Guest post by "Ranthog" I'd second that this one feels a little too close to home. For me it wasn't so much the secret friends thing as kids picking on me and being mean (or at least I thought they were).
This is kind of what makes me smile a bit and cringe when I see Molly. Her behavior reminded me a little bit more than is comfortable about my own at times growing up. It drove me to try being "normal" in Jr High and Sr High. That felt a lot like a chain around my neck dragging me down.
