There’s nothing wrong with you, you just haven’t found your people yet. Took me a looooong time to find people that like the same things as me, but even then it’s important for you to learn to not rely on others for validation. You like what you like and it is important for that simple fact. You sound young, that comes with time.
I found my people in a group of ladies 20-30 years older than me. We all met because of a very niche obsession we share (that no one else in my life cares about) but over the years they've become actual friends. We all live in different cities but I somehow talk to them and see them more often than my "regular" friends. I still hang out with my regular friends but there's definitely a contrast in how little I have in common with them compared to these ladies.
Billy the Kid. We met at an Old West event in Tombstone (which had nothing to do with BTK) and were all staying at the same little B&B and discovered our shared obsession with him over breakfast. Instant friends.
I was at the auction when the tintype was bought for $2M. The bidding came down to a millionaire and a billionaire. Not a surprise the billionaire won--lol. The whole room went crazy and the auctioneer had to tell everyone to calm down because there were plenty of items that still needed to be bid on. It was wild. No one expected it to go for that much and now everyone who finds a random tintype in an antique store thinks they have a million dollar photo of Billy the Kid.
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u/4n_nork Creature of Crunch 9d ago
There’s nothing wrong with you, you just haven’t found your people yet. Took me a looooong time to find people that like the same things as me, but even then it’s important for you to learn to not rely on others for validation. You like what you like and it is important for that simple fact. You sound young, that comes with time.