That is kinda fucked up. Understandable though, peer pressure sure is a bitch sometimes. Making you do things you should have never done, all for the sake of getting that feeling of "fitting in". Especially when you are not yet mature enough to even realise that what you are doing is bad.
How to shoot yourself in the foot in one simple step
Yummy!
Look mom, I'm a wizard! I need to project myself onto the astral plane, to appear before the council of middle management! If I don't, I might get fired!
hampter