Group Dynamics

I don't have a "group" as much as I have a bunch of friends.  I eat lunch with a group in which I don't always spend time with them.  I would say I am in multiple groups and spend time with all different people.  Some I am closer to than others but not always are they in the same "group".  Because I am with other people I feel like the middle man sometimes when others talk about not liking a person I am around.  The reason I don't like to be with one group is that I feel like when people put a social "tag" on some people, I'm not included.  If they were to say "those are the soccer kids" I'm technically associated but not always included in the comment. Although this "tag" isn't that big of a deal, I don't want to be known as someone that does something I don't do.

Within the groups that I am a part of, I believe I would be the disrupter. I am the one that always tries to make a joke out of things.  Within the multiple groups I am with, the people I am around have similar interests.  I play soccer therefore I hang out with people that play soccer.  In that group I can tell who is the leader and who WANTS to be the leader.  One individual is in charge and doesn't typically care.  The role was just given to him.  There is one individual that always tries to be the leader and thought of as the higher power.  In the other group I am with, everyone just likes to have fun.  In this group we all have similar likes throughout multiple seasons and not just one.  However, in this group there is a definite blocker on ideas.  One individual is so opinionated that sometimes you just keep quiet to avoid his remarks.