What group were you in?

United States
July 22, 2010 6:23pm CST
In High School I hung out with the "Gothic" group. Since everyone was kind of scared of this group I didn't get picked on much. That was the good thing about this group but we were a small group and not many other people liked us much. I actually do think it has affected me in a small way, I think if I chose to hang out with a more social group I would have life time long friends now. Which group did you hang out with when you were in school? Would you change it now if you could? Do you think it has affected you at all in your life now? Thoughts please =)
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@zed_k4 (17589)
• Singapore
23 Jul 10
I don't think I belong to any group at all last time as I was only focusing on being friends with anyone whom shared the same interests as me. Typically, I see cliques, but I didn't want to belong to any at all. And so far, no regrets whatsoever. Just for the record, I was quite the teaser last time.
• United States
25 Jul 10
Thanks for your response =) When I was in school it was either you hung out with a group that accepted you or you were by yourself. Since I didn't want to be lonely I went with the group that accepted me into it. =)
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@zed_k4 (17589)
• Singapore
30 Jul 10
I know what you mean.. peer pressure is a bad thing, really. .those days there were lots of peer pressure. I think nowadays in school there is still such a thing going on, only that we don't know of..
@zed_k4 (17589)
• Singapore
30 Jul 10
And you are most welcome..
@stacyv81 (5903)
• United States
25 Jul 10
I didnt really hang out with one group...but I Was my one group lol and I hung out with all the other groups when I wanted too.. lol. Best of all worlds I suppose.
• United States
25 Jul 10
Thanks for your response =) That is the best of all worlds because in my school if they didn't like you they would beat you up or pick on you. I was never welcome in the popular group and most people weren't unless they were rich and wore name brand clothes. My parents couldn't afford to do that with having 4 kids. So, I was in with the freaks and the gothic people. I was welcome there and never got picked on so I liked it there.
@syankee525 (6261)
• United States
23 Jul 10
i didnt fit in with many at all. the group i did fit in was the misfit group. just people who didnt fit in with any other groups
• United States
25 Jul 10
Thanks for your response =)
@keshia2007r (2880)
• United States
23 Jul 10
Back in high school there were the popular kids, the geeks, the jocks, the cheerleaders, the nice girls, the trouble makers. I would say in particular that i was in any group. I was just myself and hung out w/ my friends. I wasnt very popular, but just about everybody knew my name or my face. I pretty much got along w/ everybody in each group. If there was someone I didnt like, they would know. Thinking back i'm really starting to miss high school. I'm class of 2007! If anything high school left a positive affect. happy mylotting. peace and love!!
• United States
25 Jul 10
Thanks for your response =) That's good that you got along with everyone. My school wasn't like that. If you weren't rich and you didn't wear name brand clothes you weren't welcome in the popular group. My parent's just couldn't afford it since they have 4 kids. So, I hung out with the freaks where I was welcome and got treated good.
23 Jul 10
I did not belong 2 a any specific group in school but was like the populer pupil and alot of girls wanted 2 be my friend some just wanted me 2 stay away from others i was pushed and pulled all the time lol
• United States
25 Jul 10
That's awesome and thanks for your response =)
• Romania
23 Jul 10
In High School I was in the freak group because we were different from thy other kids but in a way it was quite right to be this way . Even now I'm not quite a popular guy and it's perfect for me cause that's the way it should be.I would not change even a single word because it's a part of me at that time .In a way some things affected me and still some things are like a shadow for me .As thoughts ... well i still dream it will be all right one day somehow ...
• United States
25 Jul 10
Thanks for your response =) I was in the freak group too, I called it the gothic group because I didn't want to offend anyone else.
@GardenGerty (157027)
• United States
23 Jul 10
When I was in high school and college as far as I know Goth and EMO did not exist. We were leaving the era of the greasers behind, and mostly we were jocks and freaks or hippie freaks. I do not even think we used the term "nerd" and definitely no "geeks", no computers. I had some friends in all groups, but I am not really social. Some people thought i was a hippie, by the way I dressed, but I was probably one of the straightest people around. Too klutzy to be a jock, even if they had had women's sports. Not pretty enough or rich enough to be the female equivalent of a jock and run with the cheerleaders and pep club. I was considered brainy, but I think it was mostly an act. I spent a lot of time with the kids in drama and debate. I did debate, but not well.
• United States
25 Jul 10
Thanks for your response =) I was in drama too :) I fit in with them as well. I'm not very good at debating either, I back down pretty easily.
@nobbsy123 (851)
• Australia
23 Jul 10
When I was in high school my family didn't have a computer. I tried using a computer and got adicted to being on a computer. So much so I was teased alot for hanging out with the so-called computer geeks. We had a lot of fun on the computers at school and some weekends we played network games over one of their places. I lost contact with most of them one is on my facebook friends list i guess we all drifted apart slowly after school. One went to work in the UK and 2 went over to the USA to work and a couple went to europe somewhere.
