▶ Your Answer : Some people think making many new friends easily is more important for happiness than maintaining friendships with a small number of people over a long period of time. However, I disagree with this statement. First, the relationship which was built easily is prone to break easily. For example, when I was an elementary school student I was very outgoing child and made many friends easily. I played with all my classmates and I thought I have many friends. However, when the next year came and all of my classmates were separated into different classes I felt like my relationship with them had broken. When we met on the aisle we just said “hello” but there was nothing else to talk. Next, it is likely to keep in touch frequently with a small number of people. For instance, when I was a freshman of my university I knew a lot of students and got plenty of relationships with them. Unfortunately, it was too hard to keep in touch frequently with all of them so there were only few friends with whom I often keep in touch as years passed. Last, there are only few people who know and understand about me deeply. It takes quite a long time to know about someone deeply, but we can spend those times with only limited people. Therefore, not all people who I know can’t be close friends of mine. According to one research about how many close friends people think, about 80% of respondents said that they think they have 3 to 5 close friends and it is not so big number. In conclusion, maintaining friendships with a small number of people over a long period time is more important for happiness because it will not be broken easily, it is easier to keep in touch frequently and limited people can be close friends. |