monkey nonsense

even though i think i act the same around different people, the dynamics of the different groups of people vary despite myself seemingly remaining constant. for example, i am AWESOME at games when i play against high school friends (i allllways beat angela and mariam!) and college friends (i always beat chubacca and ren-yi and changer banger regardless of what we’re playing… well, ‘cept thumb war). but with after-college friends, i find i suck at whatever we’re playing… what the heck?

one of my friends said she notices that people change their tone when they answer the phone. she says she noticed a lot of her guy friends lowered their voices when picking up the phone, particularly when they were talking to other guys. i’ve noticed that a few of my guy friends’ voices sound lower over the phone, but i always attributed it to the phone distorting their voices…

i guess we make subconscious adjustments when around different people (… like maybe i just feel bad for my after-college friends so in order to boost their self-esteem, i let them win at whatever we’re playing!), but i wonder if it’s ever so extreme that you have split personalities? i could see how one might be more outgoing with a group of people they’re very comfortable with… that’s not the “act different” that i’m thinking of. i wonder if it’s like two distinct personalities… like with one group of friends they’re calm, organized, and level-headed and with another group of friends, they’re crazy and insane. (i’m stereotyping here… of course you can be both calm and crazy, but u know what i mean)