Mock Campaign for: Temptations

Why does friendship change with age?

sometimes the burnt bridge might never be repaired because no one wants to admit that they are wrong.

Childhood is genuinely the most amazing phase of our lives. The main priority of a child's life is having fun and friends put the "F" in the word fun. Friendship teaches children how to relate with fellow human beings who might not be part of their immediate family or relatives and making friends is an important part of growing up especially between the ages of 5 and 10 years - at this age, a child needs to be able to associate with their peers in order to develop a healthy relationship with reality.

As people grow older, their values and priorities change and this includes their associations with people and circumstances. Adolescence is one of those phases where people struggle with self esteem, relationships with their parents and life itself, therefore friends become a form of security and they provide a sense of belonging. At this age, friends become an extreme influential part of who you are and who you might become as an adult.

Adulthood changes everything.



We all reminisce over the old days when things were wonderful between ourselves and our old friends.



In adulthood however, things change - a lot of things are affected by this change, be it how you think, what you think about, how you feel about yourself and who you associate with will changes. It is not a lot of people who are still good friends with their childhood buddies and it’s a fortunate few who marry their best friends. A lot of adults are loners with trust issues because it becomes a tad bit difficult to welcome new people into our lives as we grow older, this might be due to past experiences which in turn become a resistance to a number of things including being completely vulnerable.

Age has a big influence to the change of friendship and the values we held towards friendship as children - it could be marriage, moving from your old town and even a career advancement can influence the change in friendships. In a conversation someone has said that as you grow older and you get to know yourself, you discover that your desires change and this might affect your relationship with people who may have had the same interests as you because the conversations you have are not the same anymore.

The beauty of becoming an adult is knowing who you are but that can leave you feeling very lonely as you may shed off a number of "good friends" as you discover how you are no longer interested in the same activities that used to excite you in the past, for example: You are married and your first priority is your family however your single friend wants to be wild and outgoing which is a part of your life that you have chosen to let go of for various reasons that are dear to you, this may come of strange to your friend and it may result in growing apart and each going their separate ways.

No man is an Island.





The happy ever after everyone desires

looking at the journey above, it is not that people don't want to have friends, it is that  we all get caught up in our lives, but a true friend will stick with you. A true friend is never too busy for you and a genuine friendship is mutually beneficial where loyalty, support, care and honesty come very easy, and two people are able to be very vulnerable around each other without fear. No man is an island and we all need that brother or sister who is not blood related but feels like a twin to your soul. A friend is family that you chose and that person can be your lover, a childhood friend or even a stranger you met on the bus and felt connected to.