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Hi, LMias. Welcome to the board. I've learned not to ask people what they think of my hobby. Yes, it's nice to be supported....sure, we all love kudos. But really, when you think about it, what percentage of the population writes songs anyway? Maybe 1 percent? So being that most of the people around you aren't songwriters, they're just not going to understand your passion. And when people don't understand something, problems can arise. For instance, my mother-in-law LOVES to talk about knitting. It bores me to tears, but I'll give her some support anyway by saying, 'well, how's that sweater you're knitting coming along?" She gets SO excited when I ask that question, and you can just hear the enthusiasm spilling out of her....the woman is a knitting dynamo. She does the same for me....she asks how my songwriting is going, and I get all passionate, but I can tell the topic of songwriting doesn't jazz her either. Many times, she'll cut me off in mid sentence not because she's being non-supportive....she just isn't interested. She doesn't care about how I write a bridge or that I'm struggling with that 2nd verse, hehe....she cares about what color knitting thread she's going to use in her next sweater. Let's face it....if you love a hobby, you will be jazzed by it, and since ninety nine percent of people don't write songs, they really can't understand what that pursuit means to you. It's good that you stumbled upon this community....if you stick around long enough, you'll make some new friends.I've actually made friends on this forum that I chat with via the telephone. I look foward to and relish those conversations because we're on the 'same wavelength'....that is, we eat, drink and sleep songwriting, although we talk about life outside of music too.So find a friend here with the same interests as you, and you won't feel so freaky, hehe. It's wonderful to have a network of people who love to write songs, play music...that is why this board is so special for most of us. It lessens that feeling of being isolated.