When I was growing up, my father had just returned from Vietnam and was suffering from severe PTSD. He had a tendency to fly into a rage when I acted out and I’ll just say if you’ve never been beaten with a leather belt with metal gromits, then you probably had a more positive childhood experience than I did. My mother? Pathologically could never be wrong about anything. Ever. For any reason. Suffice to say I never felt like I belonged at home as a kid.
I wasn’t popular in school. I got better grades than most but wasn’t as well socially adjusted. I grew up being a nerd. And this self image lasted from grade school well into my late teens when noone really saw me that way. I never felt like I belonged at school. I went to school to escape my home life, and I went home to escape school.
I dove into sci fi and fantasy books and movies, comics, D&D, gaming; any form of escapism I could find. These were my salvation. So I found my niche in these things. I felt like I belonged.
And now? No. I don’t feel like I belong anymore.
Sir, this is the WoW forums, not your twitter diary.
SEE! This is exactly what I’m talking about!
crawls under rock and disappears
I belong to the cheese lover’s cartel. You want an invitation?
wiggles toes
I do like me some cheese.
offers Brie on wheat crackers
It makes me feel better knowing that no one else belongs, and our purpose is our own.
It is part of the fun of getting older. Experiencing friends and family as they plan their families. Seeing a couple plan a child, pick their clothing, indoctrinate them as far as religion and sports teams… and then the kid grows up and becomes an atheist artist who hates sports.
No one belongs - yet here we all are. There is no purpose other than your own.
This aint Oribos.
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Imagine my parent’s surprise when their conservative Catholic upbringing spit out an agnostic left leaning moderate.
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I went from being raised as a pentecostal to finding my way towards non-denominational ministries. Something very off putting about a church that rides on emotions.
wiggles toes
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“Belonging” is about being average, let others be average, I prefer to be exceptional. “belonging” is just another way of saying someone accepts you as a like-minded individual, their attempt at defining and categorizing another thinking living being, another does not “define” me. I defy their definition, I define myself, “I think therefore, I am”.
Oh I am different from society.
I took all the news channels out of my satellite TV channel set. News today is not about telling me the news I need to get thru my day. They are more into telling me how bad I am for not watching them how bad society is, all for ratings.
I dumped my guild of several years of membership because the guild was trending towards something I do not like (raiding), We were a great RP guild then something happened.
The only groups I play with I find on the LFG.
I generally play solo now with very limited contact with anyone.
I simply do not “belong”, anymore.
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I am a lone wolf in real life, and I like it.
I would never belong to a club that would have me as a member. 
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You’re back!
Glad to see you posting again…
hugs Cyndilou and wiggles toes
Howdy hun.
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I’ve felt it a couple of times, but usually I’m just told it by others.
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