A pastime, like a ritual, proceeds in a way that is familiar. The content of pastime is not programmed so strictly as that of a ritual. The pastimers have more leeway to make their own embellishments.

1. Pastimes

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3. Pastimes
• A pastime, like a ritual,
proceeds in a way that is
familiar.
• The content of pastime is
not programmed so
strictly as that of a ritual.
• The pastimers have more
leeway to make their own
embellishments.

4. Pastimes
• In pastime, the participants
talk about something but
engage in no action
concerning it.
• A frequent clue to pastime
is “Pastime = Past time.”
• Most often pastimers will
discuss on what happened
in the past.

5. Pastimes
• Berne gave witty names to
some familiar pastimes.
• Men may pastime around
General Motors while women
may prefer Kitchen or
Wardrobe.
• When parents get together,
there is usually a session of
P.T.A.
• For Britishers, the best known
pastime is The weather.

6. Pastimes
• Pastimes are usually
conducted from parent or
child ego states.
• In a parental pastime,
people voice sets of pre-
judged opinions about the
world.
• Child pastimers go back
and replay thoughts and
feelings from when they
were children.

7. Pastimes
• Pastiming yields mainly
positive strokes, with some
negatives.
• Compared to rituals, pastime
strokes are more intense and
predictable.
• Pastime is a way in which
people sound each other out
as possible partners for the
more intense stroke
exchanges which take place in
games or intimacy.

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