A lot of people find situations in which one needs an advice. Most of the people actually turn around to their friends of the same age and ask for help. However, friends of an older age actually have more knowledge and experience than peers of the same age. Therefore, it is wise to ask older friends for advice.
Firstly, older people can give reliable facts based on their true experiences Older friends have lived longer, causing them to have more real-life experiences. This makes older friends able to give more helpful advice than your peers. For example, when my older brother was in high school, he had a hard time choosing a university he wanted to go to. When my older brother told his friends about his situation, advices from friend to friend was different. In short, no one in his age had facts and information about universities that was one hundred percent sure. In the end, he called his cousin, who was already a university student. Our cousin gave him useful facts by recalling his years as a high school student, and my brother was able to select his final goal. If it wasn’t for our cousin, my older brother could have had a hard time as a high school student. Just like this, older friends can easily give definite advice by considering their experience.
Next, older friends are more familiar with handling problems of relationship between people. Friends of an older age have lived a lot more in the society, and therefore, they know more about handling conflicts between friends, family members, or couples. For example, I had a hard time adjusting to my new class when I was in high school second grade. I truthfully told my big sister about it. My older sister already graduated university and works for a design company. After she thoroughly listened to my problem, she told me about her own experience at the design company. She had the same problem as I did. But after my sister began to say hello in a cheerful voice and always started an interesting conversation, she finally got along with her working companions. I followed my sister’s advice, and now I have really good friends. Older people can give effective advice on relationship problems because they have already met and experienced a lot of people in the society.
In conclusion, people should ask their older friends for help when they need to get something off their chest. Older friends have a lot of experience, and therefore can give correct and reliable information about one’s problem. Also, older people are more used to relationships between people than peers, and can give effective advice on relationship problems. Because of these two reasons, people who are in a troubled situation should ask their older friends for advice than to ask their peers. |