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[quote=Anonymous]I am reading all these entries and trying to put a lable on who I was in highschool but, I just can't.  I was smart and in top classes, scored spectacularly on standarized test but did not get the best grades (B+ average, I think).  I was a total underachiever as I could get by with doing the minimum.  I played sports, was good at soccer, made JV girls basketball but quit when it got too "butch-y".  I had lots off friends in different circles, cheerleaders, druggies, and everyone in between but, I was also kind of considered a bitch, mostly by the popular football jock boys in my grade.  I just didnt cater to their egos at all.  I had boyfriends but they were all either older than me or went to different highschools.  Also, I was a virgin but liked to party.

I didn't know it then but everyone thought I was beautiful but didn't really "get" me.  Some people were scared of me, or thought I was a snob or mean, which if you knew me now, would make you die laughhing.  I think alot of this is because I grew up in the South and went to a public highschool (small and decent but nothing academically outstanding).  My parents were transplants, not southern at all, and had very differnt values and background than most of my schools peers' parents.  My parents were both well educated and from very well educated families.  My mom in particular was very different from most of the moms - ivy league educated from an wealthier background and about a decade older than most moms.  Many of my peers' moms did not graduate from college.

My family was definitely on the "richer" side in my highschool too.  I went away to a summer camp in the mountains every summer.  I went on all the school trips to Europe.  My parents told me to pick any college I wanted and they would pay for it.  But, they didn't let me spend as much money on clothes and stuff as some of my friends and I didn't get a car (much less a new one) for my 16th birthday like some friends who's parents were not as well off as mine.  The values in my home were just different.  I guess I was just an outlier.  I didn't really fit in but I also wasn't a loner.  I wasn't popular or unpopular.  I kind of went my own way and tried differnt things.  I always had a good group of freinds but felt pretty open to hanging out with different people.  I wasn't really confident or secure but I don't think I had nearly as much angst as some others.  I wasn't afraid to say what I  thought, that is for sure, and in the south that can make lots of folks think a girl is trouble.

Anyway, I keep in touch with a handful of highschool friends through Christmas cards and two are still in my life on a more regulart basis.  I think I am successful by most standards.  I am married to a good guy with two awesome kids, both in a great private school in Washington.  I am an attorney and have a great work situation.  I have a beauitiful house that I love.  There are things I dont have that I wish for but I am also grateful for what I have, mostly my children.  [/quote]

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