Different friends or similar friends? It`s widely accepted that friendship plays an important role in so many aspects throughout one`s lifetime However, people always apply different standard on this issue Some people, of more liberal mind, prefer to making friends with different background, interests and personality One will gain lot from this kind of friendship, since when very different people meet, more topics on various issue will be discussed and shared, more different opinions will be exchanged, both of which, thus will certainly help one another to know more about those beyond his knowledge, to find interest in a new field and to gain additional interpersonal skills Kate, my sister, once an athlete of track and field, may be a case in point After being trained as an athlete of track and field for three years, one day, when she met a counterpart of diving, Alice, the two became friends soon From several later chat, Alice knew that, Kate had great command of balance but was not experienced adequately in controlling her speed, which was the fatal bottleneck for her performance Alice, as a professional athlete of diving, suggested Kate transfer to diving, a game requiring excellent balance command but not so good speed sense as the track and field Following Alice`s advice, Kate soon found she was on the right track and now, she is an outstanding athlete of diving, wining a few medals in several national diving contests Kate might have been never found her gift in diving had she not met Alice, from a very different background from her and I myself belong to this category, I love to meet people of very different background and to share my life experience with them Still, there are a number of people more willing to make friends of their own kinds It is easier to make friends with those of similar background, interest and personality Common interests are useful to build more solid and lasting friendship people of similar personality are tend to understand on another deeply and smoothly It is always the case that the more similar in many aspects of two people, the more likelihood they will become close friends