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<p>One of the most important relationships one can have is friendship. Family is family but you get to choose your friends, and all that.</p>
<p>i have a crazy amount of good friends who i thoroughly appreciate and thought it necessary to have some posts looking at how we can make good friends as well as be good friends to those around us &#8211; i hope you enjoy:</p>
<p><a href="https://brettfish.wordpress.com/2013/11/07/cheering-section-the-art-of-mentoring-part-mentee"><strong>Cheering Section: The Art of Mentoring</strong></a> &#8211; I believe there can be a huge overlap between mentorship and friendship and especially the principle of &#8216;Wounds from a Friend&#8217;</p>
<p><a href="https://brettfish.wordpress.com/2015/09/09/how-to-lose-a-friend-in-ten-ways-intro"><strong>How To Lose a Friend in Ten Ways</strong></a> &#8211; Some irritating habits in friends that make friendship with them tricky.</p>
<p><a href="https://brettfish.wordpress.com/2013/11/26/i-am-thankx-filled-for-my-friends"><strong>I am Thanx-Filled for my friends</strong></a> &#8211; This Thanksgiving inspired piece that i wrote in the States, naming some of my friends and inviting you to do the same.</p>
<p><a href="https://brettfish.wordpress.com/2014/06/08/the-art-of-holding-a-friends-head-under-the-water"><strong>The Art of Holding a Friend&#8217;s Head Under the Water</strong></a> &#8211; you know, as one does. But actually the life-giving experience of getting to baptise a friend.</p>
<p><a href="https://brettfish.wordpress.com/2011/01/27/the-friend-test-wot-kind-of-a-friend-are-you"><strong>The Friend Test</strong></a> &#8211; Another What Kind Of Friend Are You question, but this one focusing on what happens if a good friend hurts you badly?</p>
<p><a href="https://brettfish.wordpress.com/2014/03/13/what-kind-of-friend-are-you-anyway"><strong>What Kind Of A Friend Are You, Anyway?</strong></a> This post pretty much asks that question, and gives some examples of possible answers.</p>
<p>Also there is always a clip or two of my funniest moments in the hit sitcom &#8216;Friends&#8217; to keep you going:</p>
<p><strong><a href="https://brettfish.wordpress.com/2013/08/09/favourite-friends-clip-ever">Funniest Friends Clip ever</a> </strong>&#8211; My favourite Friends clip</p>
<p><a href="https://brettfish.wordpress.com/2013/08/14/funniester-friends-clip-ever-sit-this-is-a-family-store"><strong>Funniester Friends Clip ever</strong></a> &#8211; Just kidding, it&#8217;s this one!</p>
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