K is for Kheer

So there's this thing. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Spend enough time with someone and they get to you. Phrases, mannerisms, speech patterns, gestures, posture, quirky eating habits etc.

For example if I'm not mistaken Jerry and Tristan are responsible for the proliferation of the term 'buddy', as is Shaneil is responsible for 'mate'. Mateen is responsible for the deadpan looks of Josh and I (I think) and Fahmy is responsible for the freak face. But I figure there are other instances where one unconsciously picks up the habits of another, such as a tendency to pick up the guitar, the strange call of the pool table, the urge to read or the need to assert oneself.

Taking a step back these traits that rub off one another are easily identifiable; I'd give an example if not for the 'thing'. I find it somewhere in between heart-warming and self-satisfying to note the (positive or negative) ways that I have influenced someone but at the same time teetering at the edge of a loss of identity as that someone else has been able to amalgamate a character trait into themselves. Now is that legitimate reasoning or am I indulging in my own narcissistic bullshit?

All this was sorta sparked off by something I read this morning from someone (yes, a lot of anonymity but no, it's not you Mat); it wasn't a piece that was odd because it was out of the blue and uncharacteristic but rather it was a result of a developing trend, one who's origins are easy to trace.

I guess it was more of an observation more than anything else. Or I'm struggling to articulate exactly what I'm thinking. Or both. It's been a weird, semi-productive morning.