▶ Your Answer :Some people believe the the ability to maintain friendship with a small group of friend for a long time is better than the ability to make a diverse new friends for easy. However, In my opinion, I disagree with the statement, and the latter is better. This is because it depends on the one who is in specific situation, and getting along with new friends bring a freshness.
To start with, it is totally up to situations and circumstances. To be specific, someone who has to move a lot due to some reasons is obviously need the ability to make new friends easily. In contrast, others who do not have a plan to move far away feel more happy if he or she has old friends. For example, my father served in army as an officer. it is apparent that I have moved a lot. Fortunately, I am a kind of active person, so it is easy to me to make friend as early as possible, and soon hang out with new friends. However, my brother has an passive personality. He always have a hard time whenever we move.
On top of that, making many new friends give me a freshness. It includes not only a mental freshness, but also a physical freshness. It sounds weird, but it is. For instance, my last friends are prefer to go out to eat, drink, play the computer games. So when we gather and hang out, we waste a lot of time and money. But my new friends have a different preference. We like to go to the library together, and read books. And then we go to cafe and talk about the books that we read and share our feeling. I do not try to say which group of friends is better, however, both groups are have good points and band points. And it is good for me to experience both groups because both have good thing to learn.
In a nutshell, I disagree with the ability to maintain friendships with a few people over a long period time is important. As I mentioned, it depends on the situation. If I had to choose one ability, the ability to make many new friends easily is more fascinating. Because it provides a freshness with new experiences. |