▶ Your Answer : It is often said that the more friends people have, the better for them it is. However, I firmly believe that maintaining relationships with old friends is more important than making new friends for two reasons : old friends know about me better and we can have a deeper conversation. To begin with, old friends understand me better than new friends. This is attributed to the fact that having got along with for a long time, we get to know about each other better than others. Such understanding is not firmly built by new friends because they cannot know one another due to the lack of time spent together. For example, when I was in fifth grade, I used to be narrow-minded, which caused me to have few friends. Friends who did not know me well only made fun of me about my introvert characteristics. However, unlike such friends ,one of my oldest friends suggested seriously that I had better change my personality since he could understool me better than other friends. This implies that contrary to new friends, the old friends can be more helpful since they know about me better and understand me. In addition, contrary to new friends, we can have a serious and deep conversation with old friends. This is due to the fact that relationship between new friends and me is not ready to have such a deep conversation given the time spent together. According to a study conducted by Seoul National University of Korea in 2007, the frequency of having a serious conversation between two friends is directly proportional to the amount of time spent along with one another. This implies that the more time they get along with, the more frequently they tend to share a deeper-thought. Hence, maintaining a rapport with old friends is more significant than making a new friend. In brief, at first glance, making new friends is beneficial to us. However, this claim is what underestimates the merit of old friends. The reasons for this is that old friends know and understand me more detailed way by having a deep conversation. |