Why don't people treat me like everybody else?

[cat lady]

My husband was 5'2 and 89 pounds when he graduated from HS. He found things he enjoyed like being the "manager" for the foot bal team and the chess club and the photography club. He shot up in college to 6"11 and 187#. He still loves chess and photography and football. He found the type of people he wanted to be friends with in those clubs and they continue to be they type of friends who he likes now. Find your interests and go from there! Those are the people who will be your friends. I was a cheerleader so obviously very popular but I still felt very insecure about what people said about me and changed my own likes to "fit in" with the popular crowd. Now many of those "popular" kids are 200#, unhappily married, working jobs they hate, divorced, and just like the rest of us. I at least found myself outside of that after I graduated and have new interests I've developed that I had no idea of in HS. HS is hard for everyone, even the popular ones. Find things you like and join in, those are the people who will always be your friends! Good luck!