What-do-you-want-most-in-a-friend

Whatdoyouwantmostinafriend?Someonewhoisintelligent,orsomeonewhohasasenseofhumor,orsomeonewhoisreliable?Whichofthesecharacteristicsismostimportanttoyou?(Usespecificexamplesandreasonstoexplainyouranswer.)InmyopinionIthinkthatthemostimportantcharacteristicasafriendofmineisRELIABLE.Andherearemyreasons.Friendsarethetreasureinourlife,theycanshareourhappinessandalsosharetheresponsibilityforoursadness.Andweneedtohelpourfriendswhentheywereintroubleandatthesametime,theywillalsogonnahelpwhenwehavesometrouble...Thosearethingthegoodfriendwilldo.Butsometimesitwillconfuseduswhenwehavesomefriendswithsomebadhabitslike,untidyorirresponsibleandsoon...SoIthinkthatifmyfriendisareliableperson,IwillfeelluckyaboutthatandImaycherishthesefriends.Whateverweneedtheywillgiveustheirappearanceandembraceusimmediately.Inthefirstplace,afriendwhoisreliableistheonewhomwecancounton.Wewillbeassuredthatwehaveafriendwhocanhelpusindifficultsituations.Forinstance,IrememberthetimeIhadtopreparemyselfforareunion’spresentationaboutThanksgivingday.Unfortunately,onedaybeforethepresentation,myiPadstoppedworkingandIwasunabletoconnectittotheprojector.IcalledoneofmyfriendsClaireandaskedhertolendherlaptoptomeonthatday.Ifshewouldnothavekeptherpromiseandwouldhaveneverbringit,Iwouldhavedefinitelyremainedhelpless.Asaresult,havingareliablepersonasourfriendscanalsomeanhavinganintelligentperson,aslongastheyknowhowtokeeppromisesandunderstandtheirfriendsinsomeurgentsituationsandthenhelpthemintherightway.Secondly,areliablepersonistheonewhomwecanshareoursorrowsandhappiness.Wecannotsurelyfindanythingasunpleasantashavingafriendwithgreatsenseofhumorandintelligencebutwithoutanyreliability.Attimes,weneedtorevealasecretorshareanimportantthingwithafriend.Supposeacaseinwhichapersontalksabouthisprivateproblemswithhisfriend,butdoesnotwantittobedisclosedwithanybodyelse.Hisfriendbrightensuptheatmospherewithhisgreatsenseofhumorandevengiveshimsomesolutions,butalsogossipsabouthim,sothisfriendcannotbecalledassome“reliable”person.Wecannottellthemanythingaboutourprivacy.Sothatistheimportanceofpickingreliablepersonasourfriends.Inconclusion,Ithinkthereliabilityisthemostsignificantpartofhavingfriendsforus,itwillbevaluableifwehavesomereliablefriendsandIcanensurethatourlifewillbemucheasierwithfriendslikethat...MitchellS1A