A feeling of loneliness at times covers everyone. And then the question of how many close friends a person should have is especially acute. And how they should behave in relation to him in certain situations.
Instructions
Step 1
There are no clear rules about how many friends a person should have. As a rule, everyone has a circle of friends with whom you can have a good time, go somewhere on a trip or relax in nature. But such a relationship cannot be called very close and deep. As a rule, such comrades know little about each other, are not privy to the deep secrets of the human soul. And if something happens suddenly, most of them disappear without a trace. And it turns out that you can rely on only one or two of them. And sometimes it happens that someone comes to the rescue, whom it had never occurred to be considered his friend before. But if you are left without the help of friends in a critical situation, this does not mean that you do not have them: there are not so many people in the world who are ready to selflessly help and immerse themselves in other people's problems.
Step 2
Introverts and extroverts have different numbers of friends. Introverts find it difficult to make friends, but they develop very delicate, sincere, deep relationships with one or two comrades. Extroverts seem more frivolous, but in critical situations they have a wider circle of friends than introverts. Outwardly oriented people, or extroverts, make friends easily, but have difficulty maintaining them. However, their circle of superficial acquaintances can be quite large. An introvert may have only one or two faithful friends in a lifetime, while an extrovert may have a couple of dozen.
Step 3
Friendship changes with age. For many people, the circle of friends depends on the stage of existence. At school - classmates, at the institute - classmates, at work - colleagues, and retired - grandmothers on a bench in the yard. There may be very few people who, as a friend, pass with a person from birth to death. And some do not have them at all, and this is normal.
Step 4
By the way, not only the quality of friends, but also their number can change with age. Moreover, there is no clear dependence when a person should have more friends. Schoolchildren, who can be called the "soul of the company", in retirement can be unsociable loners. And someone, on the contrary, having spent decades on career development, only in adulthood realizes how important personal relationships and friendship are. And he starts to make up for lost time.
Step 5
In matters of friendship, the main thing is to understand what you need. And if you feel a lack of friends, you need to find ways to acquire them. If, on the contrary, you feel that your comrades are siphoning all the resources out of you all the time, isn't it time to stop and indulge in blissful loneliness?
