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[quote=Anonymous]I was a total underachiever for the first 20 years of my life - to which I credit the verbally abusive nuns I had in my catholic grade school, and high school.

English was my second language so I was "tracked" into the remedial reading groups which wreaked complete havoc on my self-esteem.  I was also not very cute/pretty. I was pretty much a loner because all the other students saw me as "different".  I had only a couple of friends, who were also "different".  I was never invited to parties - ever - not even in HS, where I was still an underachiever, but then added chubby to the equation.

It wasn't until I hit college that I blossomed.  I finally realized I was smart.  I dropped a bunch of weight. and my looks changed completely.  After graduation I went on to a successful career in marketing.  Not a super-star by any stretch, but happy, well-paid middle management and comfortable in life in general.

I married a guy who had been the MOST popular guy in school. He was a star athlete in HS, class president, and Prom King. Funny that I was never even asked out on a date until I was 19, much less asked to go to prom!  I always tease him that if we'd met in HS he would not have even given me the time of day.

So life turned out pretty great for me, considering how it started out.  [/quote]

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