The statement that which one is important between to keeping
old friends and to making new friends is becoming a controversial topic. undergoing
serious debate. Two different opinions exist in regard to this issue. After
considering the issue from several aspects, personally, I agree with the idea
that keeping old friend is much more significant to people than making new
friends for the following two reasons. The first is that people get stressed
out relieve their stress over meeting new
friends. Second is that old friends have known each other well.
Some may oppose to the opinion, but first it assures that meeting old friends makes them comfortable while
meeting new friends makes them nervous. While many consider that people get
funny by having time with new friends. However, we cannot deny the fact that
people usually try something new to be familiar with new friends. And it makes
them concerned and get much stressed out.
For example, when I was freshman in college, I had no friends so I had to make new friends. So, I was and participated in every event related to my major
although I didn’t want to attend. Finally, I was a little familiar with
some friends. But, I had to do what I didn’t want, and it made gave me
lots of stress. With this experience, I figured out that making new friends is
really tough and makes me exhausted. That is, it is better to keep old friends
than to make new friends.
On top of that, since old friends have had lots of time together, they can
understand and empathy each other better than new friends. Although it may not
be favored by the majority of our society, I believe that old friends can be
considerate of each other and comfort each other better than new friends.
According to the recent research, the majority have agreed that they have been
comforted by their old friends when they went through hard time. In addition, a
well-known professor of Seoul National University in this field published an
editorial in his study and as a result, his study supported my view. They
survey claims that 75% of participants preferred having old friends because
they can relate to each other and relieve each other’s stress.(Avoid using
similar sentence with the first logic) Also, the professor mentioned
that it is much better for one’s mental health to keep old friends than to make
new friends.
To conclude, I strongly argue that my standpoints of two reasons are
sufficiently convincing. The first is that having old friends makes them
relaxing while making new friends makes them uncomfortable. Also, old friends
can understand each other well. In this regard, I believe that keeping old
friends is much better in many ways than to make new friends.