Argumentative Essay About Mutual Friends

According to dosomething.org, “Over 3.2 million students are victims of bullying each year.” Everyone can be a bully at one point and they may not even know that they are bullying someone. Which means that our actions can speak louder than our words, and sometimes when our filthy actions and crude words come together it’s not always a happy ending. In the end, someone’s going to be hurt.

Exposition: One of the hardest things to deal with are arguments with close friends. Some time ago, I had a significant argument with my old friend, Jeffrey. Jeffrey and I go back all the way to preschool. Jeffrey is from German and American descent. We have always had differences on certain issues. However, we do not let those differences affect our friendship. For example, when we talk about things we enjoy, anything I mention is not among the things he likes to do. Even simple discussions about phone tend to differentiate us. I believe that he doesn’t agree about what movies are best. Sometimes, he even denies that i am saying the truth. One day when Jeffrey came to my house, we talked about how things were going. We mentioned how we disagree

Dinitia and I stayed in the pool all morning, splashing, practicing the backstroke and the butterfly. She flailed around in the water almost as much as I did. We stood on our hands and stuck our legs out of the water, did underwater twists, and played Marco Polo and chicken with the other kids. We climbed out to do cannonballs and watermelons off the side, making bug geyserlike splashes intended to drench as many people sitting poolside as possible. The blue water sparkled and churned white with foam (191).

Let's go back to last year. One of my so called good friends, lets call her Tammy, stopped talking to me. We were friends from fourth grade to sixth. We lived in the same neighborhood, not that far away from each other. After school on Fridays, we would go to the park and hang out for hours. Then as we got older we would go swimming, and walk all around the neighborhood together. But one day in fifth grade, she was mean to someone neither of us liked. I saw nothing wrong with this considering that person was shady to everyone.

Friendship is another relationship that is worthy of mending, as true friends are hard to find and a deep friendship should be treasured. Discussions and confrontations may be necessary in order to reach a common ground, and sometimes this may involve hurt feelings. However, getting everything out in the open will often enlighten all those involved, and may even strengthen the friendship and allow an even deeper bond.

Do you remember when you were a teenager? When you were exceptionally awkward and most concerned with your peer’s opinions? I am certain that you would agree that your teenage years were some of the most stressful of your entire life. Currently, your teenager is experiencing this same anxiety-filled time period, which is overflowing with self-discovery and mistakes, that you once endured. Although, your teenager may not act as though they require your support, they do need it. Nevertheless, you might struggle to provide assistance as you grew up in another environment and cannot understand their decisions. As a result of a difference in values and experiences, teenagers and adults struggle to interact in a positive manner. Yes, this is frustrating

Making never thought to be friends. I never thought in my wildest dreams that I would ever be friends with Julie. I have never seen her in 2 years and suddenly we're best friends. Goes when we never saw each other, she ran away, the carnival, and the movies.

After the graduation ceremony, the school organized an event for students to attend instead of going to a party and drinking. It was named project graduation, we all met back at the school at 10 pm and took the buses to an arcade place. I went with a group of friends I was close with in high school. At first, it was fun playing games, and riding rides, refreshments, and food were provided too. When my best friend Cristina, Jimmy and I were outside on line for a ride, another friend of mine Casey asked: “Can I ride with you guys”. I said ok and right away my snobby friend Cristina said: “there is no room”. Clearly there was room for the four of us, I am the type of person that treats everyone, equally uncool or not. I did not like how Cristina treated her, so I walked away with my other friend. A persons’ character determines his or her traits for us to be good people. I am a compassionate, responsible, and caring person. This became an ethical dilemma because I felt I needed to make a choice, stay best friends with Cristina or ignore my other friend and hurt her feelings. I believe all people should treat other how they would want to be treated by doing right by God.In the end, Cristina and I stopped being friends because treating people kindly and fairly is very important to my

Listen, she and I were online friends, I assumed I could talk to her about anything, and so one day I did; I poured my heart out to her and I was completely honest and open, I talked about certain personal issues and just one of those was an issue that involved her, but it's not about her, it's MY issue. Unfortunately, after I revealed it, she felt uncomfortable and couldn't hear me anymore, went off half cocked with assumptions, shut down and walked away. Rather than being a friend and hearing, she made the issue about her. I do not understand why our friendship has to end because of my issue, but that's the decision she made and I have and will honor her and it.

Friendship is not simply a "relationship", knowing someone, conversing with that person, or dealing with that person in business, school, or in casual acquaintance. True friendship is not just a "relationship", but self-sacrificing love. A friend is also one who supports, sympathizes, and is a person in whom you can confide. There are unique qualities that a person must have to be considered a friend.

Peer pressure is tough, and so does being addicted to illegal drugs. If your barkada is pushing you to do illegal drugs, say NO! All of us don’t desire to be excluded and rejected by our so-called “friends” but is it appropriate to consider them your “friends”? Are they even your true friends? Ponder about it. If they influence you to do something bad, they’re not your genuine friends. Nevertheless, don’t let your fear of being rejected, overcome you. If you think “everyone is doing it”, then don’t be pressured to join them. Moreover, it is all right to be different sometimes. Don’t let their decision affect yours. It is your life. SAY NO!

Imagine your sole confidante, childhood playmate, personal comedian and physiologist disclosing your secrets to a stranger. Unfortunately, this stranger happens to be the person who enforce a form of punishment for the actions that were once a secret. Furthermore, this confidante is considered your friend. Does an instance of this friend disclosing your secret of immoral activities to a person of authority violate the success of the friendship? In fact, this act is not a violation of the laws of friendship. The ideas of friendship are subjective, and thus where you might think your friend’s actions are unjust, your friend is actually looking out for your best interest and security. Also, a good friend would not desire

Do you have friends? Most likely, you answered yes, but I’m asking do you have “true friends”? I use quotes because my understanding of the general populous concludes me to believe people don’t have real honest, genuine, friends. These superficial friendships I speak of lead to a disastrous chaos, betrayal, and most importantly: a broken heart. Friends are those who look out for each other, those who will abort any personal objective for you at the drop of a hat. These aspects show a real friend, these aspects describe Rachel Stephenson.

“The two ladies, who had been intimate since childhood, reflected how little they knew each other”. This is how, author, Edith Wharton shows the relationship of two characters, Mrs. Ansley and Mrs. Slade, in the short story “Roman Fever.” These two women who are supposed to be friends, led envious lives of each other, and because of the way they lived they were very contrasting and conflicting characters. In the end, I believe Mrs. Slade was guiltier for her actions and in fact the whole incident would have never happened if it weren’t for her.

Through my experiences I have come to realize that there are basically three types of friends a person can have. There are friends that I call “sometimes” friends, these people appear to be your friend but only when you are face to face with them, and when you are not around them they act more like a foe. They are often referred to as two faced or a back stabber. These types of friends are not very reliable nor should they be trusted. Another type of friend a person can have, and the best kind, is a “true” friend. A true friend is someone you know you can always trust and rely on no matter what. The last type of friend is the “acquaintance”. These are the type of friends that you do not necessarily hate, but at the same time you do