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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Taking another tack ~ NP here. I've mentioned this before on other threads. I go into social situations assuming I'm no different from anyone else, but it comes down to this. 1/3 of people will like me, 1/3 of people won't. 1/3 will be indifferent. DD was deciding on a college. She mentioned numerous students going to Big State U, like 25 out of 75 she didn't care for. Instead she happened to choose an unlikely out of state school. 3 others from her HS went. 1 she didn't like.

I've been following this pattern lately, and to me, it explains a lot for a lot of social interactions. The "don't like" isn't an ugly thing, it's just not a personality that mixes well w/my personality. But it mixes fine with someone else - and they are in my friend group. Different for everybody.

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I like this approach, but not sure I get the anecdote about your DD. Are you saying that she (and anyone) is always going to dislike a third of the people in any given group? Or that her preference for the out-of-state school based on disliking fewer of her peers attending was smart? Or irrelevant (since she will inevitably dislike 1/3 of any group)? Not trying to be difficult, just trying to understand how this works in practice.[/quote]

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