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FAMILIARITY BREEDS CONTEMPT






FAMILIARITY BREEDS CONTEMPT





To become familiar with a person
Is getting to know them very well,
Finding all their traits and habits
Shows how close you`ve become.



If you love that person you accept
Whatever faults that they may have,
You always treat them with respect
And be mindful of their feelings.



Now to feel contempt for a person
Is to feel distain or even scorn,
You may even come to despise them
And disrespect is not far behind.



I want to know why they say that
Familiarity breeds contempt,
Why, doesn`t really matter because
The point is that it is very true.



Is it that we become too familiar
And then start taking advantage?
`Cause that is when we start to hurt
The other person`s feelings.



We start to disregard their feelings
Although probably not on purpose,
We start to take them for granted
And this should never happen.



Nothing wrong with becoming familiar
But make sure we`re not contemptuous,
It is so easy to fall into this category
I know, as I am also guilty of this.








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