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At first I was not sure if I wanted to violate a social norm. There are so many social norms that society would find “unacceptable” and with being adapted to the standards of society I was unsure of if I would be able to violate a social norm. With the way society would respond and finding a social norm that would not make me completely uncomfortable, it was hard to choose a norm to violate. I had decided to get overly dressed up for a party at my friends house. Instead of going to the party in my usual jeans and tank top, I had gone in a dress I had worn to my Winter Ball last year. I got dressed up fancy for a party that was casual.
While I was getting ready for the party I had a lot of thoughts about how people would respond to the way I was dressed. I thought that people would make fun of me, call me names, and laugh at me when I arrived. I figured that some of them would think that it was to attract attention to myself. I was not expecting people to actually talk to me at the party.
Some of the people had responded the way I expected. A few people laughed at me when they saw me. Others simply came up to me and asked me why I was wearing a fancy dress. Some of the girls complimented my dress. Although I was not expecting people to talk to me, a select few still did. A few of the people had told me that they thought it was cool of me to wear a dress to the party. They had thought that being different was a good thing and that more people should be their own person rather than following the crowd. A lot of people gave me weird looks as if I was doing something wrong. I had noticed that people were whispering about me behind my back.
I was not really all that surprised about the reactions I had gotten that night. I was only surprised that people complimented the dress and that a few people thought of it as a good thing. The rest of the reactions I had received were what I was expecting. I was expecting them to talk behind my back and...