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Making Friends as an Adult For Dummies
About this book
Make lasting friendships at any age
Making Friends as an Adult For Dummies helps you overcome the challenges of building friendships, forming new bonds, and meeting new people. First, you'll learn what your friendship needs are and decide what kind of friends you'd like to meet. Then you'll get concrete advice for building a new social circle, turning acquaintances into good friends, and letting go of friendships that just aren't working out. Single or married, parent or childfree, many people face these same challenges. This Dummies guide will show you that you aren't alone and will help you discover sustainable ways to overcome loneliness, keep friendships going despite occasional tension, and build your "family of choice."
- Assess your friendship needs and learn how to find people who would make good friends
- Gain the communication skills to resolve conflict in new and existing platonic relationships
- Overcome your fear of rejection and learn to politely end friendships that aren't working
- Learn to be a good friend and deepen the friendships you build
Make friends after retirement, relocation, extended isolation—or just because friends are nice to have. Making Friends as an Adult For Dummies is the judgment-free book that makes it easy.
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Part 1 Uncovering the Challenges of Making New Friends as an Adult
- Part 2 Discovering How to Make New Friends
- Part 3 Keeping Your Friendships Going
- Part 4 Handling Friendship Foibles
- Part 5 The Part of Tens
- Index
- EULA