Chances are most of you are unaware that my 16th birthday is in only SIX days. I guess I'd say I'm excited, but after a while, age stopped being so important to me.I remember that when I was younger I always felt that once I reached a certain age I'd feel so old. I bet that when I was 10 I thought people who were 16 were practically adults. Yet I know I won't feel any older on May 25th. Honestly, I don't really care about my age anymore and I think the Internet is the main reason why.I'm really into online socializing, if you couldn't tell already. And although most people who get to know me eventually find out I'm still in high school, at first no one really knows how old [or young I should say] I am. I like that. Why? Because in "real life" I don't get that luxury. I mean it's not like I go around wearing a sign that says "I'm 15" everywhere, but if you look at me, you can tell I'm in high school, if not younger. Online, however, people just "see" me as just another person with valid opinions, not as just another naive teenager.Let me give you an example...My
BBFF Cool Dad/Eric and Cool Mum/Laura [sorry, still not used to it, haha] used to have Cool Chats. They'd have an open chat room on their blog and anyone who wanted to chat could chat, which I did and very much enjoyed. Of course, I was always the youngest --a high school sophomore in the midst of 20/30-somethings. Luckily, I wasn't really discriminated for it. Most people didn't know how old I was until I told them and after I did tell them, they didn't care because it really didn't make much of a difference. Now I don't know about you, but it's hard for me to picture [in "real" life] a 15-year-old walking up to a group of people twice his/her age and be able to join in the conversation like it was no big deal. I prefer having conversations with older people and age anonymity facilitates this.That, my friends, is the magic online socializing and probably one of the main reasons I'm so drawn to it.
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