Why Wouldn't I Care?

"Why do you care what people think?"

I hate that phrase, deeeeeep down in my heart. I think that some people who use it are only doing so because it makes them seem less affected by what people think about them, they're cooler because they don't give a damn. WRONG! I had a friend (we're not friends b/c of this very phrase, sort of?) who got a lot of attention from females EVERYWHERE he went, but him and I had our own special friendship, relationship whatever, so he never treated me like those groupies and we were really playful and affectionate with each other. But when we were around people who didn't know us I didn't want to act like that and he just COULDN'T understand why! I told him that if you attract groupie bitches everywhere you go and then someone who doesn't know how you and I roll sees me and you all hugged up and playing then I just look like another groupie! "Why do you care what people think?" Ummm......well if I'm not a groupie, then why would I want someone to think that I am? DUH.....I DON'T! First impressions are everything and as HUMANS we tend to be judgemental, it may not be intentional but we just can't help it. So why wouldn't I want to censor my actions around people who don't know? It's not being fake, its just how I act if I don't know you, then if you want to get to know me you will learn more and more about me as time goes on. If you are my friend I could care less what you think about me b/c by now you know me, we're homies but a stranger is a different story. I doubt anyone wants to be portrayed as something that they aren't, so at the end of the day we all probably care, and since when did caring become a bad trait?