Before I became a brony, I was always very distant from other people. I only had a small handful of friends that I didn't spend very much time with. My family was never and still isn't very close, as far as im concerned, my only family is my mom, dad, grandma, and 2 younger brothers. The few times I did interact with other people I was always very gloomy and cynical. I cared nothing for anyone or anything for the longest time. I spent most of my days drowning out the world with music and video games. Then one day a friend of mine on the internet, not irl, told me about MLP and how awesome it was. of course at the time I laughed at him and disregarded everything he said. But for some reason about a month or 2 later, maybe out of sheer boredom I looked up the first few episodes of MLP.Amazingly I found so much enjoyment in something I once thought was for just little girls. But, out of fear for what people would think, I kept my love for the show a secret up until about the middle of season 2. I was at work one day cleaning up the MLP aisle and stocking some freight that came in that one of the new associates came up to me and started talking about derpy hooves and MLP. At first I just kinda nodded and shrugged him off but he was so persistent that I soon found myself adding to the conversation. I guess after that day I started to feel like it was ok to be myself and not care what others thought. So I ordered my first MLP t shirt online and wore it to work the next night. Surprisingly nobody made fun of me that day. Since then slowly but surely ive been becoming a bit more social and friendly, even going to hang out with my new friends at there houses or at the mall. I honestly cant remember a time where I was as happy as I was the day I started watching MLP and being open about it. The world suddenly doesn't seem like such a dark and lonely place.