How to Show Your Family and Friends More Love
You may have been accused of not loving and appreciating your family and friends. But what exactly do they mean? How do you show them more love?
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Things You'll Need
- Patience
- The ability to listen
- The ability to forgive
- Affection
- A budget for occasional gift-giving
- Thinking of you cards
Instructions
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Listen to them when they come to you with their problems.
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Advise them, without being critical or judgmental, when they ask you for your opinion.
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Keep their conversation private.
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Surprise them once in awhile with an unexpected gift, offer to take them out, or babysit their children.
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Send "Thinking of You" or "Just Because" notes and cards sometimes when it isn't their birthday or some other holiday.
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Offer to help them out with a task or problem without waiting for them to ask you.
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Forgive them when they have wronged you.
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Avoid talking about past issues that you know will make them feel bad.
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Fight the temptation to be jealous when something good happens to them; instead, be happy for them.
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Show respectful affection.
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Tips & Warnings
These tips don't work for those relationships that are beyond the point of repair.
Not everyone will notice your actions right away, so be patient with them and don't expect them to suddenly treat you any better because of it.
