Past Special interests/obsession's that embarrass you now

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Dogs......

I collected them. I was always trying to catch strays, lure them home, trying to adopt any dog anyone was trying to get rid, I slept next to my own dogs, read about dogs (fiction, nonfiction, veterinary medical textbooks, etc), wrote stories about dogs, photographed dogs, drew dogs, made up dog games, RP'd dogs, made dog board games, made dog sim games, played every dog sim I could find, made dog computer games, played dog adventure sims, made my own toy dogs, dreamed about dogs, somehow managed to get a show dog and trek all over the state competing with him, volunteered to help with dogs (even when the only thing I was doing was scooping their droppings)

I don't think I can feel embarrassment. I do wish I didn't spend a lot of time studying various fortune telling methods in my 20s. I got pretty good at that and did predictions for a lot of people. One of my "clients" went and joined a cult, saying I gave her a clue. I just shrugged it off. Adults can make their own decisions and it's not other people's business to tell them what to do. Considering that I have a degree in science that was rather a waste of time.

I still do a quick astrological chart for each new baby born in the extended family, and make some wild predictions in my head. I don't share this with their parents or anybody so I guess that's just fine.

For a good portion of my grade school years, I was obsessed with US politics. As a matter of fact as I am writing this, I recall a project where everyone was told what to become when they reached adulthood.

For mine, a family member took pics of me dressed as Bill Clinton and I wrote "I want to become a Governor of Oregon, then a US Representative, then a Senator, then maybe one day President."

I still have it somewhere in my house's garage if anyone wants to look at it.

As for now, I agree with many that people who serve (or will serve) in Congress will never stop acting like little kids in a schoolyard; mud-slinging, name-calling, etc. Politics IMO has obviously changed since the beginning of the century, but I also agree with many who would not be surprised if a modern-day Civil War happens soon.

Thank you for sharing your experience with special interests and/or obsessions...(I recently started a thread on this topic out of curiosity)...From reading you, i noticed that as you all have matured, you tend to outgrow your obsessions...I mean, generally speaking...Or, are these special interests modified or replaced by new ones???...Please correct me if i misread...Thank you...Good night from CA...

I confess I was obsessed with stories;
It can be as broad as it's world building down to it's physics and culture.
It can be as specific as certain characters and about them, to specific objects that I would wish it exists in real life.

It doesn't have to be based from fiction.
It's an infatuation at best, maladaptive day dream fuel at worst.

And is now compressed to mild interests of fleeing guilty pleasures that no one will ever know -- save for a very few remnants of those in form of convoluted writings and random drawings somewhere in my youth.


Too bad I'm not much of a creative writer or story teller to make my own.
And I'm quite glad I never, ever talk about it out loud.

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No need to apologise, the way I wrote my post sounded like I'd slept around. I'm not offended at all. It's good to discuss these things.