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Tethering?!

I am writing this in hopes that the person I am writing about doesn’t realise it is him I’m referring to. Even though I am not mentioning names, I know it is easy to identify that person. Then, there are also a bunch of people who try to read between the lines and have a misconception of my feeling for my friend. He is my friend full stop. Anyway, back to the story… Someone wrote about social learning a few weeks back. I understand the full impact and extent of it since I have been influenced and influencing others for a long time. I didn’t know the name for that but I called it modelling. On one of our outings, I made a facial expression and then immediately changed it. I laughed at myself. He asked why was I laughing. I, being frank as usual, told him I thought I was imitating his smile or facial expression. His response made me wonder more. It’s called tethering and it’s not a good thing, he said. So, I know what is mobile tethering and stuff like that but not in context of frie