While some people want friends who differ from themselves, other people want friends who are similar to themselves. Compare the benefits of having a relationships with friends who differ from you with the benefits of having a relation ship with friends who are similar to you. |
There are many controveries whether it is better to get along with a friend who differ from you or to have a friend who is similar to you. Some people say that it is more exiting to experience making friends who is different from me. However I prefer to having friends similar to me for two reasons. I will discuss this in detail.
To begin with, if I have friends who have many similarity with me, there will be no need to think about what to do, what to eat, and where to go. Concerning about how to kill time with friends is very bothering for me. When we can't decide where to go and stop walking in the middle of street, I feel such that we are fools. However when it comes to with friends who is similar to me, there will be no matter in deciding what to do. Because we think in similar way all the time, we usually want to do the same thing. Let me take my experience for example, I have a friend who nearly same as me. Always she and me thought in very similar way. For example, one day with bright sunshine, we saw each other in mathmatics class. Without any words, when the class was over, we go out from the classroom and go to the sea which is near from our school. Also, since we were very interested in shopping, we used to go to department store. Even she and I liked the same color, singer, food. Futhermore our hobby was the same; taking picture. Therefore, when we have any sparetime, we used to get on bus with only camera. In this sense, with a friend who is simliar to me, I do not have to think about what to do.
Secondly, we can spend more interesting time with the friend who think similar to me. It is sure people feel happy, when listener agree with their opinion. With the friend who is similar to me,I can experience such feeling. It is certainly true that meeting various people who somewhat different from me can expand my view. However, I put more value on fun which come from the conversation with people who have the same opinion. For example, my young sister is very similar to me. For this reason, she and I usually sit up late in to night talking about this and that. We respect each other so much, because we agree with others view about almost all thing around us. Hense, compared with other sisters, we hardly fight. Also, we usually talk about nowadays concerns and we rely on each other. My parents often says that they are very happy because I and my sister look as very close friends. Actually, existence of my sister as a good friend makes me feel comfortable and relaxed all the time. To sum up, there are largely two advantages in having a friend who is similar to me. First, we can spend time not considering how to kill that time. In addition, I can be more comfortable and happier with that kind of friends. |