Posted by ebass420 at 64.210.7.34 on January 21, 2002 at 14:38:05:
In Reply to: I need you to help me make a choice; posted by NEWMAN on January 21, 2002 at 14:26:23:
Look, you are obviously alot mroe mature than other kids your age. Don;t give up what you enjoy just becuase it makes you fit in...becuase you are not happy fitting in. Why be with 'friens' you don;t like. Fuck those other guys, hang out with Ben. By the time they realizen how pathetic they are, they will be thirty five, divorced, alcoholic, and have a dead end job.
I was the same way. I liked comics when everyone else was into sports, and sure I got shit for it. I had a wolverine shirt I loved and got ebat up every time I wore it, so it had to be retired. So I spent 6,7,and 8th grade trying to fit in with my tormentors, becuase maybe then they'd leave me alone.
Then I realized one night...why do I want to fit in with a bunch of assholes. Then I finally started to find my own identity. At first I went overboard, doing things I knew would be completely unaccepted by the status quo and social change of the highschool. But i was happy...and this brought out a couple other people that admitted theyw ere into the same comics and music I was, but never admitted it ebcuase it wasn;t cool. I've been friends with them ever since, best friends. My tip is this...do what makes you feel happy.
email me if you want to talk some more, and I hope I helped.