I live in an extremely rural area, as most of you know. Directly across the river from West Virginia, we may as well all be West Virginians here. This all equates to a certain stereotype being at least somewhat proven accurate every day.
I have so little in common with the average person living here.
While they are out hunting for deer, I am hunting for action figures.
While they are repairing cars, I am repairing website issues.
While they are watching the football game, I am watching 30 year old cartoons.
While they are discussing the woes of employment, I am an employer.
While they are sipping on a "cold one", I am drinking from a juice box.
While they are dreaming of a new motorcycle, I am dreaming of a Delorean.
The point being, I'm not in my element... at all. And yet, I wouldn't want to be anywhere else. Because home will always be home, even if you don't "fit in". But it is difficult sometimes to understand why I am the way I am, and they are not. Why did I become interested in everything that they aren't? Why do I loathe everything that they don't?
So I'm just wondering, in what ways do you feel like you don't "fit in" where you live?
