Mennonites

I grew up in a mennonite town of about a 1000 or so people, yet my parents weren't religous and we never went to church. My parents were doing pretty good. Dad was blue all the way putting in 36 years at GM and my mom was a nurse at the VA. Growing up kids use to treat me funny like I didn't belong. And later when they got a divorce they were down right cruel about that shit. It wasn't until I was 22 and moved to Ohio for a job that I realized how fucked up that town was. I'm like a angel compared to the majority of the people I interact here with on a daily basis, yet back home I was a total fucking outcast. It's weird and I feel like I'm still catching up with the real world to this day. What's also weird is that I still have trouble finding where to fit in. Anyway, I guess I'm just curious if anyone else here has gone through something similiar to this.

Where are you in Ohio?

I live and work in Massillon.

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Originally Posted by Thief~Silver

Why are you in Ohio?

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My family is of mennonite/pennsylvania dutch decent, but we were all god-hating communists.

Thanks Mechdues.

Dude, why the hell haven't we met yet. HOw far away do you live from Tain and I? Like an hour?

yeah mechdues, you're great.

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Thanks Mechdues.

Dude, why the hell haven't we met yet. HOw far away do you live from Tain and I? Like an hour?

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Where are you guys? Isn't Tain the Virtua On addict?

http://lcremeans.homeip.net/~lee/files/mooninites.jpg

I was wondering when that would get here....

As for what happened in your town growing up, I doubt it would be due to the Mennonite religion thing. If you think about it, its rather easy for a town to turn on some minority. Its not each person in the town knowing you individualy, its all in rumors and speculation. They hear "Oh, that the heathen family. You know they are into teh bukkake" or something like that. Mennonism (sic?) is just the scapegoat in this situation. It could have been anything. You were diffrent, thats all.

And when it comes to religion, people forget that one should "make their own yard the focus of their cleaning" or something like that.

I know that explainng away a microcosm like that is not going to make your childhood seem less crapped on, but I was hoping that I could help a little with my viewpoint.

Small towns suck in general. People are so fucking small-minded that all they can do is sit around gossiping. Whenever I go back to my home town it sickens me how everyone is into everyone else's business. When I was in high school my mom would always grill me for gossip about this kid or that, and I'd be like "Who the fuck is that? I don't know every kid in my grade, you know, and I really don't care to". Nobody in my family could understand the concept of minding your own damn business, and that was perfectly normal. I'll never live in a small town again.