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NYC_SKP

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3. Cultural norms do indeed put the pressure on us, like Holidays...

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Reply #2)

Mon Feb 6, 2012, 09:53 AM

Feb 2012

To fit in, we MUST shop shop shop and party party party.

And it seems, increasingly, that holidays never end.

It takes a bit of a constant effort to avoid what we don't care to do, and we seem to be expected to justify or explain our resistance.

Leave me alone!

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One’s A Crowd (Opinion from the NY Times) [View all] no_hypocrisy Feb 2012 OP

I'm a loner, yet my work is about people. NYC_SKP Feb 2012 #1

I understand what you mean. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2012 #2

Cultural norms do indeed put the pressure on us, like Holidays... NYC_SKP Feb 2012 #3

I feel the same way as you do. no_hypocrisy Feb 2012 #4