I’m Grounded - Minerals

Like I said, I’m deeply attached to minerals and I have been for YEARS. Hell, it wasn’t even because someone I cared about liked them, it genuinely started because I was standing in a river staring at the water instead of splashing around with my siblings (I didn’t like how loud they were or being shoved underwater) and happened to see a pretty rock. As years went, I got more and more interested in them. The only thing I ever stole was a piece of clear quartz from another kid who shoved me off a trampoline as revenge and I was more offended that she never noticed the missing quartz than i was about her almost snapping my neck. Despite all this stuff, I never actually even thought of the possibility that minerals were a special interest until I had a full on breakdown about someone not engaging in conversation about them beyond jokes and then multiple people told me they either already knew it was a special interest of mine and thought I’d known, or they told me that they just realized. It’s nice to know why I’m so attached. Even if it took a long time, at least I know now. And I’m glad to know.