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*atomik_sprout* · Jan 30, 2008, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by aceman67

The entire time I was in high school I wasn't the most popular kid in school, nor was I miserable.

I didn't have many friends, but the ones I did have were the kind that you stayed friends with for years afterwards. We were a close knit group who did everything together, and the time I spent with them were some of the happiest moments of my life, and I miss them all dearly (I currently live on the other side of the country from them)

Also got some news for ya: High school isn't the end all be all of your life. Its only 3 or 4 years, and once its done, its done. You shouldn't worry yourself about being the most popular kid in school, be yourself and you'll be happy, cause while the popular kids look happy, chances are they're most likely as stressed out as you are about not being popular, if not more stressed out then you.

Moral of the story: Don't try to be someone or something you are not. You'll only forget who you are in the process.

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Changing the title of the thread

Agreed. Poplularity in high school means nothing. I, like aceman67, had a small amount of friends. We were real tight. I still hang out with some of them. In fact, I'm goin' to my ten year reunion with one of them this year.

I wasn't down because I wasn't popular. It never really affected me at all. I had friends and that's all that matters. People knew me, but only because I did favors for people all the time. But I wasn't popular by any means. I just remained myself.

Four years of popularity is like fifteen minutes of fame. You went in to high school a nobody (if you're popular between coming and going, good for you...) and you'll leave high school a nobody. When you go to college or to find a job, nobody's gonna care about how popular you were in high school. Hell, I don't care about how popular celebrities are, let alone somebody who was well known in a school.