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Who said you have to be apart of her social circle?
No one, really. I guess I was forcing myself into a clique that seemed unnatural for me. All that mattered to me at the time was to gain social experience - regardless of who I was hanging out with: potheads, weeaboos, nerds, popular kids, etc.
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Why do you even like this girl?
What attracted you to together, there must be a cause .
By all honesty, I can't remember the details. Whenever I go through something bad, I tend to block out the experience until it completely fades out of memory. This all happened two years ago, and trying to remember a sour experience would only leave a sourer taste in my mouth.
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I'm a well rounded guy and have many interestes , I'm also very open minded and try not to judge based of appearance or action. So it's kind of difficult to see where your coming from.
I also follow this advice: to keep an open-mind, to not be judgmental, etc. But is it
bad to follow this philosophy to a certain extent? Of course, when it comes to girls, they establish this level of tolerance that, when broken, prompts them to pack their bags and move onto something that's more bearable.
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Are they fans of anime?
If yes, they're probably weird.
Not the good kind of weird, but the hanging-around-them-will-influence-you-in-a-way-that-will-repel-women-like-hell kind of weird.
In all seriousness, as long as they're not neckbeards it's probably OK.
In general, anime (or
anything for that matter) doesn't make a person weird; rather, it's how deep a person's obsession with it is to the point where it hinders his/her social skills. I honestly like watching anime, but I make it
a part of my life rather than
become it.
The key word is: moderation. Anything that's too excessive can be detrimental, so balancing one's lifestyle is critical.
Several years ago, I got invited by my high school friends to go to this one anime convention. I saw this as an opportunity to gain social experience and I decided to go. The only thing I wore that was related to anime was a black Naruto shirt my sister gave me as a gift. The white version of the shirt looks like this:
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When I got picked up by them and got in their car, my shirt paled in comparison as to what my friends wore. They were simply decked out - from head to toe - in stuff that's anime: wigs, makeup, costume, etc. They basically went
all out.
Now, going back to what Hint wrote:
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If your embarrassed by this person your obviously not a great friend.
I'll admit, I
was embarrassed being around them during the convention and after, which means that I wasn't they're friend to the core. (From what I believe, only a handful of cosplayers at the convention did a fantastic job ripping out characters straight from the comic books/movies. I think that by my being with the group that didn't dress to impress was a DLV on my end.) In it's heinous form, I was using these people to further my agenda of being more socially savvy before I left for college, where the
REAL Game begins. This probably paints me as the bad guy, but speaking very candidly, it all boils down to business.