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Friends Detailed topic: Some people think it’s better to choose friends who always have the same opinions as them. Other people believe it’s good to have friends who sometimes disagree with them. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion. Many people think having friends who always agree with them will be a good choice, but others think it is better to have friends with different opinions as them. In general, I like both the two types of friends, but as growing older I prefer those friends who sometimes disagree with me. I think it makes us feel supportive if we share the same opinions with friends, especially when facing uncertain issues or situations. We learn from our experiences, but uncertainty is usually an obstacle preventing us from going forward. We will have more confidence in our actions and decisions if our friends have the same opinions as us, whereas we take our chances. Take my personal experience for example, when I was a high school student, most of the time I felt secure when I had same opinions with friends and it played an important role even when I was studying in the University. In contrast, we can discover unnoticed facts when we have friends sometimes disagree with us. Because everyone is unique and understandable to have different opinions, which is usually we can learn from others. Our habits, thinking tendency, and preferences will help us with not missing directions when encountering uncertainty, however, they cannot guarantee that we can carefully take every aspect into consideration. For example, I can reform my own opinion more considerately from those disagreements from my friends when I am growing mature and have more experiences. All in all, there are merits to have friends who agree with us most of the time and to have friends who have different opinions with us occasionally. It is a better choice for me at the current stage to have friends who disagree with me sometimes.

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Some people think it’s better to choose friends who have the same opinions as themselves. Other people believe it’s good to have friends who sometimes disagree with them.
Discuss both of these views and give your own opinion.

Many people think having friends who always agree with them is a good choice, but others think it is better to have friends with different opinions from them. In general, I like surrounding myself with both types of friends, but as I grow older, I prefer the friends who sometimes disagree with me.

I think it makes us feel supported if our friends share our opinion, especially when facing uncertain issues or situations. We learn from our experiences, and uncertainty is usually an obstacle preventing us from going forward. We will have more confidence in our actions and decisions if our friends have the same opinions as us. Take my own personal experience as an example, when I was a high school student, most of the time I felt secure when I had the same opinions as my friends. It has played an important role in my life even up to university.

In contrast, we can learn facts that we didn't consider when we have friends that sometimes disagree with us. Since everyone is unique it is understandable that we would have different opinions, this is how we learn from others. Our habits, thinking tendencies, and preferences can aid us so as not to miss directions when we encounter uncertainty, but they cannot guarantee that we can carefully take every aspect of a decision into consideration. I often change my own opinion more considerately when I've been disagreed with by my friends which enables me to become more mature and experienced.

All in all, there are merits to having friends who agree with us most of the time and to having friends who disagree with us occasionally. At the current stage of my life, I prefer to have friends who disagree with me sometimes.
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Hi Diana I never chose my friends after knowing whether they agree or disagree with me most of the time. My friends says whetever comes into their mind freely. Sometimes we agree and sometimes we disagree. It's not same always. Should I choose friends according to who agree or disagree with me? ☺️

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