some facts about you

So a lot of people here seem to judge others solely by their opinions here and act as if they know everything about you based on opinions you may have.
got me thinking, most of the time you only really see opinions from people on here and not so much people themselves giving a insight into them personally.
so care to share some facts about yourself here?

I will start
English is not my native language.

moved countries when i was 6 years old

I have 3 jobs. Security, merchandizing and brewing Mead.

I live in a small town

I have 2 brothers and one sister

My parents are still happily married

Grew up extremely poor

Cut off most of family

used to travel back home to Norway yearly but with the price increase of everything gone up. That is not really doable anytime soon, havent lived there since i was 6 yet still get homesick.

alright well that might be enough

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helmi · 46-50, F

I do not share most of my personal opinions.

I choose to observe most of the time, letting others freely advocate their positions without revealing mine. This has helped me to develop more insight into many types of personalities. (and to get along for the sake of getting along; i don't need to be right)

I believe most people simply want to be heard and/or achieve validation from others. Expressing opinions seems to be the way to gain that validation. There seems to be a prevailing mentality of "If you agree with me then you are good and if you don't then I will attack you." Remaining silent has its advantages.

Of course, this has contributed to many superficial relationships because while I intently listen to someone vent their frustrations regarding emotionally charged topics such as politics, gender issues, and so on, I may be making personal judgements (we all do) and deciding to avoid or attempt to become closer to that individual.

FACTS

Resident of Texas.
Youngest of three children (2 older brothers)
I have two children (the youngest will soon be 18)
My dad is a retired Methodist minister who now has dementia.
Majoring in psychology at a local university.
I am divorced from an abusive alcoholic.
My favorite color os cobalt blue.
Hiking/camping/outdoorsy stuff excites me.
I find most humans to be extremely shallow and quite frankly, boring.
I hope to graduate from Earth this lifetime.
Not interested in hurting others.
I play trumpet, piano, and have gone to school for audio engineering.