Do you change personalities depending on the people you are around?

@SaNdRa15 (128)
United States
March 21, 2010 9:29pm CST
Do you act differently depending on the group you are with (not cursing, not drinking, etc.)? Do you think most people do this?
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11 responses
@netcoder (275)
• Philippines
10 Apr 10
it depends like if im with my boss then of course i will going to behave myself and be like an angle without wings. but if im with friends then they know who really i am so i can show them the real me. i dont drink and it will never change whether im with friends or not.
• Philippines
22 Mar 10
I am not the type of person to change my personality just to fit in the crowd. I feel like I will have true friends or real people around me if I allow myself to be as natural as possible. If people don't like me the way I am, it's okay. I am not born to please everybody. Having a few and true people who really cares and will be there for me during the times I need them the most is more than enough. I believe that some people do act differently depending on whom they are with, I had a colleague who was like that but in the end she ended up losing everybody and nobody trusted her. That is sad right? It is better for people to see who you really are tp gain real friendship/relationship and genuine friends.
@flagella08 (5065)
• Philippines
22 Mar 10
yes. i do that more often. when im with my group way back in high school i feel like a kid again. we almost forgot that we're already professionals. we shout everytime we meet each other especially at the malls.
@saphrina (31552)
• South Africa
22 Mar 10
I know a lot of people do this. But, i am always myself, I won't change just to fit in or be with a group of people.
@phoenix8606 (4942)
22 Mar 10
hell0! nope, i never do it and i have even posted a discussion about that we must be unique and don't imitate anyone! I always am my self no matter of that with whom am I or where am I, I think that every person s unique, that everyone has its own and unique personality and must never change it, because then this person become one nothing, become a man without a face!
@nangisha (3496)
• Indonesia
22 Mar 10
I believe my personality is good enough to getting along with others, I just became myself but I can learn to except others with their bad and good habit. I don't really care what others think about me, as long I am trying to best persons I can be and try me best to treat others as good as I can.
• United States
22 Mar 10
hey there and happy day to ya:) I have always been able to do that no matter what kind of personalities i have been around..i have been around professionals,blue collar.upper c lass.snooty.no personalties,,lol..and hipppies which r my favorite:) i act different to a point though.i am always me but maybe minus a few smart remarks,or too much fulll of joy i guess that tends to anger some ppl..but there is always humore and smiles at some point.
• Indonesia
22 Mar 10
I definitely would not change my personality when I'm in some clique or group cause that is basically who I am as a person, but I would change my behavior to be fit in that group. Personality is difficult to change, but behavior can be changed or faked in some point of time in our life, but in long term, I think each personality will show out cause like I said, that is who we really are.
@myzire72 (1154)
• Singapore
22 Mar 10
Yes, I do. I believe we have to be flexible at times, and that means changing ourselves to suit the environment. For example, I don't behave the same way when talking to my boss and when socializing with my friends. There are so many situations that may warrant a change in our behaviors or personalities. But that doesn't mean we are hyprocrites. It's more of a way of life, an understood code of conduct.
@Rhazelle (356)
• Canada
22 Mar 10
I think everyone does this. It's just natural that when you're around someone you know are uncomfortable around certain topics that you just don't bring it up. Otherwise you wouldn't be friends in the first place. You have to feel comfortable around someone to be friends.
@hofferp (4734)
• United States
22 Mar 10
I act differently, and I think most people do, depending on the situation, the people you're with, the culture you're in, etc. We simply have different roles we "play": a mother or father, a brother or sister, a friend, a boss, an employee, etc.