Wondering if your friendship is on solid ground? Friendships that stand the test of time have an ease about them that others don’t. Here are some signs your friendship is meant to last.

You Have a Big Fight But Know You’ll Work Through It

There are arguments that can kill a friendship, but when you and your pal are solid a fight simply means it will take some time to work through it. When you have a major argument (and every friendship does) you aren’t worried about it ending the relationship because you know you’ll sit down and figure it out.

Note that you’re not avoiding arguments, or believing that a disagreement will work out on its own without work. Instead, you’re confident that you and your friend will sit down, talk reasonably, and then come to an understanding, and this feeling of confidence will be evident even while you’re in the midst of a big blow up.

One Friend Can Meet New Friends Without It Bothering the Other Person

It’s always tricky to add new friendships to your life, because they take nurturing and time to succeed. That means that something in your life will have to be put aside for a moment, and very often that means the friends you currently have. Some friends will be threatened by this, but your rock solid pals will know that the place they hold in your life is secure.

When One Friend’s Life Changes, the Other Person Adapts

Change is constant in life, but it’s one of the most common times that bring friendship to an end.

Very often two people meet because they share a life circumstance in common, such as being newly married, just having a baby, going to school, etc.

But when this life situation changes (one of the newly married people has a baby while the other one doesn’t, for example), the friends may drift apart.

Not so with rock solid friendships. They know that life changes and they ride each new wave until they figure out how to make the next adjustment.

They Have Figured Out the Right Type of Communication for Them

Every set of friends is different when it comes to communicating. Some people enjoy daily phone calls while others like the occasional email and lunch. Some friends see or talk to each other every week while for others it might be months.

It isn’t how often you communicate with a friend that matters, it’s how comfortable each friend is with the type of communicate you have. If one person wants more than the other, there’s going to be an issue.

Friends in good standing are also comfortable with silence. If they're in a car or doing a quiet activity (like gardening, for example) they still enjoy the company of their friend but don't feel the need to fill in the silence with conversation for conversation's sake. 

Rock solid friends never worry about calling a friend too much, or not sending enough texts. They’ve already figured out what works for them.

They Accept Their Friend’s Good and Bad Points

Solid friendships are made up of imperfect people who accept each other’s strengths and weaknesses. They know their friends aren’t always going to say or do the right thing all the time. They might not like every single thing about their friends but they accept them as they are.

In a friendship that isn’t so rock solid, one person may try and change the other one, or get so frustrated by one of their friend’s characteristics that they’ll use it as a way to put the other person down.

The underlying point in accepting your friend’s good and bad points is that you’re able to forgive. Friends who are on unshakeable terms forgive easily and often. They accept the fact that apologies and forgiveness are a fact of life and they willingly do them both in order to keep their friendship strong.