Is Your Friendship Toxic?

Bella Breakdown Sometimes we just save the word toxic for a bad romantic relationship. Toxic relationships can actually happen a lot, and in many different ways. You can have toxic work relationships with bosses or coworkers. You can have toxic familial relationships with your parents or siblings. You can even have toxic friendships. This is always an odd thing to come to terms with, because for the most part you choose your friends, and they’ve typically been in your life a lot longer than any of your romantic partners have. So, how do you know if you have a...

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A Foundation of Friendship

Bella Breakdown The friend zone can be seen as a hellish place to be put by someone you have romantic interest in. A lot of people think that it’s a negative place to be, and to those people I say, for shame! A friendship is more often not, one of the strongest foundations a relationship can start from. Even if a relationship never blossoms, are you really upset that you got a good friend out of it? I would hope not. It’s important to remember that as friends, you actually are far more yourself than you are when you’re...

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Three Tips For Maintaining Your Friendship

Bella Breakdown Maintaining a good, healthy friendship can be difficult, especially a long distance one. Here are some simple tips to ensure you don’t loose a great friend! Write important dates down such as birthdays, friendship anniversaries, or any other important events. This will ensure you will be there for them for important times and will allow you to just catch up and have a good conversation. Listen to your friend’s interests and actually try them out and learn more about them. This will give you guys something to do together and it will show them that you care...

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