Two types of friends by Joanne Wang

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[王昱喬 Joanne]
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Date: March. 26, 2022
Two Types of Friends

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As a saying goes, “Good friends brings you to heaven while bad friends make a living

hell”. This is especially true for teenagers like you since you usually value friendship a lot.

Many of you might have a lot of friends at school, but do you know who are your real “good”

friends? And do you know some friendships might be toxic and harmful to you? Let me give

you an example. Lauren has two friends, Emilia and Hazel. When Lauren is in need, Emilia is

always the first to help. In contrast, Hazel always has excuses not to give her a hand. Emilia

always remembers Lauren’s birthday, asks her out, comforts Lauren when she’s sad, and

saves the seat next to her for Lauren. However, when it comes to Hazel, she never even really

cared about Lauren except when she needs Lauren’s help or there is nobody else to talk to.

She would rather hang out with other girls. When Lauren was once misunderstood and

received hatred from other kids, Emilia believed her and stood by her side. Hazel quickly

joined the other kids and bullied Lauren with them. When the misunderstanding is finally

cleared, Hazel quickly came to Lauren and apologized to her. It was only because she didn’t

want to be alone in French class, so she pretended to be nice. As you see, apparently Emilia is

a good friend of Lauren’s, and Hazel is not. Emilia is supportive, thoughtful and has full trust

in Lauren. Emilia only treats Lauren as plan B when there is nobody else around. She didn’t

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really think of Lauren as a friend. She takes advantage of Lauren and will quickly betray her

when things happen. 2Now you know how to tell these two kinds of friends apart, you might

wonder, what impacts can these two different kinds of friends have on us? Let’s take a look.

If you have a good friend like Emilia, it can benefit you in many different ways. First, you

will feel secured with her support because you know she will always have your back. Second,

you will feel important when you know someone is thinking of you. Third, you will be

protected and trusted. A good friend will ease the pain and reduce the harm for you even if

some other people aren’t that nice to you. In comparison, a bad friend can harm you in the

same ways. They make you feel insecure and all alone. They also make you doubt your own

importance since they keep ignoring you. Sometimes they might even hurt you the most. As

your “former friend”, people turn to them to confirm rumors about you because people think

they know you. If they aren’t actually that familiar with you, they might help spread the

rumor. When they start bullying you with the others, you feel betrayed, which is the most

painful. This is why we should try to maintain those good relationships and end those toxic

ones as soon as possible. These two kinds of friendships are not that hard to tell apart, but we

always ignore the differences between them. If you want to check if your friends are good

friends, you should check if they have the three features of a good friend: supportive,

thoughtful and trustful (you can also check if you are being a good friend). If they are, be sure

to cherish them, and if they are not, or even the opposite, be sure to say goodbye to this

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relationship as fast as you can.

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