MessagesFriendship messages
Friends rarely tell each other what they mean to each other. These messages do it lightly, without making it awkward.
For a best friend
You know all my stories, and you still ask "then what happened?" That is friendship.
Thank you for being the person I do not have to perform for.
You are the first person I want to tell good news to, and bad news too.
We have not changed. We have only become more expensive versions of the same fools.
Friends like you make the hard years shorter.
For an old friend
I found our old class photo today. Same faces in my head, even now. How are you?
It has been years, and I would still know your laugh in a crowd. Let us talk soon.
No reason for this message, except that a good memory of us came up. Hope you are well.
We lost touch, not the friendship. I am picking it up from here. Hello again.
For a friend who helped
You did not ask questions. You just came. I will remember that all my life.
Some people give advice. You gave time. Thank you, my friend.
When things went wrong, your number was the one I dialled. Thank you for picking up.
हिन्दी में
दोस्त वह है जिसके सामने सोचकर नहीं बोलना पड़ता। तू वही है।
पुरानी तस्वीर देखी तो तेरी याद आ गई। कैसा है यार?
बरसों बाद भी बात वहीं से शुरू होती है जहाँ छोड़ी थी। यही तो दोस्ती है।
मुश्किल में सबसे पहले तेरा नंबर मिलाया, और तूने उठाया भी। शुक्रिया दोस्त।
तेरी दोस्ती वह उधार है जो मैं कभी चुकाना नहीं चाहता।
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿੱਚ
ਯਾਰ ਉਹ ਜੋ ਬਿਨਾਂ ਕਹੇ ਸਮਝ ਜਾਵੇ। ਤੂੰ ਉਹੀ ਹੈਂ।
ਪੁਰਾਣੀ ਫ਼ੋਟੋ ਵੇਖੀ ਤਾਂ ਤੇਰਾ ਚੇਤਾ ਆ ਗਿਆ। ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ ਸੱਜਣਾ?
ਯਾਰੀਆਂ ਕਮਾਈਆਂ ਜਾਂਦੀਆਂ ਨੇ, ਤੇ ਤੂੰ ਮੇਰੀ ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਵੱਡੀ ਕਮਾਈ ਹੈਂ।
ਯਾਰ, ਤੂੰ ਔਖੇ ਵੇਲੇ ਨਾਲ ਖੜ੍ਹਿਆ ਸੀ, ਇਹ ਮੈਂ ਕਦੇ ਨਹੀਂ ਭੁੱਲਦਾ।
ਬੜੇ ਚਿਰ ਬਾਅਦ ਤੇਰੀ ਯਾਦ ਆਈ। ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਚਾਲ ਹੈ? ਕਦੇ ਮਿਲ ਬੈਠੀਏ।
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Friends go unsaid
We thank waiters and strangers more often than we thank our closest friends. The friendship is assumed, like the floor. A message that says it out loud, once in a while, costs a minute and is remembered for years, especially by friends who seem not to need it.
Three kinds of friend, three kinds of message
- The daily friend: keep it light. A joke with a real compliment hidden in it.
- The old friend you lost touch with: no apology for the gap, no long catching up. "Saw a red cycle just like yours today and thought of you. How are you?"
- The friend who stood by you: say exactly what they did, and that you have not forgotten.
Make it yours
Use the nickname. Mention the place: the canteen, the coaching centre, the cricket ground, the hostel mess. One shared noun does more than three adjectives. Then end with a plan, even a small one, because friendships do not fade from quarrels. They fade from postponed plans.
What to avoid
- Guilt: "You never call." Call, if you want to talk.
- Comparing: "my only real friend" wounds the others.
- Group forwards on Friendship Day. One line written for one person beats them all. Greetings for the day itself are on Friendship Day wishes.
Make it yours
- For an old friend you lost touch with, do not explain the gap. Just say hello.
- A message that ends with a plan keeps a friendship going.