Just to elaborate one more point on my last post:
You may or may not consider your background situation to be “baggage,” but, for the sake of argument, let’s say that it is.
Fine, so you have some minor baggage.
Those people that are going to reject you out of hand for your “baggage” without even looking at the type of person that you are has baggage of a far worse sort — closemindedness. I’d take someone with your “baggage” over that any day of the week. At least your “baggage” isn’t internal to you and in your power to change. They, however, are *choosing* to be closeminded and elitist.
Again, as I said, it may not seem this way to you know, but take my word — you’re far better off without that baggage.
The Wolf