Unknown

My fiance and I spent our Saturday night cozied up to a movie now at the Windsor Terrace Movie theater to see a 7:00 show of Unknown. A PG 13 flick with great suspense. We were outside the movie theater and I couldnt help but overhear a group of teenagers deciding which movie they would spend $12.50 on. It's a tough choice to find whats worthy(way too expensive these days if you ask me.) And then I heard a comment that too me back to my youth.
"My brother would be severely disappointed in me...he'd say why are you wasting your money on that!"
I am assuming that this teenage boy was speaking about his older brother. Growing up with two older brothers constantly influencing my decisions, I know that I've thought the same things this boy has many times. If it wasn't about movies or what was "cool" to watch, it was about music. When you are raised with older siblings it places you in a role, you want to be liked by them or at least have their approval. You find yourself conforming to the same social likes as them. If I were to tell my brother in high school that I likes Justin Beiber for example...I would have been made fun of for it. Therefore if I wanted to listen to Justin Beiber I would hide it. However I found that the more I absorbed the type of music and entertainment they liked, the more that it became an integral part of who I was.