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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DonTadow" data-source="post: 2618417" data-attributes="member: 22622">Agreed, don't be overly apparent but don't go crazy hiding who you are.  I think thats the most important thing here, forgot the girls, they'll get over it.  When I first started college I had just started listening to alternative music.  Being black and living in the hood  (6 out of 10 of my childhood friends have been murdered, trust me it was the hood)most of my life, I felt sort of embarrased that my Alanis Morrisette was stacked up with my Tupac.  I'd hide the cds when my black friends came over or change the channel when I was riding through the hood.  I felt like I wasn't going to be accepted by my friends if they knew, honestly i was just really denying who i was and the cloud of guilt was all around me.  Then one day I just stopped hiding.  I was a sophmore by then.  I stopped changing the channel, left the cds out and started playing Magic: the gathering.  My former clique and I would go on trips and I would always bring my cds and magic cards. Not to spite them but I wasn't going to stop being me around people anymore.  I'll be honest, only two people out of my highschool clique Im still friends with.  Several refused to hang with me once they found out about magic and d and d.  That was cool, I realized that I'd rather have open minded friends than judgemental ones.  HOnestly my hobbies helped me weed out those whom are going to always be there for me and those who were just around for the ride.</blockquote>

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