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Do you get a chance to talk about your special interests?

Oakling

Outside of this space, do you ever get the chance to have a conversation about the things you find interesting?

There are a few things I’m really passionate about (rocks, minerals, wood/tree species and grain patterns, traditional joinery techniques, wood turning, strength sports etc.). But whenever I try to talk about any of them I either get the impression that people are uninterested (which may be the case for my niche interests), that I’ve targeted the wrong audience or, even more interestingly, people come out and directly comment on how boring my interests are (even in jest, but with a perceived layer of truth hidden).

Just be yourself they say… but obviously don’t actually be yourself!

Id love to actually speak out loud about my interest sometimes, but just haven’t found anyone interested enough.

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  • I’ve got a lot of special interests – Lego, Titanic, female professional swimmers, history and Ty Beanie Babies, to name a few ^^ I’ve always been interested in talking about my special interests.

    My birth mum was one of the few people who never seemed tired of hearing about the different sets of Lego or every fact under the sun about the Titanic. In fact, she often read about the things I was interested in and would surprise me with her own facts and info on them. We used to have such long conversations on them, but took breaks as talking is something I struggled with. I miss that – I miss mum. She was a bright star in my life, and now, there’s one less shining over me. My dad was lovely but not very interested in my interests lol he mostly sat in his chair and drank whiskey, pretending to listen :D 

    My throat is going through issues at the moment and I’m unable to talk. This is actually really horrible because I love the freedom of being able to talk about my special interests. My step mum and sister like to hear about some of my interests, as does my Nan, but at the moment I can’t talk to about it and after surgery, if that happens, I might not be able to talk at all! It’s taking a lot of adjusting to and getting used to.

    Up until now though I was able to talk about my special interests. Not all of them, but most.

  • in reply to Luna

    Those are all really cool interests. Combining two of them... someone sent me a picture the other day from inside the Lego store near them. There was a big glass case with the sinking Titanic made out of lego and already split into three sections across a lego sea. Off to the side were various Lego people drowning. It was on a big plinth otherwise depicting smiling/laughing lego characters from other things. A touch incongrous and in questionable taste. But it was impressive too

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  • in reply to Luna

    Those are all really cool interests. Combining two of them... someone sent me a picture the other day from inside the Lego store near them. There was a big glass case with the sinking Titanic made out of lego and already split into three sections across a lego sea. Off to the side were various Lego people drowning. It was on a big plinth otherwise depicting smiling/laughing lego characters from other things. A touch incongrous and in questionable taste. But it was impressive too

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  • in reply to Shardovan

    Omg wow that sounds impressive! I would love to go and see that one day. I've got a Lego Titanic but it's not as awesome as that! I went to a Lego store in London with my mum, once, but it was so busy I had sensory overload and a meltdown, but I remember the store was very big and very impressive. Lots of detailed Lego everywhere.