If someone is giving you some advice, check if they are a reliable source. it doesn't matter if they are your friends or family, or a complete stranger you met at a bus stop. Fact check always because the information is more reliable if the informant has used this information or has had experiences leading to that advice. It helps a lot.
I come from an Indian family. In our culture, having a loving relationship outside of your family under the age of twenty-one is considered as ill-fated and plain stupid. But in my life and environment, it almost seems imperative for every student to have budding relations with their friends. Every conservation has to followed by 'We are just friends'. Is their anything wrong in having friends? No. But again, the devil that is social construct demands that we be made fun of and mocked for our actions and reactions with different sets of friends.
I have this friend. Her name is say, Janice (privacy matters). We have been good friends for almost an year now, and ever since, my classmates have started to expect for things to happen between me and say, Janice. Not every friendship has to end up as is socially manifested in human brains. Relationships can be sacred, and stay sacred. Just because I happen to talk Janice doesn't mean that I like her or intend to. Funnily enough, my friends are more interested in my social life than I seem to be.
I come from an Indian family. In our culture, having a loving relationship outside of your family under the age of twenty-one is considered as ill-fated and plain stupid. But in my life and environment, it almost seems imperative for every student to have budding relations with their friends. Every conservation has to followed by 'We are just friends'. Is their anything wrong in having friends? No. But again, the devil that is social construct demands that we be made fun of and mocked for our actions and reactions with different sets of friends.
I have this friend. Her name is say, Janice (privacy matters). We have been good friends for almost an year now, and ever since, my classmates have started to expect for things to happen between me and say, Janice. Not every friendship has to end up as is socially manifested in human brains. Relationships can be sacred, and stay sacred. Just because I happen to talk Janice doesn't mean that I like her or intend to. Funnily enough, my friends are more interested in my social life than I seem to be.
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