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Danimal wrote:
I always knew I was a little different in elementary school. However, in junior high the differences became more obvious. I didn't care for the socializing because I was far more interested in my special interests. I rarely talked to anyone in school. I found most of my classmates uninteresting. In high school I made a couple of good friends who were accepting of my eccentricities.
I was also remarkably stubborn because I didn't like my routines disturbed. For example, I always walked to school regardless of the weather conditions. My mother wanted me to drive a car to school because that's what others did. I thought it was silly and refused. I saw no reason to be like everyone else. I ignored current hairstyles and clothes. I only wore the clothes that were comfortable for me. I didn't go to the senior prom because I thought it was a waste of time. I did spend two months in Japan, and it was heaven. I was among a people that didn't touch each other much and considered making eye contact rude.
I resented all the people who tried to get me to be a person I wasn't, especially christians. They really are threatened by nonconformity. I'm getting over the resentment slowly. Why? Because I was criticized for trivial crap such as how I held a pen, how I held utensils and for being ambidextrous. I was called rude and unchristian. I finally said f*** them. I do my own thinking. I always said that christians made the worst friends because they always have an agenda and ulterior motives.
I was also remarkably stubborn because I didn't like my routines disturbed. For example, I always walked to school regardless of the weather conditions. My mother wanted me to drive a car to school because that's what others did. I thought it was silly and refused. I saw no reason to be like everyone else. I ignored current hairstyles and clothes. I only wore the clothes that were comfortable for me. I didn't go to the senior prom because I thought it was a waste of time. I did spend two months in Japan, and it was heaven. I was among a people that didn't touch each other much and considered making eye contact rude.
I resented all the people who tried to get me to be a person I wasn't, especially christians. They really are threatened by nonconformity. I'm getting over the resentment slowly. Why? Because I was criticized for trivial crap such as how I held a pen, how I held utensils and for being ambidextrous. I was called rude and unchristian. I finally said f*** them. I do my own thinking. I always said that christians made the worst friends because they always have an agenda and ulterior motives.
I applaud your internal strength for rejecting their stone age silliness and embracing critical thinking as you have done.
Never stop being only what you want to be.
15 Nov 2012, 4:46 pm
When I was in 2nd grade and some of the other girls at recess told me I was their enemy because I never played with them. 
I didn't understand what the big deal was, because it wasn't anything personal, just that I didn't necessarily want to play what they were playing. I always thought that people meant what they said, so as far as I was concerned, they'd carved in stone that they hated me.
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