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The thing about cliques If there’s one thing reading Trevor Noah’s Born ‘A Crime’ taught me, it is the fact that everyone has an innate desire to belong to something, a group, a sect, or let’s just say a clique. Everyone one wants to belong, whether or not they are willing to accept it. The good thing is that nature has naturally created a solution to that need to belong by establishing cliques. Now, this is how cliques are basically supposed to function even if they seldom do. Cliques are supposed to be formed naturally by a group of people coexisting in the same place, who find themselves liking the same extracurricular activities, and having similar likes, hobbies, views and values or just have a common goal. But, this isn’t the case most of the time. Cliques are now mostly perceived as some sort of social upper class group where standards are set for intending members to meet whether or not they resonate with them. And these cliques create some sort of you-no-follow...

They are the keepers, The ride-and-dies, They are the ones with the bad habits and lingering weakness, The ones that will have many fall-outs with you but still stay till the end. I always say, if I’ve never had a fight with you then I don’t consider you my real friend. (Fight as in, serious argument or disagreement or contrasting views and thought pattern about a subject) You know what makes these ones special? Their imperfectness has opened their eyes to the imperfection that lies in every one and the understanding that our imperfections don’t render us invalids but makes us beautiful and friendship is about covering up for the weaknesses of each other and learning to live together through it all. They know forgiveness. They understand the meaning of friendship. They will always show up for you somehow. Those are the ones you should keep in your life. They have gone through multiple midlife-crises at just age 35. They have made very bad choices. Th...