121. it is more important to keep old friends than make new friends.
1. 오래된 친구가 나를 잘 알기 때문에 고민을 털거나 조언을 구할 수 있다.
2. 새로운 친구는 관계를 맺을 때 서로를 알아가는 것부터 시작해서 마찰이 생길 수 있지만 오래된 친구는 이미 알기 때문에 그런 노력이 필요 없다
Some people seem to believe that making new friends is more valuable than keeping old friends. However, I strongly disagree with them for the following reasons.
First of all, because old friends know me more than new friends do, it is easy to ask them for advice when I have in trouble. I think that when people know someone deeply, they can depend on their advice. Take my own experience for example. When I was a senior in university, I could not decide whether get a job or apply to graduate school for advanced education. At the first time, I asked TeaWon, one of my friends who was not my best friend. When I asked her, she gave me advice that because I appearantly looked like good at my major, she thought it would be better to apply to graduate school. However, later, JiSoon, one of my best friend who knew me very well told me that I should get a job first. Because she already knew my financial problem and understood my situation. Now, as I recalled this experience, I deeply thank JiSoon for her advice. If I fellow TeaWon's advice, I probably regret it since even if I could get in advanced education I could not afford it and due to it, I likely missed a chance to get a job at that time. Considering this, I think old friends are more important because they provide me with the best solution when I get in trouble.
In addition, making new friends require me to invest efforts to get along with them which does not need when keeping old friends. As for me, it is a bit difficult to make new friends due to my personality. I am a kind of shy person. If I have to meet new people, I feel not so good. I am warried about my behaviors such as making any mistakes or saying not proper words. Unlike this, when I hang out with my old friends, I feel relieve and extremely happy because I know that I will understant even though I make a mistake. Regarding this, I think it is safe to conclude that being with old friends does not require anything so that old friends are more important than making new ones.
Taking all these reasons mentioned above into consideration, It is more valuabe to keep old friends than new ones.