I Generally See Myself As Conforming

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I would generally see myself as conforming. I see myself this way because I am one who is not very confrontational and I don’t like to upset people or cause conflict.

One situation that I have conformed to is this coming Christmas it’s supposed to be at my parents house for my mothers side of the family. The time was set for 1:00 and one person could not make it at that time so everyone else had to go ok we will change it for this one person. Not only myself said ok and conformed to this change but everyone in the family just to keep from causing conflict or an argument. I would say this would be normative social influence.

Conforming in this situation makes me feel awful. I think since its at my parents house they should be the one deciding

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