There is a particular ideology I was made to believe was generally acceptable and preferred as a child growing up; I was meant to believe that going for a bigger, better and more appealing item(s) from a pack of items had a greedy connotation attached to it; in other words, go for the small and less appealing item to portray a humble and modest demeanour. You do not want to feel guilty and also be considered a greedy person, so you might as well pretend to be okay with the less appealing and inconspicuous item. Naturally, you become accustomed to the ‘norm’ which reflected in your choices at birthday parties, school games, friends, relationships etc. There is actually nothing wrong with choosing a smaller or less appealing/quality item, especially if it is something you genuinely like, the problem there is the wrong message or lesson which is being impacted as the reason to always go for less; but then again to my surprise, another child within the same sphere, ends up going for the bi