Even when I was little, I remember noticing I thought very differently about things than most girls my age. I think I just didn't get the genes that girl code everything. I guess I just don't feel the need to be so tactful or play the games that most girls do.

I HATE cliques. I will talk to any person at any time about many different things. I understand having a friend group. Human existence depends on us being able to rely on other people for things we can't do for ourselves. But why must we alienate 99.9% of other people when we're with our "friends"? Every "friend" we have was at one point just a random girl to us when we met, unless you Instagram stalked them. Meeting people is one of my favorite things. Every time you meet someone you get to start fresh and not have to worry about if you're following each other's rules or what your history with them affects. You're just two curious people talking.

Then all of a sudden, your cool new friend you introduced to everyone is in one of those cliques that seem to suck everyone but you in wholeheartedly. Those plans you two had to grab lunch sometime and have a study/coffee date? Gone. Just mindless talk she was sharing before she moved on to bigger and better things with her new group of friends.

I hate cliques so much, during high school I refused to be a part of one. No matter who I was with, if someone I know came up to me and started talking, I'd talk to them like I would anywhere else, not caring the least about the looks I got from my friends or other people. If anything I found it amusing. It's funny to watch people get all flustered and creeped out by such little things.

In college it's no different. There's cliques at school, at work, in student organizations, and even in the medical world. It doesn't end. The trend just continues for these people. It's maddening.

It's just dumb to make it so hard to let other people into your world with your friends. I'm not saying you have to be friends with everyone. But when someone makes a true attempt to be friends with you and your friends, at least give them a chance rather than try to stare at them and make them uncomfortable until they leave. They probably think you're cooler than you really are.

The clique pandemic needs to be controlled. Please help me stop this trend! I challenge you to reach out to a potential new friend this week and introduce them to yours!