Having come from an abnormal, dysfunctional home, I was the opposite. I craved the normalcy my friends had, and therefore have had a lifelong desire to fit in and be normal. That's why I was afraid of my DDs response. I didn't like being the "unique" kid in the neighborhood whose dad drank and whose mother divorced and who wore wrinkled uniforms to school. There's still a piece of me that wishes desperately to be that soccer mom.