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.

As our fast-pace society proceeds, it is concerned that human relationship becomes fragile and complicated, even between friends. Therefore sometimes it is said that borrowing money from a friend can harm the friendship easily. In my point of view the bitter comment unfortunately has reasons proved it to be true.

To start with, it is inevitable that nowadays, we become sly and hold some suspicion even to our close friends, thinking our benefits before considering others’ difficult position due to our worries in this more and more competitive society.

Borrowing money from a friend may break the trust between the lender and borrower. For instance, it seems safer for them to sign a note stating that the borrower owes the lender a certain amount of money. Maybe this note is not necessary based on the close relationship between them; however, it displays a role in easing lender’s concern about his or her money and exerting pressure on the borrower to remember to return the money. Mostly based on trust, pure friendship now has a stain.

On the other hand, borrowing money cannot always be easy and successful due to every friend’s diverse economic capability. Once a borrower fails to obtain the money from friends, he or she might conceive the idea that the friendship between friends is false, consequently blaming others instead of considering their same difficulties. Friendship without forgiveness always eventually collapses.

Admittedly, friendship also based on generosity and helpfulness. Getting refused, a borrower may be able to see clearly that the “friends” are faked. Moreover, succeeding doesn’t really substantiate that the friendship is a true one.

Mentioned in Shakespeare’s famous tragedy Hamlet, “neither a borrower nor a lender be, for loan oft loses both itself and friend” helpfully concluded my point of view though personally, I feel regrets about the confirmation of this opinion.
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