Why do people do that, anyway? I've noticed that resistance to change in many aspects of people's lives... Take my best friend from high school, for example. In highschool, I was not comfortable with myself and always wore baggy jeans and band t-shirts. This Christmas when I visited her (four years after graduation), she looked at me (wearing clothes which actually fit and flattered me, plus the color pink) and asked since when I wore girl clothes, that I've changed so much since high school, etc... When in reality it's her who hasn't changed! (She later recognized this when I asked her about it, so that's a step in the right direction.)
It's called growing, no matter what changes you make in your life -- picking up a new skill set, losing weight for whatever reason, changing your image -- and those people who are intimidated by growth and progress will do what it takes to stop you! It strikes me as so weird, since those people are usually the ones who need the growth the most!!
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