Am I just too innocent and boring?

[Ben]

Good news: There's nothing wrong with you!

It's unfortunate that you're attending a school full of thug-wannabes. When you get to college there will be more people from more places and you will find people who are like you to be friends with. The men who will be interested in you will be able to offer relationships that are healthier, happier and a lot more fun too. (and they'll be more likely to end up rich too!)

The best you can do for now is to tough it out. If bullying becomes severe you can talk to your parents about switching schools, but it doesn't sound like it's reached that point yet.

14 is definitely not too young to have never dated. Most of the girls (and boys) who claim to have slept with lots of people at that age are lying. Smile and nod as they brag, but don't believe their BS.

High school is notorious for being full of jerks that will make fun of you for being different. It's going to hurt for a while, but you sound like you're going to turn out better than they are. Your life is probably headed up, but for them high school will be the best their life ever gets.

If you want, you can work on being charismatic, but don't force yourself to be extroverted if you don't want to.

Good luck!