My mom was the one helping me sign up for the magazines when I was like 8. When I picked it back up in highschool, she told me it was cute that I was playing again. My family doesn't usually give gifts without occasion but I remember being in the most awful mood one day after school and she slid me a NC card. My mom's a total G.
I knew two girls in HS who played. They talked about it openly with each other during guard practice and they kinda dragged me back into Neo. Today, all of my friends know and they're completely chill about it. Some of them even made accounts and play currently ;v;