I have been in many bizarre constellations, settings, and situations in my life, but the most bizarre is now, and has to do with one of my hobbies.

Luckily, there are some “normal” and really nice people involved, whom I am really grateful and happy to have met, but among the rest, one craves attention by deliberately making as much noise as possible, one is always whining about this, that or the other, and making bitchy comments every time I open my mouth (which I now try to do as little as possible), and one is the worst misogynist I have ever met personally, lecturing me, shouting, whatever I do or do not do, in a tone which he would never use towards any of the men in the room. Oh, and a couple of them crave praise and do not seem to mind the teacher praising them in a tone as if they were eight-year-olds (despite the fact that they are around my age).

Every time, I walk away wondering why I am spending so many evenings that way at my advanced age. I must be a sucker for punishment.