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ehymw
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22 Dec 2013, 6:17 pm

jerry00 wrote:
Yeah it's weird, 50% of the time I was an obedient sheep and the other 50% I was the devils advocate.

I don't know how I can keep going from meek and submissive to dominant and back again without even releasing why.


Yep that sounds linda like me.



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23 Dec 2013, 1:30 am

I take pride in doing the exact opposite of what people are doing. If it is popular, I avoid it like the plague. I don't see it as a problem. It has saved my life. I don't have kids. I don't waste money on stupid stuff. I am not divorced. I stopped drinking and doing drugs when I was 20. I don't even smoke. I wonder how much better off I am not doing what "normal" people do. As I recall, I have gotten into a lot of trouble trying to do what was socially acceptable. Society is insane. I am glad that I can recognize that and not be a sheep.