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Denninmi

(6,581 posts) Sat Feb 2, 2013, 04:39 AM Feb 2013

Were you involved in extracurricular activities growing up? Did you benefit from it? [View all]

I was not allowed to do anything - no organized activities, no friends, nothing.

I can look back now and see how much differently life could have turned out if I had had positive outside influences.

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Were you involved in extracurricular activities growing up? Did you benefit from it? [View all] Denninmi Feb 2013 OP

After I obtained my driver's license, yes. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2013 #1

My organized activities were unconventional discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2013 #2

I was never really a joiner. Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #3

"Geeks were just geeks" Denninmi Feb 2013 #4

Yeah, I was one of those Dungeons & Dragons kids. Never read LOTR- still can't, too dry- but I did Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #5

I can tell you in one word why I couldn't get into the LOTR thing. Denninmi Feb 2013 #6

I tell you what, though, those song of ice and fire books are a good yarn. Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #7

Stage Crew Tabasco_Dave Feb 2013 #8

Like I said, Frisbee Golf Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #9

I was crammed into everything siblings did before me through grade 8. Gore1FL Feb 2013 #10