Peer pressure
today, I want to discuss on peer pressures.
the pressure to conform, and to stay within the social and peer norm.
how great this peer pressure must have been!
the pressure to compare, among your peers.
it could range in many forms:
1. salary
2. position/ level
3. job opportunities
4. family obligations
5. personal goals
6. etc
which brings me to my next thought.
what happens then when you don't have a common topic to discuss and contribute, and to "compare" and "benchmark" with? such as a stay at home mum against her peers of working women?
will this outlier eventually get displaced from her group of friends, and not get invited to future gatherings?
or will the group of friends conform and adapt to suit the stay at home mum friend? so they can discuss some other common topics instead of always going back to discussing on work issues?
no wonder stay at home mums tend to find their own cliques of other stay at home mums, from meeting them at school events or school related gatherings.
well, that is some food for thought.
this might mean what cliques you form and change along the course of your life journey.
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