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Emrys

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7. About as soon as I became conscious n/t

Reply to Botany (Original post)

Thu Feb 19, 2026, 04:56 PM

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ATTN when did you know you were not like other people [View all] Botany Feb 19 OP

When I started my own company and designed and manufactured... S/V Loner Feb 19 #1

You are not a dummy because you write in complete sentences, you started your own biz based on .. Botany Feb 19 #3

I guess that's true... S/V Loner Feb 19 #11

In first grade. I kind of dropped out of kindergarten. Walleye Feb 19 #2

What sadistic prison cafeteria mope stopdiggin Feb 19 #4

For many years, I have believed I must have been born on the wrong planet. planetc Feb 19 #5

" Are we having wine with it?" Botany Feb 19 #6

Semi-dry, if you've got it. But I'll drink anything that's not still hanging on a vine. planetc Feb 19 #9

About as soon as I became conscious n/t Emrys Feb 19 #7

In kindergarten, when I couldn't understand English Wicked Blue Feb 19 #8

My daughter had the same reaction when she first attended an American school DFW Feb 19 #31

LOL Wicked Blue Feb 19 #40

When I recoiled at peas touching potatoes on my dinner plate Zambero Feb 19 #10

When I was about three. 2naSalit Feb 19 #12

...I may have been only three, yellow dahlia Feb 19 #15

Ha! 2naSalit Feb 19 #16

Is it possible that when you're a genius, yellow dahlia Feb 19 #18

Perhaps... 2naSalit Feb 19 #21

Audition? It's not an easy song to sing. yellow dahlia Feb 19 #25

Same here... 2naSalit Feb 19 #27

Jazz ensemble - awesome. yellow dahlia Feb 19 #28

It was a fun... 2naSalit Feb 19 #38

When my Dad stood at the top of the stairs and yelled "Why can't you just be normal?" EverHopeful Feb 19 #13

I didn't have an answer until I was an adult chowmama Feb 19 #41

What a fascinating question. yellow dahlia Feb 19 #14

Must've been around elementary or middle school sakabatou Feb 19 #17

When I realized I was beautiful and talented and smart, that's when! CTyankee Feb 19 #19

I can't remember ever feeling ... surrealAmerican Feb 19 #20

That's me, too RandomNumbers Feb 19 #34

Remembering the first book, that my mama read to me when I was a small child, "The 300 Spartans." Uncle Joe Feb 19 #22

Is that mac n' cheese? Bayard Feb 19 #23

I understand EverHopeful Friday #43

When I asked "Where are all of the black kids" on my 2nd day at my new private Catholic high school. chowder66 Feb 19 #24

When l knew eating meat was wrong and l wouldn't do it Raine Feb 19 #26

In elementary school. I could make perfect cursive writing of my initials, according to 3rd grade teacher... wcmagumba Feb 19 #29

In kindergarten mercuryblues Feb 19 #30

When the Sunday School teacher looked at me funny for asking an inconvenient question. ariadne0614 Feb 19 #32

Creeping hints during my teenage years DFW Feb 19 #33

Earliest memories MW67 Feb 19 #35

I'm a dime a dozen. Solly Mack Feb 19 #36

About second grade. markodochartaigh Feb 19 #37

age 5 I think 0rganism Feb 19 #39

Day one, or shortly thereafter chowmama Feb 19 #42

I see I was lucky at my school EverHopeful Friday #44