shindy: Good point!
I went through the “normal channels” in frum society, ~ 25, born and bred in Flatbush, grew up there and went to school there all my life, by blood from pre-war Chasidic shtetl’s, don standard suit, tie & hat (as all of family does), Yeshivas were like that too, always davened in a local shtiebel, still live locally, mostly self-taught in secular studies (though have a BS), work in financial services, light computer gamer, collect stamps, anything else?
Ok, your up! Don’t be bashful…