Since I'm feeling like a gazillion times better right now, especially because of Nichole, she has my respect and admiration for doing what she did. So, I'm posting this up again. I'll give my input AFTER a bit.

Do you want to know about friends from school?  Mine were rebellious, arty, off the wall types.  We were odd balls in some way.  We went around in a group and mingled with the 'straight' crowd but just on the edge, not quite in but not necessarily out.     

I hung out with the misfit crowd in high school; I darn sure didn't fit in with the in kids.

I had the distinction of being too weird for the misfit kids, too.

Pretty much what Buttercup described, except that we were more nerdy than artsy. But the seeds of an identity based on being half-in, half-out were there, and for some of us already germinating.

  Nfr

In school, I mostly kept to myself, except for hanging around with a couple of other misfits who were into music. In adult life, I make my living as a musician, many of my friends are other musicians or other arty types. I also have friends who are fellow activists, into sustainable living and farming, etc...

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Quote from: Lokaeign on May 31, 2008, 07:27:38 AM
I had the distinction of being too weird for the misfit kids, too.

Yea, they were just pretend weird .. 

I went to a very small, all-male private school.  We only had 62 in our class.  I knew all of them more or less, and we were pretty good to each other.  Away from school I hung out at Morning Star and Wheeler Ranch and taught myself how to do lights and band gear.  In college I hung out with the theater people, the hippies and the science majors.  I've always had more female friends then male ones, but only by a few.  Most of the people I know now are people I've known for decades, going back to Wheeler and Morning Star and the early band days, they range from people with advanced degrees in engineering from MIT to blue collar people from blue collar background.  About the only thing we have in common is our work, our stories, very sick and twisted senses of humor, and each other.

I've always been with the slightly off but not freakishly weird crowd.  But my school was also small and we'd all known each other since third grade, so we were all pretty nice toward one another.  My friends were a lot like me, personality wise.  A lot of anime/gaming people, band geeks, academic team folks, etc.  Nerdy and quirky.  And a lot of us lacked in common sense.  Same in college.  I would say that my friends are the people who'll be nice to anyone without judging them AT FIRST.  Everyone gets a chance.  Maybe that's the best description.  My best friends are kind and considerate, but don't hesitate to drop people who aren't. 

My friends in school were misfits for the most part. I never had many friends, and as I got older my friends dwindled in number. It seems that most if not all of my friends came from a lowly, poor background. We all had problems in one way or another...

I hope I don't get weird looks for being different... 

I'm something of a loner.  I had (and have) few friends but I try to maintain strong relationships with them.  However, I mostly stay by myself and do not really have a group I hang out with all the time.

Friends at school thats a nice concept I Never had any close friends at school only 1 or 2 friendly faces

I think it's better to have one or two good friends than a bunch of ->-bleeped-<-ty ones...hence, I only have a couple friends, but that's okay.  I just wish they lived close by...