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Still Blue in PDX

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5. As someone who was very shy and socially awkward as a child, I like this idea.

Reply to Ron Obvious (Original post)

Sun Mar 12, 2017, 05:31 PM

Mar 2017

It took me somewhere between 40 and 50 years to figure out that I really am an introvert and like being alone. I spent a great many years feeling lonely because as an only child in a dysfunctional family, spending a lot of time hiding out, I didn't have a chance to make a decision to be alone or not.

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DA: Program Encourages Students to Eat Together at Lunch [View all] Ron Obvious Mar 2017 OP

I have a group of my students, LWolf Mar 2017 #1

Delicately handled, that could certainly be a positive, I agree Ron Obvious Mar 2017 #2

The small school environment helps. LWolf Mar 2017 #3

I used my vampire voice to scare off the botherers in HS. littlemissmartypants Mar 2017 #4

As someone who was very shy and socially awkward as a child, I like this idea. Still Blue in PDX Mar 2017 #5