AIBU to not want to look like a Christian

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First of all, I have nothing against Christians. I have friends and family members of that faith, whom I respect and admire. My dilemma (if you can call it that) is that I was once given a beautiful gold necklace with a little crucifix on it. Not a big jesus-y one - just a solid gold cross with a pattern on it, with another smaller cross in front of that - not that big. The thing is, I love it and want to wear it, but on the odd occasion I do, I feel self-consious, believing people will assume I am religious. I don't know why this bothers me - I know it shouldn't - but I think it has something to do with identity and self-expression. It just feels wrong somehow. I don't want to be perceived as anything other than I am. Am I being silly?

Sell it and buy something else

Rightly or wrongly, I felt she was demonstrating that she disapproved of me.
Someone should have helped you with that, as a child. I'm sorry your teacher wasn't able to reassure you.

I don't disapprove of any religion, or of atheism or agnosticism. My 'special interest' from 1970 to 2014 was religions/beliefs - I'm quite into cults and stuff now, not to join them but to see how they work (See Andrew Gold).

Anyone assuming my cross indicates that I disapprove of them is putting their interpretation, based on their prejudice, onto me. I am entitled to wear my cross, and I do so.