Happy birthday Hive account@abigail, hope its not coming late.

this happened to Felipe was because of his mates, because of the group he was hanging around with

Exactly dear, peer group influence is a major factor that affects the behavioural attitude of a child either positively or negatively depending.
But what stops us from influencing the group to our taste? Cant we out-shine the group of friends we keep? All these are thoughts that rival in my subconscious, but I think its needless trying to alter the mindset of "the group" you share friendship with, its either you attract to them or repel them...unless you have understood yourself to the extreme. Otherwise, you will end up getting influenced by them and subsequently getting your mindset modified to suit them.
As regards your statement on attraction of like pair, you are not far from the truth...unlike, unlike pair which should always repel in a real sense...if only we employ a good choice of attraction.

Thanks for the cerebral indepth😊😊😊