that friend—even in the middle of the night.
In front of this friend, you do not need to “keep a face”: you can be vulnerable and vulnerable, knowing that he will come to you with a bottle of your favorite wine or a bar of chocolate and hug you tightly.
6. Old friend
A person who remembers what you were like in school, and maybe even in kindergarten. Who knows you without embellishment, because he saw your youthful acne, and how you looked after a night of unbridled revelry.
The keeper of your secrets, with whom you can not see and not call up for months, or even years, but when you meet, exclaim: “As if they never parted!”. A friend with whom you hope someday in your old age to remember the “good old days” with pleasure.
If there is such a person next to you, consider yourself lucky. Take care of him – such friends are really worth their weight in gold.