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Like many people, I played the piano when I was younger (very young, I'm still only 20) but gave it up. For me, other obligations like schoolwork had to take precedence. But now, also like many people, I regret not being able to play any longer. Sometimes when I'm at my parents' house for semester breaks, and no one else is home, I'll sit down and play a bit- which is easier now that my mother (who is in a similar situation regarding this) is taking lessons and has several beginner-level books of sheet music. I guess principally the reason that I do it secretly is that my otherwise good-for-nothing younger brother is an accomplished pianist (whereas I gave up piano for academics in middle school, he went to an arts school for it) and if I really acknowledged that I played then I would inevitably have to be compared to him... and I'm a prideful person.
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