Never talking to strangers. Saying nasty things about the neighbors.
Believing that your parents are always right.
Waking up each morning to a hysterical alarm clock on the bedside table.
Believing absolutely everything that appears in print.
Wearing a scrap of colored cloth around your neck, even though it serves no useful purpose, but which answers to the name of “tie.”
Never asking a direct question, even though the other person can guess what it is you want to know.
Keeping a smile on your lips even when you’re on the verge of tears. Feeling sorry for those who show their feelings.
Believing that art is either worth a fortune or worth nothing at all.
Despising anything that was easy to achieve because if no sacrifice was involved, it obviously isn’t worth having.
Following fashion trends, however ridiculous or uncomfortable.
Believing that all famous people have tons of money saved up.
Investing a lot of time and money in external beauty and caring little about internal beauty.
Using every means possible to show that, although you’re just an ordinary human being, you’re far above other mortals.
Never looking anyone in the eye when you’re traveling on public transport, in case it’s interpreted as a sign that you’re trying to get off with them.
Standing facing the door in an elevator and pretending you’re the only person there, no matter how crowded it is.
Never laughing too loudly in a restaurant no matter how good the joke.
In the southern hemisphere, covering the Christmas tree with fake snow even though winter has nothing to do with the birth of Christ.
Assuming, as you grow older, that you’re the guardian of the world’s wisdom, even if you haven’t necessarily lived enough to know what’s right and wrong.
Going to a charity tea party and thinking that you’ve done your bit toward putting an end to social inequity in the world.
Eating three times a day even if you’re not hungry.