As we grow older, we tend to change preferences and create new goals for ourselves. Sometimes when we discover something new in our lives, we tend to let go of something less important. The same thing applies to friendships as well, we can either maintain or let go of friends who no longer seem like a priority sometimes. Especially when getting into a major relationship when your partner becomes your whole life, leaving little to no time to manage old friendships. Also younger children who used to look only to their parents for friendship and support tend to change their preference friends instead of family as they are growing older. Friendship is a constantly evolving thing that shifts along with our lives, its meanings and importance all
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I started from maintaining friendship with my family as my sole source, to changing it to friends when I grew older. Being only twenty five years old, I can say I had a lot of friends all over the world, but I can also say I lost as many as I have gained. When things happen in life, we tend to change our personalities and interest, so I gathered friends that go along with them. Maintaining established friendships can be very hard and taxing if you no longer share any commonalities, so I tend to let go of people who are simply out of my life’s reach and interest. Everyone experiences friendship different, all based on their current life status, I am still looking forward to seeing what my kind of friendships I discover along the …show more content…
We tend to keep friends that goes along with the situation, helping us go through out daily struggles and joys. From young children to adolescents we can see the type of friendships change from family to friends. While in adulthood, we tend to devalue friendship for things such as romantic relationships. And the elderly tend to value friendship above anything else, as it promotes a healthy life style. Constant changes create new challenges, this provokes us to deal with them in a way we see fit. Sometimes that way is by generating friendships, although some might not last it does not mean there will not be more. Friendship across the life span is an evolution of you and the people you
I started from maintaining friendship with my family as my sole source, to changing it to friends when I grew older. Being only twenty five years old, I can say I had a lot of friends all over the world, but I can also say I lost as many as I have gained. When things happen in life, we tend to change our personalities and interest, so I gathered friends that go along with them. Maintaining established friendships can be very hard and taxing if you no longer share any commonalities, so I tend to let go of people who are simply out of my life’s reach and interest. Everyone experiences friendship different, all based on their current life status, I am still looking forward to seeing what my kind of friendships I discover along the …show more content…
We tend to keep friends that goes along with the situation, helping us go through out daily struggles and joys. From young children to adolescents we can see the type of friendships change from family to friends. While in adulthood, we tend to devalue friendship for things such as romantic relationships. And the elderly tend to value friendship above anything else, as it promotes a healthy life style. Constant changes create new challenges, this provokes us to deal with them in a way we see fit. Sometimes that way is by generating friendships, although some might not last it does not mean there will not be more. Friendship across the life span is an evolution of you and the people you