I agree with you, but there was certainly some pressure in that direction.
You were probably told that if all your friends were doing drugs (or jumping off a cliff) you should think for yourself.
And you were probably told it was bad to be a sheep and just follow the crowd.
And you probably saw some "real fans" of bands/comics/whatever being scornful towards "phoneys" who were just "pretending".
And you might have been given the impression that picking up some new hobby because a cute member of the opposite sex is into it was somehow insincere or cringe-worthy.
And if some of the activities were expensive by your family's standards, you might have been asked if you really wanted to do whatever.
I can imagine how a person who over-thought this sort of stuff could have ended up thinking they shouldn't, say, go to a baseball game if they don't like baseball.
You were probably told that if all your friends were doing drugs (or jumping off a cliff) you should think for yourself.
And you were probably told it was bad to be a sheep and just follow the crowd.
And you probably saw some "real fans" of bands/comics/whatever being scornful towards "phoneys" who were just "pretending".
And you might have been given the impression that picking up some new hobby because a cute member of the opposite sex is into it was somehow insincere or cringe-worthy.
And if some of the activities were expensive by your family's standards, you might have been asked if you really wanted to do whatever.
I can imagine how a person who over-thought this sort of stuff could have ended up thinking they shouldn't, say, go to a baseball game if they don't like baseball.