I grew up in the UPCI and was homeschooled, so my entire universe was my parent's church. All of my friends went there, and the few I managed to befriend from outside the church never lasted long because I was too caught up in the movement to do the things that normal people do. Ever since I've been seriously moving away from the church, everyone I knew has spoken with me less and less. They don't look at me, call me, speak to me, whatever. I can go stand next to them and they don't see me. They're not ignoring me, I just don't matter to their little world. They never really cared for me, just for how I behaved as a part of their elite spiritual group: brilliant bible quizzer, going to all the conferences, singing solos in the choir, etc. I think it would hurt less if they were actively malicious to me, instead of having forgotten that I exist.

Some people have demonised me, but I can just roll my eyes at that. It's just when people I cared for act like I was never born that kills me. As far as repairing relationships goes: I apparently never had any relationships that were worth repairing.
~~~
RCIA begins 4 June 2006!!