Seriously, though, that middle school/high school age is so fucking awful if you aren't "popular" maybe it's fucking awful for everyone, who knows? I don't -I was on the podgy/swot/nerd/parent-are-divorced-oh-the-shame list. I suspect many of us hardcore dwellars were not on everyone's party list. It would've been nice to know that people like me stood a chance in adulthood.
I always figured I'd be a loser adult too, but it never occurred to me to do anything about it -positive or negative. It just sort of happened as I went to uni I got a fresh start and it became clearer that maybe i wasn't actually a loser (jmho
). And life has just got better from that point.
I guess that's why this struck a chord. And..... I'm not gay and yet it was pretty horrible for me. I now live in a very gay-friendly city. My kids go to the school where all the gay parents sent their kids if they can get in. And yet I still see the kids who "have gay tendancies" being rejected by the other kids. Not the teachers and parents, thankfully, and it's not outright bullying, but they still hover on the outside of the cliques and find it hard to fit in.