Describe a time when you were friendly to someone you didn’t like

When and where it happened

Who he/she was?

Why you didn’t like this person?

Explain why you were friendly to him/her on that occasion

Introduction: 1

This happened before a couple of months with me. It happened during the

independence day celebration in my locality. I had to keep a lot of control over my

anger because of many reasons. The person with whom I had to be friendly

forcefully was a manager of one bank and his name was Mr. ABC.

Unfortunately, he was invited as the chief guest to the event and I was supposed to

escort him. I did not have high regard for this person because I had seen him

misbehave with customers in the bank. He insults people, shouts on them and

misuses his power. He also does not take any customer issue seriously.

I have witnessed his tantrums whenever I used to visit the bank. I was in a fix and

was taken by surprise when I discovered that he is the chief guest of the occasion. I

love and respect my country and therefore I had to pretend that I am friendly with

him. I did not want to spoil the function of my colony and that was the other reason

why I smiled at him and behaved with courtesy.

I am not fond of impolite and rude people. I believe that it is our duty to treat all

with equality and dignity. I was feeling very suffocated and disappointed from within

but I was helpless. After the function, I informed the organizers about the conduct

of this person and they decided to never invite him again. There are indeed many

such occasions when we have to behave friendly with people even if we do not like

them.

Introducion:2

Well, most people prefer to make friends and spend with those who are like-minded because it is not easy to adjust with opposite personalities.

Who he/she was?
Here I would like to share my experience when I had to be with one of my friends whom I never liked. Actually, Raj is my neighbour as well as my classmate, but still, we were not friends.

Why didn’t you like this person?
We had nothing in common where he was cold, introvert and a boring personality. I was quite friendly and fun-loving. That’s why we had a different group of friends at school as well as in the locality.

When and Where it happened?
Unfortunately, one day coming back from school, I had an accident, and my leg got fractured. Now I was on bed rest for almost one month and couldn’t attend school.

And explain why you were friendly to him/her on that occasion?
To avoid the study loss, my mother requested Raj to come at our house every evening to help me in my studies. Though he was not willing but agreed on my mother’s request.

Now I had to be very polite and formal to a person with whom I never wanted to be. He used to carry a lot of attitudes while teaching me, but I had to tolerate everything because I was in need.

Conclusion:
To be honest, after few meetings, we got used to each other. Despite his boring company. Now I can say he is my friend as well. But still not a good friend. Overall it was the time when I had to be friendly with someone I don’t like.

Introducion:3

• Well, there are many people in our life that we don’t like because people mostly prefer to make friends and spend time with those who are like-minded people. After all, it is not easy to adjust to opposite personalities.
• Today, I would like to talk about a time when I behaved very friendly/ politely despite I did not like her.

Who he/she was? and Why you didn’t like this person?

• Her name is Harleen. She lives in Chandigarh.
• I know her because she is the daughter of my father’s friend.
• She has been living there since their childhood.
• She is not arrogant, rude and does not show attitude to other people but still. I do not like because she uses people for their own benefit and divert their mind.

When and where it happen?

• I know her behaviour very well because I spent three months with her. Two years ago we did training in computer technology in the same company. where I came to know about her nature.
• Last month my father gave a party to his all old friends. and she came with her father to the party.

explain why you were friendly to him/her on that occasion.

• She wore a beautiful pink gown and high heel footwear.
• I warned her that stairs are very slippery, so be careful while using them.
• Unfortunately. a child poured a glass of water on the stairs and she did not see it when she came down to the stairs her foot was slipped and got injured very badly.

Conclusion:

• At that time, I took her to the hospital and cared for her for a week and I behaved very friendly with her, as a human I thought it was my duty.

Introducion:4

Who he/she was?

• During childhood, I had a classmate, Rajesh, who was very full of himself.

Why didn’t you like this person?

• He always used to make others feel like they were inferior to him.
• That’s why, during schooldays, I tried to avoid him as much as I could.

When and Where it happened?

• However, around one month before the final exams for 9th standard, he met with an accident.
• He missed a lot of classes as a result.
• So, after recovering, he asked a few of us if we could teach him what he missed.

And explain why you were friendly to him/her on that occasion?

