How far is too far?

[dudemom_2000]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Saitaina" <saitaina at f...> 
wrote:
> This groups...being what it is, I thought
> would be the best place to ask this question.
> 
> How far is too far when talking about Harry
> Potter?  How much should one be involved in
> this fandom, before it's bad for them?
> 
> I was recently speaking with a non HP friend
> and they said that I took it too far, that I
> was obsessed with something and hurting myself
> mentally.  I disagreed but I did wonder.
> 
> I spend ten hours a day in this fandom, which
> seems like a lot.  But I have no outside the
> home job, no children and I'm basically alone
> day in and day out due to a phobia of mine.
> So could it be bad, that I have something that
> brings me such joy, and connects me to others?
> Could something that has lifted me out of
> depression, helped me to express myself, given
> my friends and co-workers, giving me a job
> that means something to me...truly be hurting
> me?
> 
>*Snip*
 
> So have I gone too far?  Or is it just all
> misunderstood?
> 
> Saitaina
> ****

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Saitaina:

I have two Harry Potter calendars at work (one desk, one wall), a 
golden snitch in my car, vanity tags that say Gryffan, (I would have 
had a Gryffindor colored car but Subaru doesn't make them like I 
wanted so I ended up with a Slytherin colored car), on casual 
Fridays I wear one of my Harry Potter shirts, my Harry Potter watch, 
and in the winter I wear my Harry Potter Quiddich Sweater that I 
designed and knitted or my Initial sweater which I also knitted. 
When I can, I throw Harry Potter into conversation and right now I 
wish I had a Harry Potter badge holder!  You are just one of us!!!!!!
*waves and smiles*

Dudemom_2000

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