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This is a question Things we do to fit in

"When I was fifteen," writes No3L, "I curled up in a Budgens trolley while someone pushed it through the supermarket doors to nick vodka and Benny Hedgehogs, just to hang out with my brother and his mates."

What have you done to fit in?

(I helped save b3ta! chthonic, Thu 15 Jan 2009, 12:30)
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Small town life
I fit in by ignoring the casual racism, sexism, homophobia and general bigotry and narrow-mindedness of the people who make up our family's social circle since we moved to a small, remote town.

It sounds snobbish of course, but there's a noticeable difference in attitude in people who were born and brought up in this insular community. Racism is 'OK' because there aren't really any ethnic minorities around. There's even inverse snobbery when it comes to having an education (make it to university and you're guaranteed a spot in the local newspaper!), and white-collar jobs are seen as 'unmanly'.

So, I laugh at the wog jokes, snigger at the jibes about the wives, sympathise about the downturn in the construction industry, drink their beer and wonder if maybe we should move away in case our kids turn out like this.

*sigh*
(I helped save b3ta! reallywittyname veraciously conspues lexiphanicism on, Thu 15 Jan 2009, 12:57, 6 replies)
Christ,
that sounds familiar.
*flashbacks*
*shudders*
(I helped save b3ta! crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Thu 15 Jan 2009, 13:03, closed)
Yup.
My kids've all left our home town, with varying degrees of success, and they're not coming back.

One's doing a PhD in California so I don't think he's very homesick.
(Juan Quar is clinging to her front teeth on, Thu 15 Jan 2009, 13:21, closed)
You must
either live in the same place as me, or it is an exact clone. I can't wait to move as soon as the house is finished.
(I helped save b3ta! VandenPlas can't think of anything clever - no change there!, Thu 15 Jan 2009, 13:20, closed)
Knowing kids,
they WILL end up like this, simply by trying to fit in...
(Colonel Santiago Introduced surprised kitty to the world., Thu 15 Jan 2009, 13:42, closed)
Bloody hell
I don't need to write a QOTW answer this week because you've just done it for me.

Consider yourself *clicked*
(I helped save b3ta! Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Thu 15 Jan 2009, 14:27, closed)
They Took Our Jobs!!
My home-town is like this. Hate it. Graaa!!
(I helped save b3ta! The_Commander_of_Skips wears his sunglasses at night, Sun 18 Jan 2009, 12:14, closed)

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