A Penny For Our Relationship?
22 Sep 2009
How many times have we secretly wished that we are the most popular guy or girl in class during school? Well, maybe not the most popular, but well-liked at least.
Acceptance is a “popular” value among many people. Don’t we hate the feeling to be ostracised by others? To be left alone while our peers huddle together in their tight inner circle, passing juicy titbits of gossips of people out of their clique. Many times you wonder if you were one of the subject topics among them.
In order to be accepted, we go to great lengths. We please. We butter up. We bow our heads and seek for approval. Ok, maybe not to that extent – our pride’s in the way! But you get the point. We’ll do what we need and have to so that we can belong to at least one clique. We don’t want to be left behind, always the last to know what’s happening (or not even knowing until the event has been filed in the archives!), and never having someone reserve a seat for us when we run slightly late for a lecture or tutorial.
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