Why being popular isn't everything it is cut out to be...

[wendybeth]

I wouldn't know if we had a 'popular table' at school- I was too busy ditching to notice. I moved a lot while growing up, so I got used to always being the new kid and being hassled by the snotty popular girls. When I moved to my last high school, I just decided that I needed to make a statement early on, so I went up to the lead Heather of the school and slammed her into a locker. (She'd been picking on a timid classmate, and it pissed me off). Since my last school was a fairly notorious one, I brought with me an undeserved 'don't **** with her' reputation that I used to my advantage. I befriended like-minded kids, most of whom would be considered alternative these days, and never had another problem with the Others. By my last year we'd all grown to be friends (mostly) and the social cliques kind of blended and faded away.

Reading your post made me feel better about being older, DF. We tend to forget some of the not-so-fun aspects of youth. Hang in there- it gets tons better!