We tend to judge ourselves wrongly when we look into our lives from the lens of others.
You can imagine how you would have judged yourself wrongly for doing what makes you happy simply bcs someone is not Happy.
well, I'm happy you were able to learn something positive from such a situation.
I am grateful for it too and that I didn't succumb to fall prey to the ideas of others. Thank goodness love was much more powerful than that and that I got to receive the love without holding back! How juicy life is!