• United States
25 Jul 10
Thanks for your response =) I knew a lot of people in school that were into computers and things like that. I hate that everyone usually loses touch after school is done. I only have one friend that I talk to from school but she lives 10 hours away
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
23 Jul 10
hi lilangelspreschool I hung out with the students with the highest grades as I was in a gifted teen group .they understood me and did not make fun of me for using big words. being gifted has its draw backs as in high school you were all supposed to complain and bit#h about how you hated school , but I did not hate school, I loved to learn. I do not really know that its affect me all my life, Idoubt.
• United States
25 Jul 10
Thanks for your response =) That's cool that you were in the gifted teen group. I wish I liked to learn when I was in school. Of course now I love learning new things, not back then though...
@katsmeow1213 (28719)
• United States
23 Jul 10
I was not in a group, I was an outcast. I got along with select people from each group, but never the entire group. I was poor, so I got picked on.. so that made sure I didn't get into certain groups too. Plus I had no fashion sense what so ever until I turned 18.. so that didn't help either. I would have loved to have fit in with the preppy girls... but most of them were jerks.. they were the ones who picked on everyone else that wasn't in their group. To this day I'm still an outcast trying to be a preppy girl.. just not a mean preppy girl (well, maybe just a little mean sometimes!).
• United States
25 Jul 10
Thanks for your response =) I got picked on too for being poor and not having "name brand" clothes. I didn't want to fit in with the preppy girls though because they were always mean and I am not a mean person at all. I love being sweet and helpful, that's just me =)
• Pitcairn
23 Jul 10
Oh, I never thought there were social groups in highschool.. I mean, the official names. I usually get into groups with no particular name. High school was a bit fun when I joined a group, we belong all in the same class. I think sticking into one group will get you limited. It will always be nice to get to know another groups you know, so you'll get acquainted with them, too. It was actually my greatest mistake in high school, I have chosen the wrong team. I just realized it after two long years of being together, that was on graduation.
• United States
25 Jul 10
Thanks for your response =) It wasn't like that. You don't just go up to other groups and ask to be their friend. If you did that you would either get beat up or get picked on for all eternity. If they didn't like you, you weren't welcome in their group. I graduated in 2002, so it's been a while but I remember all of the "cliques" like it was yesterday... I hated High School because of the "cliques".
@veganbliss (3895)
• Adelaide, Australia
23 Jul 10
I was in a group that were politely referred to as "squares", which is different from "dorks". It only really consisted of a handful of us & we didn't really get picked on. We focused more on "things academic", didn't go in for gossiping about others, etc; so it would've impacted us in a good way & shaped us for what we do now. I wouldn't change a thing.
• United States
25 Jul 10
Thanks for your response =) That's awesome! I hate all of the drama and the gossiping in school That's really good, I wish I would have focused more on school work.
23 Jul 10
To be honest we did not have such groups then i mean not alot of pple was into Gothic stuff even though im not gona lie and say i never wore black lipstick lol all my fellow pupils was in the same class wid me for like 2 years and we all sort of bonded very well, and i dont think we did not have any groups them but there was one group which was like the populer group in the school....and the girls in that group used 2 tend 2 show off more ...it did not effect me really its just that when i see the girls now who are mature women now it makes me laugh to look back and think these were them back in the days !...:D
• United States
25 Jul 10
Thanks for your response =) Yeah, it's funny when you see them all grown up and think about how they were in school. I live in another state from where I went to school so I don't get to see any of them anymore. Sometimes I don't know if that's a good or bad thing...
@shockrayz (199)
23 Jul 10
way back in highschool until now in college im with the cool group ,,the one who gives joke in the class and the ones who sometimes bully whom we want to,but not in the way that is over offensive,.
@bwaybaby (903)
• United States
22 Jul 10
I hung out with two groups. I was a band geek- marching band, on band staff, in wind ensemble, et c. So I hung out in the band room and with band kids quite a bit. I also hung out with another group of kids... kind of the odd ones? They weren't quite goth- they wore a lot of black but weren't really goth-esque. They were smart and artsy. We all were in band or chorus or art or orchestra. I wasn't really as close to the second group as I thought, as I tried to keep in touch with them in college but they didn't care to keep in touch with me. I'm' not sure if I would have changed anything. At the time I was happy with my social life. Now....not so much.
• United States
25 Jul 10
Thanks for your response =) Yeah, the group I hung out with was actually called the "freaks". I just didn't want to offend anyone or make anyone mad by calling it that. I was in chorus too in all of my school days. Then I got into drama club a lot. That's what happens, most people lose touch. Since I moved to another state with my family, I barely talk to anyone anymore. I don't have much of a social life either now...