Band 7: Describe a good decision you made. (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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In life, we have to make different decisions, and often I regret the decisions that I make. However, this is a very special occasion in which I feel my decision was well made. The decision wasn't about school life or work; in fact, it is about friendship. I recently decided to cut off all my contacts with a friend I have known for 10 years. I made this decision because he did something very offensive to me, and I do not think I can bear talking to this person anymore. He actually did two things. One was to offend me by teasing my body image and laughing at how I looked. It was purely disrespectful, and I felt like this person had some very wrong values in his head. The other thing he did was spread misinformation about me. He talked to one of our mutual friends and made up stories about me and my other friends. I feel like he didn't respect me at all, and I just didn't feel like I should continue with this friendship.

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In life we have to make different decisions and often I regret the decisions that I make, but this is a very special occasion in which I found my decision very well made. The decision wasn’t anything about school life or work, in fact it is about friendship. I decided to cut off all my contacts with a friend I have known for 10 years recently. I decided to do so because he did something that was very offensive to me that I do not think I can bear talking to this person anymore. He actually did two things. One is to offend me and teased my body image and laughed at how I looked. It was purely disrespectful to me and I felt like this person has some very wronged value in his head. The other thing that he did was actually to spread misinformation about me. He talked to one of our common friends and decided to make up stories about me and my other friends. I feel like he didn’t respect me at all and I just didn’t feel like that I should continue with this friendship.

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