It's been a long time since I've been here!!!! Hello ladies and Germs.
I was born in 1958 and I was raised a Jehovahs Witness.. I was ostracized at school being the stupid geek that didn't salute the flag. I had to sit down during the flag salute every day(do they let them stand now??) I had to flee the school classroom if there was a birthday party going on for another student. I had to get the hell out of there if there was a hoilday celebration going on in the classroom of ANY sort. All of this behaviour made me an outcast from the rest of the children and eventually made me an angry screwed up adult!!
I became part of this world when I was about 16 years old, but I will never be able to really relate to my co-workers or my friends...I always feel like an outsider and even when I am with my friends, I always seem to feel like I just can't seem to fit in properly. It's really hard to understand unless you grew up in the cult of the J.W. like I did.
I have resigned myself to the fact that I will never quite ever fit in to this world, even though I desperately would like to. Again, you would have to grow up in my situation to understand what I'm talking about.
-fin