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It goes without saying that friendship plays an important part in our social relationship. To some extent, friendship is to us what blood is to our body. And there has been a hot discussion on whether the friendship is affected by the financial disparity. Some people believe that friendship is based on the financial status. While others hold the view that financial disparity can't affect friendship. As far as I am concerned, I agree with the latter view. That's to say the true friendship will not be affected by financial disparity. The reasons are as follows.

First and foremost, the true friendship should be based on mutual-respect, ignoring the financial disparity.

Just as Catherine Pulsifer ever put it: "To be a friend means encourage strengths in others and accepting their weaknesses; in other words, accepting them for who they are." The friendship shouldn't be broken down just because of the money. And the mutual-respect calls for respecting and accepting each other's situation, including the financial situation. For instance, although Marx and Engels have great disparities in finance, they become lifelong friends. That's because Engels respects Marx instead of looking down upon him. He has given Marx much help in finance for many years. And Marx appreciates Engels instead of hitting him. Besides, Marx cooperates with him in work and trusts him in daily life. Therefore, true friendship will not be affected by money.

Secondly, true friends should not only share good times, but also share pain.

Just as an old saying goes: A friend in need is a friend indeed. True friends should share sadness and happiness with each other. And when one is in trouble, the friends will give a hand without hesitation. But sometimes the fact is when you are in fortune's lap, you have many friends, but when you are in trouble, only few friends back up you. And these few ones are actually your true friends. They encourage you and lift you up in spirits and make that dark and empty world become bright and full. They will not leave you just because you are poor. On the contrary, they will accompany you all the time.

On the other hand, if the friendship is affected by financial disparity, then the friendship cannot be called friendship.

For example, if someone wants to keep a friendship with you just because you are a guy that can afford Tiffany jewelry or any other luxuries, will you accept? I believe that none of you want such person to appear in your life.

All in all, from what we have discussed above, it is not hard for us to draw a conclusion that the true friendship is not affected by financial disparity; instead, it can bear all kinds of tests since it is based on mutual respect and will shares both good times and hard times.