ESSAY 1 It is better to have one close friend than a lot of ''friends'' It's good to know there's someone you can trust. It's also good to know there's someone who places their trust in you. But is it really to have a relationship that can also cause so much pain and misery? And does that mean that having a lot of superficial and meaningless ''friendships'' is somehow better? Having a very close friend means having that one special person you can tell everything to. Someone you can trust completely, knowing that there is always a shoulder to cry on in times of great sadness and trouble is an amazing feeling, and knowing that someone thinks of you the same way possibly an even better one. However, with great trust comes great responsibility, and keeping other people's secrets is never easy. True friendships are often simply too complicated. It also hurts a great deal if it should ever come to an end. Therefore it may seem that keeping meaningless and superficial relationships is much simpler. Friendships are indeed complicated, and every close relationship can potentially be very painful. However, knowing that there's someone you can open up to completely is such a good feeling, and a true friendship might possibly be lifelong. I'm not really sure what my opinion is on this topic. I do believe it feels good to open up to someone, but then again I don't really know much about opening up. I've never really bared my soul to anyone, and I'm rather sceptical when it comes to people in general. I honestly don't believe there is anyone I could ever truly open up to. ESSAY 2 It is better to have one close friend than a lot of ''friends'' Man is social creature. We need to have friends, but how many? Is one enough, if not, how many is to many? To start with, close friend is one who is always there for you, the one who will never betray you, the one who laughs to your jokes no matter how stupid they are because he/she has the same ''sick'' mind like yours. Real friend is a person you can really open your heart and be sure you won't be judged. On the other hand, if you loose that close friend, you won't be able to fill that gap he/she left behind, at least not for a long time. Furthermore, sometimes you can feel realy bored because you feel like you two have already said everything, and done everything you could possibly do. In that moment you feel lonely even with your ''besty'' by your side. You need to have ''disposable'' friends , friends you can hang with just to hear their story, friends you don't really care about. To conclude, close friends will always be there for you to share your feelings with. Those are keepers, but if you split up with them, you will never find the real replacement. I think everyone needs to have at least one close friend but also to have the fake friends, just to be entertained. ESSAY 3 It is better to have one close friend than a lot of ''friends'' Friendship is very important to every human being. Stability of that friendship depend of do we have one close friend or a lot of false friend. On the positive side you know that one real friend will always be with you. For example when you are in trouble the real friend will always help you despite a situation. Furthermore he will never judge you. For example if you want coloured your hair in pink he will have agree with your dessision. However hi is always with you. On the bad side when he is sick you are alone. In addition to this, every time when he can't meet with you, you will stay alone. Another disadvantage is that you can't have a good fun when you go out. However it is better when you go out with a lot of friends, because you have more fun, people and ideas. To summarize, one friend is enaf to keep your secret and help you in trouble. But if we want to have a good fun and company then we will have more then one friend. In my view it is better to have one real friend than a lot of fals friend. I think the real friend is person who is always with you, who keep your secrets and never judge you despite anything. ESSAY 4 It is better to have one close friend than a lot of ''friends'' One person's life include more than that one person. We all have families or relatives that, in general, have to love us. But also, there are people who are our second family that we choose for our selfs – friends. We can have one true friend or many ''friends''. It depends only on us. On the plus side of having one close friend is securicy that he will know you better than five others of ''friends''. For example, if you're retelling the same story all the time to other person, every time you lose more details. In fact, no one will know you as good as your one close friend. Furthermore, one person can't lie to you because it's too hard to pretend all the time. But in bigger social groups they have each other so they can easier take your behaviour. One disadvantage of having one close friend, instead of many, is staying all by yourself if that friendship brakes. You have nobody to rely on and you stay lost in misery. In addition to this, in bigger groups of friends you can get more opinions for your life problems or dillemas, so you can solve it more easily. To summarise, on the one hand, close friend offers you the best friendship you can have, but on the other hand, humans are social creatures that love company. Before I thought you can have more close friends, but in todays world, no one is your friend and only person you can really rely on is yourself.