Fitting in has always been something that we humans yearn for
Clearly, most of us do certain things in order to belong to a a particular group of people
It doesn't matter if it's damaging our reputation or our character, as long as we are accepted
It's a sort of belonging to a cult, we always wanted to be a part of the team
Most definitely, you may say you aren't influenced by the friends you keep
And that would be because you have an open mind towards life as a whole, and you watch what you do and who you listen to
I don't know if time is the only factor that will determine if you turn out to be like them or not
And I am not saying, you won't be able to stick to your morales.......
But if it's in the scripture, I don't think you can evade changing forms to be just like the friends you keep
It's better you don't even keep them at all
After all you are the average of them all..... That's what they say
RE: Birds walking with bats sleep upside down.