I assume a pose in front of most people. I act different in front of my parents, friends, and other family members. In front of my parents I act nice and like a good son should be. In front of my friends I act completely different because I don't need to look like a good kid, I joke around and just have a good time and I can't act that way in front of my parents. My mom said to me straight out that I'm changing and I'm changing at all, it's just that I'm acting the same around her like I do my friends. I always act my best in front of family members because I want to look like the good kid and that my parents raised me well, plus if I act good my parents will be nicer to me.
I don't show my true self to anyone because myself won't be accepted by my friends now. I only show myself who I really am. I do that because I'm the only one who needs to know who I really am. The only people that would know about who I really am would probably be my best friend but they don't even know all about me because I would act different around them because they would be in the friends category.