How To Find New Friends in a New School

What would you do, where would you be without some friends- listening ears, shoulders to cry on, hands to hold?  Can you imagine a world without friends?

Everybody need a friend.  Ironically, finding real friends, the tried-and-tested kind who sticks with you through thick and thin is quite a feat. 
Are you studying in a new school where you hardly know a soul?  Or are you in need of a new group to hang out with?     

Here are some tips you can follow for making new friends shares from a relationship experts:

• Smile.  It’s free and easy.  Smile make you seem friendly and happy, so people will come up and talk to you.  Fake a confident smile even if you are scared because it is your first time meeting people.
• Be confident.  Think about how fascinating you are instead of thinking how different and weird you are!  The people at your new school have probably gotten bored of each other because they are all the same old friends and with not much new to report.  So stop thinking of how people will think you won’t belong instead think of how much you have to offer to these people.
• Say hello.  To three people everyday say hello.  Try this one to anyone you recognize from standing in line or at lunch with or just anyone who crosses your path.  According to a famous quote on friendship, "You’ve got to cast your net wide enough to catch as many fish as possible."
• Lunch with them.  Don’t isolate yourself when you go to lunch.  Find a group that looks nice and sit down with them.  Just say hi to someone at the table then say, "Do you mind if I sit here with you?"
• Strike a conversation.  Strike up a conversation with one new person every day.  Start smiling and saying hello, then when people say "hi" make an effort to talk back, even if it is just idle chit-chat.  It is still a start to a friendship because the next time you see that person, you’ve already spoken before it will be easier to chat with that person each time you meet.  Do this everyday and you could potentially have thirty new friends in one month says an expert.

What is an acquaintance?
 
There is a difference between being a friend and being an acquaintance.  According to a book author an acquaintance is someone whose name you know, who you see every now and then, who you probably have something in common with and whom you feel comfortable around.  It is a person who you won’t share your life with, those actions sometimes you don’t understand because you don’t know enough about them.
 

What is a friend?

 
A friend is someone you love, not that you are in love with them, but you care and think about them when they are not there.  The best way to deal with a friend is to ask yourself:  How do I want her to react if she were in my place?  After all, that is what real friendship is all about loving your friend as you love yourself

 

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