Does Friendships Comes with Expectations?

Good Morning, Good Afternoon, or Good Evening,

this post should take approximately three to five minutes to read from start to finish.

I would like to let you know that whenever I do mentioned YSA throughout this post, I do refer to Young Single Adults. I have two quick easy questions and you may or may not ask yourself and answer the following questions either now or in your own time.

Do you have any expectations whenever you are making new friends with someone who just have met?
What are some expectations that people face whenever they are making new friends?

Throughout the past years while I was in youth and in YSA, I always seemed to be adding new friends a lot on Facebook. I often somehow always thought that I wouldn't have any expectations when it comes to whenever I meet new friends. I always seem to be meeting new friends at multiple events, multiple places, multiple sites, and multiple times.

In the past, I often meeting new friends by attending the same session in the Temple, attending a different ward on Sunday time to time, attending some past Church events such as attending EFY in 2012, attending multi-stake annual Priest and Laurels Ball in 2013, attending multi-stake YSA dances, attending multi-stake YSA devotional firesides, attending institute, and so forth.

Whenever I make new friends; I always expected to be their friends for a long time, spending some time with them, keeping in contact with each other, and check up on each other time to time. I don't think any of my expectations are high whenever it comes to making new friends.

"Sometimes we expect more from others because
we would be willing to do that much for them."

I know it can be difficult for me to live over here in Texas US and not being able to spend any time with any of my friends who lives in Australia. It has been almost seven months of me living over here and I already have reached out to a few friends who lives over in Australia that we can always do a video call whether it is via FaceTime or Skype or Facebook Messenger. I remembered that was one of the convenient and best ways of how my husband and I was able to see each other face to face often while we were in long distance relationship and long distance engagement.

I also already mentioned to them that the video calls can happen whenever it is convenient for both of us. It all comes to effective planning, and organizing the right timing. It can be difficult at times to forget about time zone difference. Trust me, it happens and I know how it feels to misjudge the timing.

I know that it can be fun at times when it comes to making new friends. Sometimes, I go through my friends list on Facebook and I often time to time to remove friends who I barely talk to these days. I know that we should determine ourselves who would be great friends to us. We should be able to adjustify for ourselves of what we can do to be able to be a great friend to our friends. Being a great friend can come with a lot of trusting, some challenges and trials. We may always meet new friends who we know that can make good influences and choices that you can look up to them as inspiration.

Stay Tuned until next time.