BryanMaloney, let me tell you a little story about "not having met any masons".
I am 50 years of age.
In 2003 my dad passed away at the age of 87.
Last summer I saw a picture of one of my older sibling brothers on vacation. I noticed "jewelry" on his jacket collar. Upon enlarging the photo I saw it to be square and compases. So, I shot him an email hoping he was having fun and by the way was that a Masonic lapel pin? He said yes, he had been a mason for 30-odd years and was also in the Shrine. I replied with my surprise telling him I never new. He responds telling me dad had been a mason for 65 years, and most of the men we knew as kids were as well........AND I NEVER KNEW! Since I was initiated in April, it has been a steady stream of elderly men that I haven't seen for a long time but know all by name.
You may be surprised by how many masons you have actully met and never knew.....I lived 18 years in the same house as a man and never had a clue.