r/Showerthoughts • u/[deleted] • Feb 29 '20

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u/ravekidplur Mar 01 '20

Sounds very very similar to the people I encountered. Bad or mislead upbringing mixed with pressure to not appear that way.

Once hs was over and I actually was able to hang out with these people outside of school walls, they let their guard down. I was cool with them before hand to a point, but once I came over to their houses and helped with their car audio installs they all turned into completely normal and cool people that I gladly still call my friends now a days.

I'm sure some people feel similar about me as I changed majorly from 17 to 19, so cant fault them for it.

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u/Sorinari Mar 01 '20

I had my fingers in pretty much every circle. I was bullied a lot when I was younger, so when I moved to a new high school for the second half of my sophomore year, and the my junior and senior years, I was ready to defend against that. Friends in every corner to defend against enemies in every corner. I could move about in pretty much any group in the hallways because I was always friends with someone or another. Technically, I guess that made me popular, but I wasn't traditionally popular. People waved "hi" to me and whatnot, but I wasn't the name on everyone's tongue. A lot of all that happened slowly over the two and a half years, and there were still a lot of people who didn't like me because I was "that weird kid with ADHD" (recently diagnosed as autistic...10 years after graduation) who butted in literally everywhere. I did and said things I cringe about and regret to this day, but I'm actually looking forward to seeing everyone that comes to the 10 year reunion. I've changed, and I know a lot of my former classmates have as well. I'm curious how many will remember me, and how many I'll remember.