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Originally Posted by Martian
I'll be blunt and say that I'm very bothered by this. Not by your story, which frankly seems like so much teenage melodrama to me, but more by the fact that you cheerfully admit to having intentionally deceived all of us for an extended period of time. This isn't as simple as moving your birthdate back a year or four; you created an entire person, a person who some folks here may have gotten very attached to, who does not exist. You played us. With me, at least, you no longer have any credibility whatsoever.
But welcome back, I guess.
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This is why it's taken me the majority of this year to find it in myself to make this post. I was afraid of rubbing some people the wrong way by admitting the lie I'd been perpetuating. I made sure to ask someone in a position of authority before posting this. I was ready for just about any opinion to arise, and I do appreciate yours. I'm sorry that it bothered you, and I sincerely apologize to anyone else it may have bothered.
As for the "teenage melodrama" thing, yeah, that's pretty much what it is/was. Some people forget, though, that when they're significantly removed from their own teenage years, their problems back then seem like a joke. This was in my fairly recent past and even I still look back sometimes and think about how ridiculous this whole period in my life was, but it shaped who I am today. And dealing with legitimate threats of suicide among the people I was closest to, melodrama or not, was scary and scarred me pretty bad back then.
But thank you for speaking up. I value honesty (which may sound ironic regarding the nature of this post) more than anything in replies.