What Stereotype Were You Closest To In High School and How Did Life Turn Out?

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Anonymous wrote:My kids are my priority, as is shaving.

Anonymous wrote:I can tell our ideas of happiness are very very different.

And being jealous is so low! You should spend your energy pursuyin your idea of happiness instead of tryin to bash others who seem happier than you. You'll never succeed behaving like this.

Maybe reviewing your priorities would be a great way to start. GL

Anonymous wrote:How hard is it to afford rent on a 1939 2 BR bungalow on .19 ac in Tk Pk?

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Anonymous wrote:hippie.

I ebf, sah, don't shave, eat organic and DC only used cloth diapers. Seems like things haven't changed much around here.

I'm not yet 30 and get asked a lot if I'm a college kid. I like it.

It's funny how the hippies never have to work.

Jealous much? judgmental b!tch.

I was working until the day I went into labor. It's been 5 mo since my baby was born.

It's NOYB but I'll go back to work whenever I feel comfortable leaving my baby with someone else. We planed ahead and can happly afford living this way.

Wow, if your kids are truly your priority, you should care enough to model better behavior. Being nasty online isn't a great mom image.

[Anonymous]

Hahahahaha, I'm sorry but the shaving bit is funny!

I'm sorry but all these self-righteous people who blah blah about co-sleeping and cloth diapers and hemp this and hemp that and breastfeeding until age 37 etc are annoying. It's not scientific but I grew up in California and noticed these people often have really whiny misbehaving kids because they never get told no. And why do they always have stupid names like Sparrow? Whatever, to eat his own. But not shaving your body hair is gross- yuck.

[Anonymous]

Haha I meant "to each his own", not eat, haha.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A smart kid and runner. A little dorky. Heart-throb to the really dorky boys.

Now, with a PhD in the sciences, married to a really dorky (but lovable) guy.

OMG -- you were the female counterpart to my DH then and my sons now.

As for me, my friends and I were the gamma girls then and and we still are now. What's changed is that we didn't have a name for it back then -- just defined ourselves as what we were not -- not the cool kids, not the druggies, not the theatre geeks .. . etc.. Interestingly, my tween DD is turning out to be a gamma too, though at a younger age than I did. She doesn't care about the mean girl stuff, likes people for who they are, not where they are in the pecking order, and is confident and comfortable in her own skin. She has several circles of friends, and is closest to her soccer teammates and church buddies.

OP, there's one Goth girl in my son's grade, and whenever they're in the same class, he teams up with her for group assignments. When I asked him about this, he explained that, though they never hang out together, their skills complement one another, so they always get really good grades on their joint projects. My guess is she's going to be fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A smart kid and runner. A little dorky. Heart-throb to the really dorky boys.

Now, with a PhD in the sciences, married to a really dorky (but lovable) guy.

OMG -- you were the female counterpart to my DH then and my sons now.

As for me, my friends and I were the gamma girls then and and we still are now. What's changed is that we didn't have a name for it back then -- just defined ourselves as what we were not -- not the cool kids, not the druggies, not the theatre geeks .. . etc.. Interestingly, my tween DD is turning out to be a gamma too, though at a younger age than I did. She doesn't care about the mean girl stuff, likes people for who they are, not where they are in the pecking order, and is confident and comfortable in her own skin. She has several circles of friends, and is closest to her soccer teammates and church buddies.

OP, there's one Goth girl in my son's grade, and whenever they're in the same class, he teams up with her for group assignments. When I asked him about this, he explained that, though they never hang out together, their skills complement one another, so they always get really good grades on their joint projects. My guess is she's going to be fine.

Sorry to be ignorant but what's a gamma girl?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DD is going through her artsy Goth stage. DH thinks the world is coming to an end. I tell him it's just a phase, and anyway, so what? I was a nerd in high school, and while I still exhibit some nerd-like tendencies (like habitually reading DCUM), I actually blossomed later on in life. So, I am curious how many of you high school jocks, rednecks, brains, druggies, nerds, losers, etc. fared after high school, and whether you in fact shed whatever stereotype you fit into, or whether you've more or less stayed within stereotype throughout your life.

We are going through that here as well...torture. Nonstop wearing of choker necklaces and black eyeliner.

All the books I read say to just let them express themselves and its part of the process...if you put up too much of a fight, you make it more interesting than it already was...

[Anonymous]

H.S - The stylish one that was not afraid to make bold choices in clothes - funky, voted as most likely to see in a magazine.

Now - so boring with fashion, sticking to the basics and live in sweats. Very very social though. Looks - Definitely dont take care of myself since having kids. Hoping to get out of this funk soon.

[Anonymous]

I was a rebellious good girl, probably still the same but lost the rebellious part. Not super popular, but well-liked (I think?) - I would guess that is still the same.

DH was a very free spirit - a bit of a stoner in stereotype terms - now is a total "square" - I mean that in a loving way - won't be anywhere near cigarette smoke, no interest in any type of drug, only a very light drinker. Very interested in politics, policy. Awesome family guy.

[Anonymous]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/25/AR2010112502
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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD is going through her artsy Goth stage. DH thinks the world is coming to an end. I tell him it's just a phase, and anyway, so what? I was a nerd in high school, and while I still exhibit some nerd-like tendencies (like habitually reading DCUM), I actually blossomed later on in life. So, I am curious how many of you high school jocks, rednecks, brains, druggies, nerds, losers, etc. fared after high school, and whether you in fact shed whatever stereotype you fit into, or whether you've more or less stayed within stereotype throughout your life.

We are going through that here as well...torture. Nonstop wearing of choker necklaces and black eyeliner.

All the books I read say to just let them express themselves and its part of the process...if you put up too much of a fight, you make it more interesting than it already was...

[Anonymous]

Fortunately, I was at a high school that did not reinforce rigid stereotypes-but DCUM is like high school parody so: I was also a runner, soccer player, horseback riding, poetry reading, politically left leaning, "good girl"-reasonably popular and attractive high-school school girl. I was a very studious kid and got good grades. No real drugs (a little pot, no drinking at all, I know) Probably considered a "nature girl nerd" by those outside our little world.

I married the really smart, formerly radical, still left-wing, handsome, slightly high strung Jewish guy. Our lives are not perfect, but our kids are happy and we are happy. We live financially successful lives in DC proper, travel A LOT, send our kids to a great public school in safe neighborhood and things have turned out pretty well. No drugs, drink moderately.

I went through a goth phase - all that Cure, Morrissey, black nail polished boys, poseurs etc. It was just rebellion, harmless experimentation.

[Anonymous]

I love how the self-proclaimed hippie so quickly got bent out of shape and nasty. Arent you a hippie????? Chill it lady.

[Anonymous]

Former orchestra geek. Married another orchestra geek I met in college. Much to our suprise, we seem to be raising 2 very jock-like boys whose only interest in music is of the Taylor Swift variety.

[Anonymous]

Yeah but was it really necessary to attack her for posting who she was back in HS and who she is now? Why hate her for who she is?

[Anonymous]

Mountain climbing brooding punk rocker who was not popular but well liked. I got pretty good grades but also went to a really competitive prep school. Everyone was shocked when I got into a top 5 college. Have a fantastic life nice.

I wouldn't worry too much.

[Anonymous]

pp 12:50 here--typing 1 handed, where I said nice, I meant now.