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roygerdodger
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 Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 10:46 pm Post subject: Ever lived a sheltered life? |
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I hear those stories all the time about people having things like friends, cable TV, video game systems (don't ask), etc. during their childhood and teenage years and I always used to wish I had those kinds of things, but then I realized I wouldn't be happy if I had that stuff, too.
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I didn't have most of that, either. Access to TV was so limited that I used to sneak downstairs at night to watch "The Brave Little Toaster" repeatedly.
I didn't really miss it. I still don't own a TV or video game system, and I socialize about twice a month. Books are good; so's the Internet; and my school has a subscription to all the major journals. Plus, the library's free. I mean, what better deal than a bunch of free books to read?
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Danielismyname
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What do you mean?
I mean, I've always had games and stuff, as computer games have always been a fun escape for me (I started with the Atari 2600, but I moved onto a PC and its games later on). This doesn't make me sheltered or not. |
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| Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 11:04 pm Post subject: Re: Ever lived a sheltered life? |
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| roygerdodger wrote: | | Ever lived a sheltered life? |
By what standards?
I didn't think I did, but some people later said I seemes to have.
I dunno 
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roygerdodger
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| Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 11:07 pm Post subject: |
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| Danielismyname wrote: | What do you mean?
I mean, I've always had games and stuff, as computer games have always been a fun escape for me (I started with the Atari 2600, but I moved onto a PC and its games later on). This doesn't make me sheltered or not. |
I mean I never really did stuff like sports, play video games, or get involved any activities like karate, scouts, or little leagues as a kid. My family could never afford that type of stuff, I remember telling my mom that I wanted to be a YMCA member and now I work at one!
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Audiophile
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Isn't Aspergers in itself a sheltered life? Your mind is locked in ever expanding thoughts that never stop but instead hit the nitrous switch.
My mind usually does   and  or more at the same time.
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CTBill
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Once I got my driver license (at 16), my dad used to have me drive him to the American Legion, with a stop at the library first so that I could get some new books to read (LOL--usually the same ones over and over again).
He would get completely s**tfaced there, while I drank Coke and learned to interact with drunken people.
He told me one day, there at the bar, that I lived a "sheltered life" because of my mom, and that he took me there so that I could see how "ordinary people" lived.
I still can't reconcile that one, because he (not Mom) was the Aspie which begat me.
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| Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 12:36 am Post subject: |
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| yes, my mother admits to currently sheltering me and sees that as the only appropritate way of parenting. |
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I just played the 90s Edition of Trivial Pursuit this evening, and I was reminded how much of a sheltered life I led. Pop culture questions might as well have been in Norwegian.
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Not sure....I wasn't confined to the house...I CHOSE to be there...and either watch the news all day or go online.I was allowed to go out if I wanted but chose not to. I live on my own, but chosse to only go out once in a while cuz im either working , in school or at home on my computer.
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Well I remember one of my friends having a gameboy when I was younger and then I really wanted one. Eventually my mum bought me a gameboy advance for my birthday, which I then traded in for a Nintendo DS for my next birthday.
I never had cable TV and still don't, because of my affection for cartoons. My mother fears I'll waste away in front of it. (in my opinion, Cartoon Network was a heaven for me, until they decided to stop showing all the shows I fell in love with). |
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