Many men still feel an expectation to keep a stiff upper lip, a vestige of the days when the authoritarian father rarely let slip any admission of frailty, perhaps because he had a pipe clenched between his teeth.
(I don't worry so much about American Horror Story. Who cares which crazy lady with a weird accent Jessica Lange plays each season, as long as she keeps playing them?) Not that it can't be done, or done well, but viewers have the expectation to keep seeing their favorite characters and wondering what happened to them.
And the social expectation to "keep up" with trends, and therefore buy more clothes, is increasing.
A reasonable expectation to keep the parties' information confidential is required of the mediator.
(Although it's increasingly hard to lower our expectations enough to keep pace with the ever-sinking reality within the House of Commons and local government).
I've spent the better part of my life as a people-pleaser, trying to meet other people's expectations, trying to keep everyone happy and liking me.
"I wanted to give people the stereotypes they would expect, but by changing some of their expectations we planned to keep people on the edge of their seats.
To do better than those expectations, we have to keep getting better every game".
In the early days in Chicago, Saul and Anita rebelled against their parents' expectations and refused to keep kosher.