• No one in the class helped him because of his attitude.
• The next day, my mother overheard me telling one of my friends how Rajesh deserved it.
• After hearing this, she told me that regardless of his past attitude, I should help him.
• I was reluctant at first, but I listened to my mother.
• I called him and told him that I will sit with him an hour after class every day till the exams.
• During these study sessions, I got to know him better.
• I got to know that rather than being arrogant, he was actually very humble.
• He was just not a good communicator.
• His choice of words was a major reason for him coming off as rude and arrogant.
• He knew people didn’t like him, but he was oblivious about the reason for it.
• After the exams, I started inviting him to my home along with my other friends.
• As they got to know him better, they also became good friends with him.
• Till now, we are all good friends and meet each other often.
• Recently, I asked mom why she made me help him.
• She told me that it was the right thing to do.

Conclusion:

• Helping our friends doesn’t make us kind; helping people we don’t like is actual kindness.
• Because it is done without any real expectation.

Introducion:5

Well, in our life we meet several people whom we don’t like but sometimes we have to stay with them. Here I would like to talk about a person who is my neighbour and I don’t like her/him. Three years before one family migrated from Chandigarh and they bought the new house next to ours. All family members are friendly with us but I don’t like the aunt because she always creates minor issues in society and always interfere in the life of others. Her behaviour is arrogant and doesn’t talk politely to anyone. So usually I avoid interacting with her. Once a time, she met an accident and her children live in abroad and also her husband was on his duty. That time I helped her, firstly I took her to the hospital. There were minor injuries. The doctor gave medicine to her and advised them to take a rest for a week. Then, we both came back home. She thanked me and then I look after her, my mother also helped her. I spent a lot of time in his/her house as well as we played some indoor games. With the passing time, we became good friends also. After spending time with I got to know that she is very humble and aggression is just her behaviour. Now, she usually visits our house. We have good family relations. So this is the person whom I didn’t like.

Introducion:6

Generally speaking, it is actually quite a challenging task to become friendly to someone if we don’t like him or her. I also faced such a challenge about a year ago, and today, I would like to share that story with you.

In my family, I have a relative who is a kind of ill-mannered man and elder in age. So, I cannot tell him about his sick nature and consequently, I have to be nice to him always. He is skilled in making trouble among the other family members and most of the time he brings some false allegations against us. He lives adjacent to our apartment block in the town with his own family.

I cannot like or prefer the uncle for his weird behaviour. He always tries to create confusions among his surrounding people and he finds an invisible delight in doing so. Now, all of the family members of my family have become aware of his attitude and behaves.

Once he brought a false allegation against me and he reported the issue to my parents. But fortunately, I became able to prove that the allegation was false. The uncle alleged that I had broken a vase at his apartment on a specific event when he invited some of the guests including our family members. But I denied the allegations and proved that I stayed for a few moments at his apartment and I did not enter the room where the flower vase was kept. I had to take a leave from the party due to my academic engagement.

When I turned successful in proving the issue, he changed his tone and said that it was his mistake to blame me. He also apologised for his mistake. It is his habit to seek apology when he is proved wrong and then imposed the blame to someone else. As a result, the innocent relatives of the family turned tired of on him.

Despite all the negative doings, I still have to be nice to him because he is the older than me. My parents have taught me to be nice to everyone regardless of age, gender or class. I never misbehaved with him after the allegation and pay proper respect.

Follow up Questions

1. Why is it essential to maintain cordial relations with the people in the

society?

We are all social animals and are interdependent on each other in the

society. Every person in the world has the right and privilege to be treated

with dignity and respect. It is our duty to be good to all, irrespective of their

age, religion, gender or socio-economic status.

2. What kind of people are generally disliked by others?

There are many qualities of people which are disliked by others. Liars,

hypocrites and dishonest people are not liked by many. At the same time,

those who are immature, insulting and fail to understand the point of view

of others are also disliked in general.

3. Why are some people rude to others?

Rudeness is a habit of some people. Some are rude because they fail to

respect others opinions. I think it is a very bad habit to be rude and impolite.

Those children who are not scolded by parents when they are rude, turn out

to be rude individuals in general.

4. How can children be taught how to be polite?

Rewarding polite behaviors and not accepting impoliteness is the best way

to teach politeness and good manners to children. Parents and family

members should themselves practice these values so that children observe

and learn.

5. What are the advantages of being friendly with others?

The biggest advantage of being friendly with others is that we can make

more friends. We will be liked by all, welcomed by many and also never be

left out in groups. Sometimes, by being friendly our work gets done easily.

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