Unfortunately, I'm an atheist. There aren't churches for us. However, after much resistance on my part and harassment by an old college friend, I have been trying to connect with other people who share my religious background even though I don't believe it. It hasn't worked too well, but not for the reasons I expected.
It wasn't that I wasn't a believer; it turns out that many of the people don't care about that. Most of them grew up in this city, went to school together, and I simply am not welcome into their cliques that have been established since high school; I've heard a couple of other people--including a town native--complain about this particular group as well. The ones who moved here, usually did it for school and are almost universally law students, and I simply have very, very little in common with them. Also, there is a really big hook-up culture and the social events tend to focus on that, making the entire thing unpleasant and drama-filled and feeling like high school all over again. No, thanks.
I'm still trying though. I've found a few somewhat smaller groups that are better than the others, mostly of people who moved here. Some of the people seem nice, but our brief interactions really haven't developed into anything meaningful. Hopefully I can change that soon, but it's hard when I only see the people every few months.
By the way, my name has nothing to do with how I feel. I took my name after a street nearby. I always thought the Sappington sounded like some guy descended from British aristocracy with some stuffy name like Lord Malcolm Sappington III. I just think the name sounds silly.
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