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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most of the cool kids in middle and high school blossomed early and went on to be lame adults. Not so bad to blossom late and to spend more time developing a few good friends and passions with no concern for public opinion.[/quote]

I agree. My brother in law was very cool in high school. Now he’s fifty and living off his parents. A total loser. Usually the cool kids in high school do drugs. [/quote]

I went to a few of my high school reunions and experienced this big time. My nerdy friend and I were all doing interesting things, while most of the cool kids never left town. They seemed so wistful and spent most of their time reminiscing about "the good old days." My friends and I reminisced, too, but not one of us felt sad about no longer being in high school. One of my super shy nerdy wallflower friends blossomed into a head-turner-could-be-a-model. She barely spoke to anyone outside our group in school and at the reunion no one knew who she was! [/quote]
I feel like this is one of those internet tropes that people love to think is true, but it's kind of tired and played out and doesn't always (or even usually) work that way in real life. DH and I were just talking about this--and the "popular kids" from both of our high schools have, for the most part, done well for themselves. Maybe it depends on where you grew up but in my UMC hometown the popular kids tended to have smart, ambitious, successful parents who, not surprisingly, had kids who turned out similarly. I mean, being outgoing, able to work connections, attractive--all things that are really valued in our society (for better or worse). All of them went to good colleges and while some make more money than others (careers range from f500 c suite to elementary school teacher to speech therapist to physician to banker) they seem to be doing just fine in life. All good, I don't wish for anyone to do bad in life even if I didn't personally like them.[/quote]

Agreed. Myself and my "cool" friends are pretty much doing okay. But then, most of the kids I went to school with seem to be doing just fine too. We were mostly UMC, so that's probably the reason, rather than anything related to being cool or popular.[/quote]
I think it all has to do with where you grew up. Highly rated school in a large metro? Popular kids are successful people...turns out the things that made them popular in high school (being outgoing, confident, attractive, and having good social skills) are things that are also valued in the real world. Shitty school in shitty small town nowheresville? Barbie the cheerleader is now a crack whore and Daryl the quarterback mows lawns and relives the '98 state championship game at the local watering hole. [/quote]

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