All of us are experiencing peer pressure, right? Do we all know how to handle this? How can we get away from this kind of situation? Do we have to turn our back to those people causing this situation? Here's the catch.. Peer pressure is experienced in different ways. Reasons might be about: loyalty, trust, honesty, influence, relationships, etc. As for me, it has always been about honesty and trust. How will you know if someone has been telling things behind your back and they have no intentions of telling you?

Its hard to trust a friend specially when your feeling some doubts about him/her. In some cases you have known your friends your whole life but then it wasn't enough to put your trust on them. We all know the feeling of being betrayed. Y'all know the feeling of being alone, though, your in a group of people your used to be with, but you know for yourself that there is something, a factor, that's keeping you away from them.

You ask them what's going on. You privately ask them why are they acting so strange around you. You even tend to ask some people about it and then you knew that there is indeed something going on. All day during class, break, before you go sleep just everything you do your always asking yourself if you have done something wrong or have you ever changed the way you treated them.

Then you had this certain boost of confidence to ask them what are their opinions, comments or even some bad feeling about you, still, you haven't got any luck about it. You are so sure that they do have this feeling about you because a trusted friend told you so, though, he/she never reiterated all the details he/she just sheepishly told you that they have been talking about you.

How would you call those people? You have been friends with them, created a group together, stayed with each other for hours, listen to each other's stories and worst shared with them your own personal secrets. Knowing all of the discussions you have had with them are private and that no one will find out about it but, still, it took another level and was told about differently. It's just like the saying "Kapag ibang tao na ang nagkwento dalawang bagay lang yan: madadagan o mababawasan".

Word of advice? Test their loyalty first. Study their body language, haha. Do a background check about him/her. If you think that you know everything their has to know about this person, SPILL! Never regret because you have chosen that person to keep it. Now, the only thing that i have to do is convince myself and do what i have adviced. :))

Labels: friends, honesty, loyalty, peer pressure, trust