100 ways to be a good friend?

These are the 10 tips to be a good friend:

1. Understand your role. One of the keys to being a good friend is to fully understand what your role is in the relationship. The point is you need to understand how much of yourself you can and are willing to give and how much to expect from your friends.

2. Listen. You have to listen to friends that's what you can do for each other. Well, listen and care about what is being said. Too many people think friends are for listening to them, while they themselves don't have to do too much of it themselves.

3.Don't go too far. In every friendship there are boundaries that have to be adhered to. If you cross them, it hurts the friendship, sometimes irreparably.

4.Don't give too little. In every relationship there is give and take. People give of their time and attention, their money or their love, and take of the same. To be a good friend means to find the right balance of all these things, being careful to not give too much or too little or you might mess

5.Be supportive. One of the things people expect most out of a friendship is support for their decisions and actions. Generally this support comes in the form of verbal acknowledgements and positive feedback.To be a good friend means to offer support when it is needed, whether you agree with the decisions or not.

6.Be honest. In any kind of relationship, honesty has to be present for that relationship to be good and healthy for both parties. This means not lying about things of course, but also being honest about what you are willing to contribute to the relationship and what you're not.

7.Don't gossip about them. Hard as it is to believe, some people seem to expect that they can maintain friendships even after gossiping about their friends with other friends. Don't do this. This is not how good friends behave.

8.Have set boundaries. Again, as with any other type of personal relationship, it's important that both parties set up boundaries and then make the other aware of them. For example, you might let it be known that you will not ever lie for your friend, no matter what. Or you might tell them that you won't be available after ten o'clock unless there is an emergency. Boundaries are necessary so that both parties know what to expect from the other, and more importantly, what not to expect.

9.Keep their secrets. Just as its completely wrong to gossip about a friend, it is also wrong to divulge things a friend has told you about in private. In short, if you want to be a good friend, keep the secrets you hold together, secret.

10. Be dependable. Finally, good friends are dependable. Within limits of course, or as mentioned earlier, within the boundaries you've set. But the bottom line is, be there for your friends when they need you, and if you tell them you will do something, do it.

These ten meaningful tips on how to be a good friend! Good Luck :P