conuly

Ah, so close in age. I'm 32 and 3/4. However, I was always one of the smallest or the smallest for my age, so that was likely a significant difference. It's also possible that I caught and rode a velcro fad, and the age difference, while not large, was large enough that velcro was simply becoming less common as I was getting older.

I wasn't aware of any stigma, and I wouldn't have paid it any attention had I been. I was a very stubborn child in some ways. Fortunately, I outgrew the being a child part.