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[quote=Anonymous]I was not overscheduled as a kid but I did a lot of activities including things with school and on vacation (instruments, foreign languages, skiing, swimming, boating, etc.). I did summer camps and trips with friends and we attended a lot of social events. My husband was the opposite - he never went to camp, played one sport recreationally, and did a single vacation every year to the same city in the Outer Banks.

The differences I see in us are that I am comfortable doing almost any activity because I've probably done it before. I'm comfortable in new places, and I'm comfortable being uncomfortable. I don't feel like there are many places I don't "belong" or can't handle. I'm street smart, I'm civilized, and I can adapt to just about any situation. My husband doesn't love new things because he's not always sure he'll like them. He is quiet and reserved if he's somewhere new (we're both introverts, but I "fake" it way better than he does), and it's harder to draw him out of his shell and get him to do things.

Obviously some of this is due to our personalities, although we actually are quite similar in that way. I'm just grateful that I'm "worldly" (I don't love that word but can't think of a better one) and I feel like I can do anything I want or need to. I couldn't pick up a guitar on go on stage today, but I'd have a much better shot at faking it/figuring it out than a lot of people I know. [/quote]

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