The Shock You Never Forget, That Changes Everything
On Twitter…
Atrios â€@Atrios basically my whole life path can be explained by the fact that a girl refused to kiss me when we were playing spin the bottle in 8th grade
Possibly he’s being a bit ironic there, but it’s true that time in your life looms larger than all the rest of it combined. Objects are closer than they appear…as the rear view mirror warns.
I had my share, and maybe a bit more than my share, of middle school shocks, but I’m somewhat grateful I managed to escape that humiliation in grade school because playing that game with the other boys was not an option back in 1968. I say somewhat because living in a world where I could have played that game with the other boys might have left me better able to cope with adulthood, even allowing for a slap in the face like the one Duncan Black got once upon a time. But by 8th grade I was already a pretty disconnected little guy.
My life changing shock didn’t happen until the summer after I graduated. More on that as A Coming Out Story unfolds…
