I assume it's just how our brains are wired, but who knows? I'm not a scientist.

I do know that, as a young child, I was bullied by just about everyone. Not just in school: mom always said how she wanted a girl, and dad constantly called me a little nerd, sissy, or wimp.

So congrats, this is what you get, a grown middle-aged man who yearns to satisfy everyone as quirky Sherry Ann.

My salvation is my wife, who truly accepts me as I am. Without her, I'd be up a creek.