Originally Posted by
TTOSBT 
Thanks you guys!
I did not talk for a long time on the drunkalog but I almost thought I said too much. I said this to a woman that came up to thank me and she said that no it was important to share that part so that people can "relate" to me. Hmm, never thought about it that way...
"war stories" were absolutely indispensable for me to hear when I was new so I knew I was in the right place.
I was terminally unique, no one was like me, no one understood me, so when some guy in a tie, or the prettiest girl I had ever seen had stories about robbing banks shooting leprechauns with double barreled shotguns sleeping with strangers, standing there at 8 AM with puke on her dress just having been caught in bed with her husbands brother yelling "F you!!! I was your high water mark!!!!" I knew I belonged.
had a crush on that girl for about ten years and am still sweet on her today although I never saw her again, and it was nearly twenty years ago.
"War Stories" definitely have their place, although they aren't very important to me today, it's important the newcomer "identifies", it's a very important part of "the process" or it was for me.