Well, I’d like to tell you about a good friend, his name is Misha, and we’ve been friends for over six years. He’s my classmate, and obviously we first met when we both went to the primary school. But it wasn’t like the very beginning of our friendship, because during the primary school everything wasn’t so smoothly as it is now. And we used to hate each other, we had fair share of altercations, and we didn’t understand each other at all. But everything changed when we went to the trip with our classmates. It was in the sixth grade of our school, and it was exactly that moment when we made up, and it was the moment of the beginning of our friendship. And exactly since that time he’s the only person who I can confide in, because I can be kind of on the same wavelength. And we understand each other even without words, on a mental level. And I’m really proud of him when he reached his goals or something like that. And I hope it’s mutual from his side also. We can hit the road whenever we want, because both of us are really easygoing, and it’s not a problem for us to go somewhere spontaneously. But speaking of our personality traits, I can say that we are opposite characters, because personally I am a gentle and reserved person. So I don’t really like to participate in some altercations or some discussions. But he is opposite, he is straightforward and a bit rude. And sometimes we don’t understand each other, because he tends to act in more aggressive ways than I am. But I wouldn’t say that it’s kind of interfere in our friendship, everything’s kind of great. And I’m really happy that I have this best friend.
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Well, I'd like to tell you about a good friend. His name is Misha, and we've been friends for over six years. He's my classmate, and we first met when we both went to primary school. But it wasn't the very beginning of our friendship, because during primary school, everything wasn't as smooth as it is now. We used to hate each other; we had our fair share of altercations, and we didn't understand each other at all. But everything changed when we went on a trip with our classmates. It was in the sixth grade, and it was at that moment when we made up, marking the beginning of our friendship. Since that time, he's the only person I can confide in because we are on the same wavelength. We understand each other even without words, on a mental level. I'm really proud of him when he reaches his goals or something like that, and I hope it's mutual from his side as well. We can hit the road whenever we want because both of us are really easygoing, and it's not a problem for us to go somewhere spontaneously. Speaking of our personality traits, I can say that we have opposite characters. Personally, I am a gentle and reserved person, so I don't really like to participate in altercations or discussions. But he is the opposite; he is straightforward and a bit rude. Sometimes we don't understand each other because he tends to act in more aggressive ways than I do. But I wouldn't say that it interferes with our friendship; everything's great. I'm really happy that I have this best friend.
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