1. Talk with your friends. Communicating with your friends will help your friendships to grow and become better and therefore last longer. The reason communication is so very important to a friendship is because each person involved can clearly understand the other person. Having a friend understand what you like, dislike, want to do in life and why you feel certain ways will bind the two of you and form a friendship that will last longer.
2. Spending time with your friends is another tip for making your friendships last longer. If you have a friendship where you are not spending time with your friend, then it will not last. Friends need together time to form lasting friendships. When friends can spend time together they can encourage, help or comfort each other. Living in this world is not a one man show.

   Friends are extremely helpful in making it through life's ups and downs. By spending time with your friends you can see, hear and feel what the friend is going through. You may be able to help and you may only be able to listen. Either way your friendship will last longer if you take the time to be with your friends.

3. Hearing what your friends have to say will also help in making your friendships last longer. It takes more than just listening half heartedly to what your friends have to say. Your friends may carry on conversations that are mostly small talk with you. But there will be the conversations that are not small talk and you, as a good friend will need to listen to what your friend is telling you. This will help you to understands your friends and make your friendship last longer.
4. Listen to your friend's advice. This doesn't mean always take your friends advice. But listen to what your friends has to say and then make your own decision based in the information you have. Your friends are only trying to help and they want your friendship to last longer, so don't get mad. The same goes for giving advise. If you give advise to your friends, don't feel bad if they don't do exactly what you told them to do. Friends help out and give advice, but do not get mad when a friend makes their own decision and it's different than what you would have done.
5. Be forgiving towards your friends and your friendships will last longer. There will come a time in every friendship when a friend will offend another friend. Be forgiving towards your friends and ask forgiveness from your friends if you have offended them. Especially when your friend comes and asks for your forgiveness. If you cannot forgive when your friends asks for your forgiveness then tell your friends that and try to continue to work on the problem. If you want your friendship to last you will have to forgive and be forgiven. Any problems and issues that may come up will only tear the friendship apart if left alone too long. Take action and make your friendship last longer.

Making friendships last longer is important to most people and the lives they live. Five great tips for making your friendship last longer are, have a good communication between friends. Second, spend some good quality time with your friends. Third, actually try to hear what your friends are telling you, don't assume you know what they are going to say. Forth, Listen to the advice your friends give, but make your own decisions. Fifth, be forgiving towards your friends and ask for forgiveness when you need to. Enjoy your long lasting friendships.