Why Is Adult Friendship So Hard? 5 Lies You Tell Yourself & the Truth You Need to Hear

Published: Oct. 31, 2022, 4 a.m.

b'A survival guide to adult friendship: how to find your people, have more fun, and create meaningful friendships as an adult.\\n \\nThis is the topic you and everyone else are thinking about.\\n \\nFrom making new friends to staying connected to your old ones, to the thing that\\u2019s really hard: what do you do when your friendships start to fade?\\n \\nThis is something I\\u2019ve been dying to talk to you about because I am right here, shoulder to shoulder with you, feeling lonely, left out, and wondering\\u2026\\nWhere did all my friends go?\\n \\nI know I\\u2019m not the only one because when I do see my friends or meet someone new, everyone is talking about how they never see their friends anymore.\\n \\nLet\\u2019s fix that.\\n \\nI spent a lot of time reflecting on the things that I\\u2019m doing that keep me from putting myself out there (which I know I need to do) and did extensive research on the topic.\\n \\nWhat I discovered is both comforting and empowering. I can\\u2019t wait to share it with you.\\n \\nI can boil all of this research down to the 5 lies you and I tell ourselves about friendship.\\n \\nThese lies are keeping you from having the best relationships of your life.\\n \\nThat\\u2019s why you need to hear them.\\n \\nSo did I.\\n \\nYou also need to hear the truth bombs I\\u2019m dropping and the smarty pants research I found to back it all up.\\n \\nBecause once you stop repeating these lies, your life will open up again.\\n \\nYou\\u2019ll have an easier time finding, making, and strengthening your relationships with friends. \\n \\nAnd most importantly, your friendships will align with who you really are and what you really want in this chapter of your life.\\n \\nToday it\\u2019s just you and me, friend to friend, figuring sh*t out together.\\n \\nSo let\\u2019s go.\\n \\nXo Mel'