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Band 7+: Why is it hard to maintain friendships for some people?

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To me, there are many causes leading to this issue. First of all, I think that they haven't connected for a long time. You might be close friends when you were in high school, but when you enter university, both of you may move to different cities. This might lead to distance, which makes it hard to communicate. The second reason is that they don't share the same mindset. In social issues, you may have different ideas from your friends. If that happens many times, I think in the future, you cannot connect or share anything with your friends.

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To me there are many causes leading to this issue. First of all, I think that they haven’t connected for a long time. You might be close friends when you were in high school, but when you enter the university, both of them enter different cities. It might lead to the distance which cause hard to communicate. And the second reason is they don’t share the same mindset. In the social issue, maybe you have different ideas to your friends. And if that happens for many times, I think in the future, you cannot connect or share anything with your friends.

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