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How to make friends

Mark

At least 2 people recently have asked about this, and I didn't get round to responding, so here goes:

Step 1: Always be open and honest with the person you're trying to make friends with.

Step 2: Give each other a detailed description of your personalities. In theory, you instantly know each other well enough to know whether you like each other then.

Step 3: Ask questions about each other. I've got into trouble before for asking too many questions; I think 3 per e-mail should be about the right number though.

It's worked 2 out of 2 times for me when I've tried this method with people I've been in touch with by private message on here. We got on so well that I made friends with each of them in less than 2 weeks! So it seems to work.

I hope that's helpful for people.

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  • For some reason I've not mentioned the book that helped me enormously in both attracting and KEEPING my friendships going.

    Marks advice is very useful indeed but if you are as socially inept as I was in my twenties, and need a "Human Relationships: How it works" type of book, then hunt down the one I recommend in b=my bio, it's cheap as chips (for once, most of the book recommendations we get here are not!) on ebay and some other platforms..

    Word of caution: Simple ownership of this book is not enough, you actually have to read it, in order to derive benefit.

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  • For some reason I've not mentioned the book that helped me enormously in both attracting and KEEPING my friendships going.

    Marks advice is very useful indeed but if you are as socially inept as I was in my twenties, and need a "Human Relationships: How it works" type of book, then hunt down the one I recommend in b=my bio, it's cheap as chips (for once, most of the book recommendations we get here are not!) on ebay and some other platforms..

    Word of caution: Simple ownership of this book is not enough, you actually have to read it, in order to derive benefit.

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