Does being unsociable make me less attractive?

[Sarah]

Well I'm a sixteen year old girl and A few years back I moved to a really rough part of Manchester. The school is hard going!

At first I was bullied really badly - loads of the girls hated me and made hate groups about me on Facebook (seems to be the fashionable thing for teenagers to do these days) and they just wouldn't leave me alone. The boys were just as bad, they'd try and touch me up all the time and shove me about. Once one of them grabbed me up out my seat by my hair. Instead of being scared, I was mad this time so I got up and floored him and everything soon died down. They still chat about me behind my back, but at least they stay out my way!

Anyway, the teachers are all good though, and I'm doing really well. I really don't mean to sound big headed but I have got a lot going for me and I think this is why I was bullied - I stand out. I'm bright, people say I'm really slim and pretty and that I'll have no trouble finding a husband in the future! (Husband, not boyfriend - bit different in my culture lol)

But after everything that's happened at school, I can't be bothered with people. I'm usually quiet (apart from the odd scrap haha) and keep myself to myself. I've never got on with other girls my age.

In future when I find someone, will he think its odd that I hardly have any friends - is it a bad thing?

As a person myself, I've always thought I'd be a good wife. I have morals, honest, very loyal and faithful, make a good mum blah blah blah, you get the idea. So is not having any friends that big a deal?

[David]

I too am from Manchester and there are some really rough areas and I can imagine that going to school in such places can be a nightmare.

The best thing I can tell you is that there is life after High School. Life gets immensely better after High School in fact. If you can get your head down, get good grades and just get through school then things will be great afterwards. I hated High School myself because I was bullied so much, and would never repeat High School, not for a billion pounds.