riverotter wrote:
*raises hand*
I basically only talked to adults. I had one friend that was my age until about 14 yrs old.
I still am a little afraid of kids. I never understood them when I was one, or since.
This describes me very well. I was closest to adults and teachers and had two (maybe three) friends my age total between grade school and the early part of high school. In my scout troop, I was the only one my age. Most everyone else was four years younger than me. It didn't bother me in the least.
Only now that I am in my thirties am I starting to hang out with people about my age, and those are a fairly select bunch. Most of my friends are still 4-5 years older (though it starts to matter a lot less the older you get).
I think "cheated" is the wrong word for me. Had I not been "cheated," I wouldn't have been so engrossed in music, and I can't imagine life without having that kind of intensity and passion.
Surely I was different than a lot of kids, but I don't regret one bit of it. Being totally consumed in everything I did was really fun. I was very naive and extremely affectionate. I still sort of am, but it's not quite the same. While I don't miss my childhood, I don't regret it at all. I'm a very live-in-the-present sort of guy, I guess.
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