friends who are different from themselves. Others choose friends who are similar to themselves |
Some people believe that socializing with friends who have different opinons and lifestyle may improve one's ability to live and adjust in this complicated world. In opposition to this point, I strongly argue that friends who are similar to oneself is more beneficail in that we can share hobbies and feel comfortable.
Firstly, similiar friends can share various hobbies. They may enjoy playing sports, watch movies and collect stamps since they might have same tendencies over certain activity. There is a proverb "bird of feathers flock together" which explains similiar friends are apt to hang around other than others. For example, from my school days, I have been associating with many friends and most of them shared many hobbies with me. Especially, friends whom I met during freshman year in college . My personal experience clearly shows that similiar friends give us more chances for sharing common hobbies.
Next,, We can feel more comfortable by spending time with friends who show same interest with us. It is more easy to talk with friends who have same characteristic and viewpoint with us. Thus, we have less worries about what my friends think of me since they may feel the same way as we do. To illustrate, recent article I read from the Chosun Daily News told me that more than 64% of highschool students showed preferrence of friends who are similiar to them due to less stress from the intercourse. It indicates that more people like to meet friends who may let us feel confortable.
In conclusion, I firmly believe that choosing friends who are silmiliar to us is more beneficial. The rationale behind this is that we can share hobbies and feel easy and confortable. All in all, simply looking around, we may easily finds friends who share similiarities with us.
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