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>be me 8
>at this summer fare
>meet this cute older boy (by like 2 years at most?) who has Pokémon Diamond.
>I've never seen Pokémon before.
>ask if I can watch him play.
>says yes and we hang out the whole time, mess around at the fare pretending to look for Pokémon in the woods.
>first crush.jpg
>fare ends and I never see him again.
>fast forward two weeks.
>older cousin playing Pokémon Pearl.
>she let's me play it and take it home with me, saying that I can start my own save if I like.
>this moment shaped my future as a Pokéfag.
>play Pokémon all summer, watch the cartoon occasionally and generally have a happy time.
>school starts.
>since the older people around me played Pokémon I think it's cool.
>I excitedly tell my friends about Pokémon and ask if they want to play.
>"Pokémon's for babies and losers anon!"
>friends loose respect for me and never hang out with me.
>whole class pretty much things I'm an autistic childish fag now and I don't have any real friends until after I leave Primary/Elementary school.
>secondary/middle school starts.
>"a fresh start"
>I hide my Pokéfaggotry out of embarrassment, fear and because I actually want friends.
>bullied anyway. hit over the head with waterbottles, shit thrown at me, stuff stolen and broken, publicly shamed and just generally treated like shit.
>no real friends for 6 years, crippling low self esteem and depression.
>be me 19
>still crippling low self esteem and depression.
>Pokémon is now more accepted as a thing for young adults.
>now have a couple great close friends who play Pokémon, smoke up and do psyches with me.
>princessey cunts that bullied me are pregnant and engaged at 19.
>mfw
