Hi@ogoowinner, this caught my attention most I visit your blog.
The act of judging people wrongly based on personal feeling, a one-time encounter etc is what I termed as passive stereotype.
We're often misquoted, misconstrued, and misunderstood hence we're tagged what wrongly.
Most people do not understand human behavior. I wish everybody do... But hell no.
Quickly something came to my head, about 15 years back, I was in college. There was this our neighbor,was never in good term with my Mother. Theirs was more of an African cat and relationship dog. My mother would warned us never to go near her or accept anything as a gift from her... Meanwhile I have only witnessed them fought once and as a teenager I could figured out my Mother did made her fought.
I was returning from school one day, I had exhausted the 20naira my Mum gave me, and I had no fare to take me back home other than to use my leggediz Benz...
Just by the school gate I met the woman with her son, waiting for next public Bus...
To my surprise, she asked me to join her...though I've not always support my Mum but my siblings would not have her say hi before they take to their heel.
I did as she offered. Paid my fare. And as we approach our home, she whispered to me never to let me Mum aware of it as she wouldn't want her trouble...
My emphasis here is, I never took her for the impression my Mum had about her. She had helped me severally.
Everyone has got their feelings.
It is possible to live with the Devil if one can be an angel I wish everyone could know.