Keeping in touch with friends and family

Living in a city or neighborhood away from friends and family, or even another state or country, is no excuse for letting your relationship disappear. But for that you have to work in a certain way so that you do not distance yourself and end up losing contact.

To help you maintain this relationship between you and your friends and family who live far away, we've selected some helpful tips to get you started today.


Promote a meeting

One way to always be connected with the people you care about is to meet with them even if it's only once a year or once every two years. The frequency in this case depends on your time availability, the distance between you and the available budget.

Whenever possible, organize a meeting so that you can be together and enjoy this time together. It is at this time that you take the opportunity to talk about your life, the happy events of recent times and you can also ease the anguish.

Can the date be a barbecue, an afternoon coffee, a dinner? it depends more on where it will be and who will go, so it is up to you. Why not cook a delicious meal together?


Physical closeness helps to tighten the bonds between you, so value those moments and strive to see who you like whenever possible.

If you live too far?

When distance makes meetings, even infrequent, impossible, other resources need to be used to maintain contact with loved ones in your circle of friends and family.

One of the options is the internet. It is perhaps the most practical, cheap and fast. Through the internet, you can exchange emails, instant messages and exchange information through social networks. The internet facilitates this process of keeping in touch with those who live far away, because you can not only exchange information and chat, but also view photos and videos.


Another way to keep in touch is through phone calls. A little more intimate than interaction via the internet, it also collaborates a lot with the closer ties between people who live far away. Also, not all people use the internet, so for example, to talk to your old grandmother you can opt for the phone call.

Sending gifts and exchanging cards even off special dates also helps keep them coming. Gifts can be something of sentimental value and not necessarily a store-bought product.

Whatever your favorite method of keeping in touch with loved ones, it is important to always be active in this endeavor. Family and friends are very important and deserve to be valued. So don't let the daily rush or distance keep you from maintaining the bonds that have always bound you together.

How to Keep in Touch With Friends and Family (April 2024)


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