FRIENDSHIP 0 I believe that nothing matters as much as having a couple of really good 00 friends. They help you feel like good about yourself and they'll always listen to your problems for hours on end. Since there are friends for different reasons, for different ages and stages in life. New made friends and 'best' friends, friends for playing tennis and going to the cinema with - all of us are dependent on having friends. So how and why do we make up friends? Psychologists tell us that we prefer those we see as sharing with our views and attitudes and who are similar to us in an age and background, though not necessarily in any personality. We see our friends as reflecting ourselves, or that what we would like to be. This can be particularly important when we are teenagers. Many of people-and I'm no exception- regard their oldest friends as their closest. I have a friend so that I've known since some schooldays. She lives in Australia and we rarely see much each other. However, on my last birthday we got together in Paris and have spent a wonderful weekend sightseeing and talking. We will know that, no matter how many years go by when we do not get together at all, the same level of friendship always remains. (80)