Teasing

I'm actually listening to a "This American Life" episode about reputations. This guy asked, on camera, what his friends really thought of him. They all said they honestly thought he was a real jerk, even his Mom! It was because he teased everyone so much. So why do we tease? It’s a big ego thing; someone may put another down to look bigger in front of others. Someone else may tease because they were teased or even abused as a child. So now they do it to physically weaker people because they think it’s just a part of life. So my goal this week is to not tease anyone, it’s going to be very hard, but I think it’s possible.