How We can Bond

Relationships, whether romantic or platonic, can be hard. Making new connections and strengthening the ones we have. But there are small ways that we can slowly build up a bond. And a lot of them are actually easy for an introvert to do

Listen

This is really easy for us. We love to listen. We want to get deep. So any time our loved ones want to go that way we are all for it. Which builds trust and a sense of belonging. For both people

Share What You Like and Enjoy (and let them do the same)

We should be able to share the things we love. And not feel judged or ridiculed. So it can be hard sometimes to want to share things with others. But they should get to a point where you can trust them to let these parts out slowly. And the other person should be able to do the same. Have a mutual connection and be able to share these little parts of yourselves.

Open Up and Build Trust

This isn’t just the small stuff. Celebrate the big things and allow others to do it with you. Let someone know if you are feeling down and need a shoulder to cry on. Be able to hear the hard stuff and receive feedback. But also give honest and compassionate feedback to them also. We are all supposed to be building each other up.

Give Compliments

We all need to hear nice stuff about ourselves sometimes. I wasn’t as good before, just hyping up my friends to other people. Not realizing that they needed to hear this too. People need to know what we think of them and could use a little boost.

Plan an Adventure

As you build trust you know that you can do bigger things together. Planning out bigger things and even spending days at a time together is a great way to bond. You know a relationship is strong if you can still love each other after a road trip. But it doesn’t even have to be something big. Even an afternoon picnic would count.