This article explores the challenges and strategies for sustaining friendships across long distances. Drawing from personal experiences of living in multiple cities, the author reflects on the inevitable pain of missing friends' important events. Experts offer advice on managing this loss and suggest creative ways to keep long-distance relationships strong, highlighting the importance of regular communication and shared experiences.
As someone who has been lucky enough to live in a few different cities – London, Sydney and New York – as well as my native Melbourne, I have cherished friends in all sorts of places. But the older I get, I realise there is a price to pay.
What is possible when it comes to long-distance friendships? How can we keep them strong, whether we’re in different cities, states or time zones?Laura Rouhan, of Friends for Good, an organisation that aims to address the huge amount of loneliness affecting Australians, is well versed in the importance of companionship. She has her own long-distance friendship with two others for which they have found a great way to keep it going.
As Rouhan’s voicemail exchanges attest, keeping contact regularly can play a huge role in maintaining friendships over distance. It’s all too easy to want to wait for a momentous piece of news to share, or a special occasion to come up – when really you should just go for it when the mood strikes.
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