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Re: Why I kept my age a secret
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lugnet.people.teens
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Fri, 24 Sep 2004 16:36:02 GMT
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Kevin Blocksidge wrote:
> So when I decided to join in the discussion, I vowed to act in the
> most adult-like manner possible. I would not reveal my age in any
> way. I would be a mystery, and I figured people would simply assume
> that I was older.
Cool! I wish more teens realized they CAN participate in the adult world if
they only try. Sure, it's cool to be a teen with your friends most of the
time, but it's also cool to be an adult.
I had a similarly empowering experience as a teen. I had got into playing
D&D with my friends (mostly a year or two younger than me). One friend was a
bit older and convinced me to go to a game convention at MIT. When I got
there, he was busy rounding up players. By the time I got to the table, he
had rounded up 16 players. I looked around and said "Oh my gosh, that's a
lot of players." And then I started the game. And it was crazy. And it was
fun. And at the end, two or three of the players (who were all college
graduates) talked to me about the game and praised me. Soon I was attending
MIT's game club, where I mostly had players who were my age (their club was
very open), but I also developed good relationships with some of the much
older folks (one of whom I had met earlier when a game store owner
introduced me to him).
> FYI, I now believe it's the maturity displayed, not the actual age,
> that matters.
Yup.
Frank
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| Hey everybody. (follow-up to the first post in .teen (URL) discovered Lugnet when I was about 13. It was the single coolest website I had ever seen. I wanted to join in as soon as possible, but while lurking, I realized certain things. Firstly, (...) (20 years ago, 24-Sep-04, to lugnet.people.teens) !
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