Sikachu said:
Trivun said:
Sikachu said:
You're almost 20 ffs. Perhaps in that time you might have learned that when someone takes the piss out of you, the only way to handle it well is to brush it off and laugh along. Grow up, stop sleeping on pillowcases with anime girls on (that look of disgust was both warranted and NOTHING to do with anyone thinking you're gay - he thinks you're pathetic), and stop whining.
Personally, I think you're being extremely ignorant and nasty with that comment. Having an anime-girl pillowcase is perfectly fine and normal, it's no different to having a pillowcase or duvet cover or whatever with your favourite football team or actor or TV show or whatever on it. As far as people brushing it off when you have the piss taken out of you, it's a completely different thing when it's your own parents, and also when it seems people are doing it behind your back. I think you're the one who needs to grow up, rather than using the anonymity of the internet to take cheap shots at someone who quite frankly seems like a perfectly normal and decent person. Otherwise, your stay here won't be very long.
As far as the OP's concerns go, it seems a little like you (OP) are reading too much into it all, slightly. To be honest, though I'd probably have that pillowcase myself if I could, I dare say my friends and family would think it at the least a little odd (though since my family accept my relative geekiness, they wouldn't really judge me over it). That said, I would be a bit suspicious. Wait it out a little while, keep your eyes and ears open, and if your family do or say anything else that you think seems out of character or makes you think they reckon you're gay or weird in any way, then confront them over it then. It's a bit early to go charging in guns blazing now, but just keep an eye out and see if it all continues, and act on that...
I love it when relative newcomers such as yourself assume that just because this account is fresh I haven't been here since the .pdf days, meaning that my stay here has already outlasted yours by three years (assuming, of course, that you've only been around as long as your account has - please correct me if I'm wrong, I wouldn't assume it was the case if you hadn't already put us on that path). Perhaps if you'd been here a bit longer you'd have learned the old etiquette of reading the whole thread before responding to someone's comments on the first page. If you had, you might have read this [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.205535-I-think-my-parents-might-think-Im-gay-also-I-have-bad-parents-slightly?page=2#6937755] post where you'd notice that I agree with your assessment that there is little if any difference between an anime pillowcase and a football related one (or any of the other types). It certainly isn't normal to have such things by that age, though that in itself is not enough reason to change.
I tried to find a version of the pillow available for sale on ebay but couldn't, so the main joke I was hoping to make has failed. Thought you might appreciate knowing that at least the effort was made.
Hmmmm, relative newcomer? I suppose if you've been here since 2005 then I guess you'd be justified in seeing me and others that way. Just seems a little odd for me personally to hear myself referred to as a newcomer despite the fact I'm, along with many others, apparently considered one of the more well-noticed posters here? Just saying is all, no intention of insulting you there.
Anyway, despite that I have learned that etiquette, learned it long ago, and I did read that post. I simply felt that I also wanted to put my personal view across too anyway, so apologies if it offended you, but that is genuinely what I think. As far as things being normal at 'that age', i.e. around 20 or so, I would beg to differ. I respect your opinion here but I feel there is no definite age to stop liking something you used to enjoy or could have enjoyed when you were younger, or that's aimed at kids. I had a friend in Sixth Form who, when we were 18, talking about things we enjoyed as kids, mentioned that if it wasn't for the fact that the soft inddor playcentres (you know, with the ball pits and stuff) were only for little kids and their parents, he'd love to go back to some for a while and just play around for a bit. Nostalgia, nothing more. He's now 20, and as far as I'm aware still holds that opinion. He's also one of the most mature people I know, quite religious, at university, living on his own and generally having a pretty decent adult life.
As for my own personal experience, I'm currently rewatching the entire anime of Yu-Gi-Oh! just for the ostalgia, as I used to love it as a kid. I still have Pokemon games on my DS. I have Harry Potter and Artemis Fowl on my bookshelf, alongside more adult stuff like Dan Browm, Terry Pratchett, Ian Irvine, and so on. Yet none of my friends or family have ever called me out on any of this, they seem to not mind and just let me get on with it. They know that I'm a pretty mature guy, trying to find a part-time job, living on my own at university, and so on.
So basically, at the end of the day, though I respect your opinion, I do disagree with it. Of course, that's exactly what all this is, a matter of opinion, so if you still think all this stuff is childish and immature for someone aged 20, then that's fair enough. We're all entitled to say whatever we feel, after all. Gotta love free speech and healthy debate, eh?
