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Cowed By a Friend

We are like twins, just alike. How? We think alike. Always? Yes. We have the same ideas. All the same ideas? Uh-huh. How do you know? I just do. What do you think about Johnny? We love him. Both of you? Uh-huh. Do you like pie? No. Neither of you? Right. What if you disagree? We never do. It is how we stay friends. Her friend stays suspiciously silent, not wanting to make her angry.

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Michelle Faulkner

Date: 11/1/2018 10:03:00 AM

My mother raised us by the "If you have nothing nice to say, say nothing'" mantra, so our house was often 'suspiciously silent'-

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 11/1/2018 10:24:00 AM

Hahahaha At least you took your mother's advice, so that is a start.

Rhona Mcferran

Date: 11/1/2018 4:20:00 AM

Wow, I'd forgotten this starts early... I know plenty of grown people who do this, though.

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 11/1/2018 6:57:00 AM

It is weird when you encounter it, as sometimes the cowed ones follow the aggressive ones around for years, not daring to speak or have an opinion or their own life.