All articles tagged with #social expectations
A middle-aged couple planning a second wedding registers for new household items despite already owning similar belongings, which some find inappropriate, raising questions about social norms and personal boundaries. The article also discusses feelings of being left out and hurt in family gift exchanges and the importance of communication to address expectations and misunderstandings.
A study published in Nature Human Behavior found that 55%–70% of people tend to follow arbitrary rules even when it is costly or unnecessary, driven mainly by intrinsic respect for rules and social expectations, as revealed through a series of online experiments involving over 14,000 participants.
Sex therapist Dr. Laura Berman suggests that couples struggling with intimacy should consider skipping sex on Valentine's Day to alleviate pressure and anxiety. She advises taking sex off the table, being intentional about desired feelings, avoiding social media comparisons, and choosing kinder thoughts about the relationship. Berman emphasizes the importance of intentional thoughts and energy in cultivating a positive relationship, suggesting that Valentine's Day should be a reminder to be mindful of thoughts about love and relationships.
A bride criticized her wedding guests for not being generous enough with their gifts, claiming they didn't cover the cost of their $200 per head plate. She expressed disappointment in her guests' gifts and received backlash for her entitled attitude. Many people argued that it is unreasonable to expect lavish gifts and that the cost of the wedding should be the responsibility of the hosts, not the guests.
A study from Germany suggests that long-tailed macaques were more likely to reject an inferior reward from a human than from an automatic feeding machine, meaning they can distinguish between the two and react to the difference. The research looked at four different experimental conditions and found that the subject monkeys more often refused the low-value food from the humans but accepted the same low-value food from the machine. The study suggests that “social disappointment” with humans may play a role in the monkeys' behavior.