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Familiarity Breeds Contempt

 Being familiar to someone is a very eerie thing to everyone around. The moment one gets familiar with someone, there develops an air of frankness to say anything to the person involved: even wild things. The subtle changes and unambiguous traits to see in those who tend to be this way is in their talks or gestures. Though the exact fodder to this phenomenon is akin to a wild goose chase, some highlighted behavior gives anyone a creep. Once I had been privy to such a situation when one of the person my mother became close to had the said feeling for her. The lady was a person with a menial job to fend for and gradually grew close to her. Later, through the course of time, she took my mom for granted and demanded more goodies/freebies. The moment she ignored the woman, she felt miffed. My mom knew that she courted trouble for being nice to her. A very important thing to remember is one should follow the nuances and manners of the society they can represent. Anything that is not along th