There's a certain kind of behavior in the Arab world that to me resembles the way young men behave when there is no significant influence from women in their lives.
After all what is your host's purpose in having a party? Surely not for you...
I don't think balance is something you get from someone else it's something...
I keep my own personality in a cupboard under the stairs at home so that no one else can see it or nick it.
