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173. It is sometimes said that borrowing money from a friend can harm or damage the friendship. Do you agree? Why or why not? Use reasons and specific examples to explain your answer.
Having the good relationship with more friends is invariably appealing to the most of social people because it means one's bigger circle of friends grow. As is known to all, having some good friends, to some degree, means that people can help each other in various aspects of both working and living. However, from my perspective, not everything can the friend help even though the relationship is too close. Recently, there is a rising controversy about borrowing money from friends which attracts my attention tightly. I do oppose to borrow money from friends because it makes sense of harming friendship. There are some reasons contribute to my attitude about this question. The threshold reason why I reject to borrow money from friends lies in the unreliable verbal contract. To give an example, my roommate was my best friend since we met in the university. To be honest, she had multitude of good qualities and always had a passion to help peers who were in troubles. We were such good friends because we had a lot in common and we trusted each other. But now our friendship had been damaged deeply just because she failed to pay back the money she owe me several years ago. Maybe she forgot that case at all. Maybe at that time we were good friends so that I made a promise only by verbal contract to lend her a large number of money. One thing made me surprised is that she said she never borrow money from me after one year when I talked to her. Therefore, I can do nothing because I have not any contract in writing with her. As a result, we cut off our connection after that. This is a tough memorable event in my life and it hurt me so much due to borrowing money bury our friendship.
To such a paramount reason, another must be added. Borrowing money from others is a bad experience because money is always a sensitive stuff. After borrowing money from friend, one person needs to keep thinking the truth that “ I owe you” ,which will put friendship at risk. Even it would make matter worst if he/she forgets to repay the money but his/her friend wants money back .In many cases, such an amnesia would post a challenge for respecting and trusting between friends. If a person promised to pay back this week, it does not indicate that would eliminate the damage between friends because borrowing money is not the expected relationship of friends. Admittedly, there still has rarely perfect things existed in this society. For example, one person who lends money to his/ her friend does not expect to be repaid, and the friend deserves to lend money because he/ she has putted lots of effort into paying back the money whatever he/she is struggle against finance. However, scarcely could people consider that borrowing money from friends is an experience without stress. To sum up, from the standpoints I had mentioned above, the more friends one person has, the more opportunities he/she has to borrow money. However, at a result, the person will have no real friends in the world.
To sum up, from the standpoints I had mentioned above, the more friends one person has, the more opportunities he/she has to borrow money. However, at a result, the person will have no real friends in the world.
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