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How can adults be friends?

Rules of adult friendship: tips from our followers

PurpurMagCommunity polls · 1 min

How can adults be friends?

Texting once a week... or once a year?

We've gathered 12 rules and tips about friendship after 20 from Purpur followers, and we're sharing them with you!

How can adults be friends?

Tell each other tender things, openly and often

Keep the conversation open

Make the time you spend together vivid

Agree on a schedule for meeting up

Don't be afraid to say when you didn't like something

Be together not only in the great moments, but also in moments of exhaustion

Respect each other's time for personal life, set aside time to talk, accept and understand

Come up with rituals, travel together

Plan, plan and plan again, well in advance

Respect personal boundaries, share emotions and art, do projects together

Accept each other as you really are. Never get into a "who's got the bigger one" contest

Be the one who texts first 😁

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