I started thinking about this a while later and I still didn’t get a conclusion.
So you see I really liked anime as a kid since I was a toddler since my parents liked it. So I basically grow up with it. I was really attracted to some characters from my favorite shows and I would often call them my husband or wife.
So a while back me and my friends were talking about old animes we liked and they mentioned how I was very obsessed with certain characters and they asked if I like them anymore I said yes it’s a pretty good character they said no not in this sense and they started laughing and making fun of me so I just didn’t answer
I still like those characters but not as an attraction thing like they are obviously not really I just really like the characters I think they are pretty pretty cute but not everyone thinks that they will think I’m a weirdo and I already get called that for having dolls and realistic baby dolls as a guy
I honestly don’t know I lack alot of social skills so I usually ask people around me if that’s okay or not my parents thought it was stupid and I should like what I like I’m not hurting anyone and that it’s just a cartoon characters
I don’t want to be a weirdo but my friends said if I suddenly stop liking the characters when I turn 18 that will make me weirder and it would speak volumes about me and stuff
I just don’t know I just don’t want to be a weirdo what is the situation?
What’s the interpersonal conflict?
You’ve got a you issue that doesn’t involve anyone else
NTA, youll find your people, people who wont judge you for that kind of harmless stuff.
I feel like it would be outcasted for it
I understand the feeling, but once you find the people who care about you for you those feelings become more distant. I assume you’re still in highschool if youre turning 18? The world outside of highschool is so much bigger. There will be people who judge, sure, but those are the kind of people who are going to judge anything that isnt perfect to them. You shouldnt have to fit yourself into a box you dont fit in to please others. I have characters i call “my son” or also “my husband or wife” or in one weird case “my sonsband” and my boyfriend of 8 years has never judged me for it.
Faze it out slowly, stop bringing it up to them about all of it and keep it to yourself and your (future/present) partner
Sounds like you need better friends 🤷🏼♀️
They are a bit mean but I think they are looking out for me 🥲
They really aren’t. They’re keeping you around to laugh at you, do you honestly think you deserve that?
By laughing at your interests and making you feel like you’re in the wrong? Honey no, that’s not looking out for you.
Friends boost each other up. Friends support each others hobbies. Those aren’t friends. 💔
Stop worrying about what people who don’t matter think. Are you hurting anybody? No? Then they can f off.
Also your friends suck and you need better ones.
NTA
OP, fandom is filled with so called ‘weirdos’. There’s nothing wrong with that either. To anyone not in the hobby it will always seem ‘weird’.
You need to ditch these posers who are probably just there to have a laugh, and find those who match your interests!
If you’d give up on the way you engage in your interests (eg having waifu/husbando characters as fun) because if them, then you’re just being TA to yourself, though.
Tldr: Don’t let AHs ruin your hobby and enjoyment of that hobby, OP.