[mythix]

Originally Posted by Powermad147

I've been thinking lately, about how because of my unique hobby, I've never discussed any aniome with one of my close friends at school. I'm an ugly guy, I'll be blunt, but most of my friends right now are girls, one of whom, the girl I'm closest to, I've had a crush on for 1 1/2 years =P. But the wierd thing is that because of it, I feel like my friends have no idea who I am. My only friend who loves anime as much as I do is two years younger than me, goes to a different school, and has totally different tastes in the specific anime we like. I want to know, how many people are there who truely have friends to talk to about this in RL? Sorry for another long message, I have a problem expressing things in few words 0_o

i am sorry to hear about the circumstances you are dealing with...i can relate, but not to every exact detail...for some reason i got hella lucky in my situation, using my love for anime as a strongpoint, if you will. one of my closest friends at the time was a boy, and i had crushed on him for a long time, too, and i was afraid that we wouldn't be able to relate on the anime note, or he wouldn't be accepting of it, but in the end, it came to be the exact opposite. sure, to this day, he's not a big fan of it, but he did give it a shot, and he never did give me any trouble over the fact that i like it, nor does he now. in fact, i've started him on manga, which is somewhat off-subject, but goes to show that if you have a little faith in yourself and everything that makes you, well, you - it can go a long way with your close ones :]

as for my close friends and friends alike, i have never hidden the fact that i have interests in anime and the like, seeing as we all naturally have our likes and dislikes. in fact, of all of the people that were clueless about it that found out about it through me, i have never had one negative happening yet. really, i think it all depends on the personality of the people you are dealing with, and if these people are truly your friends, they would accept it and not bother teasing you about it, or act bitter or whatnot.

if you ever come across someone like that, ignore them.
they're clearly not worth your time,
never put yourself down over something like that, and always embrace what makes you unique, no matter what :]