Respect your friends' emotional boundaries and privacy. Have the name and number of one or two relatives of your friends so you can find your friends if they move. If you like yourself, others will want to be with you. Reconnect with friends during the year, not just at holidays. Remember your friends' birthdays.
Return calls or letters promptly.
Occasionally sacrifice your time, energy, and needs for friends. Let friend-shifts take place. Moving a friendship to a different level of intensity or frequency, or even letting it fade away, does not diminish what that relationship once gave you. Make time to celebrate your accomplishments with your friends. The above used by permission.