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LiberalEsto

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8. Story of my life

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Tue Sep 16, 2014, 04:26 PM

Sep 2014

Not only was I an extremely shy kid who got beaten at home, but also I didn't start learning English until I started kindergarten. It took several years to pick up and understand various terms and cultural idioms, so I was always "out of it" among my classmates. They bullied and picked on me all the way through high school.

And yet I sometimes overheard people saying I was "so stuck up."

My clueless parents were no help, and I was too shy to ask a teacher or guidance counselor for guidance.

To this day I have trouble making friends. At my age, early 60s, I no longer bother trying.

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Shy versus "stuck up" ? [View all] steve2470 Sep 2014 OP

Used to all the time. silverweb Sep 2014 #1

haha ! steve2470 Sep 2014 #2

Exactly, silverweb. (nt) enough Sep 2014 #4

And how! The invisibility cloak I got when I turned 50 is something I have enjoyed Warpy Sep 2014 #7

I have to agree with you. dballance Sep 2014 #3

sorry to hear you've had grief over it ! steve2470 Sep 2014 #5

No worries. I'm a fat, old white guy now. dballance Sep 2014 #6

Story of my life LiberalEsto Sep 2014 #8

Not stuck up but similar catchnrelease Sep 2014 #9