i respect the above the influence thing. its very understandable. all id say is look for people you get along with and look past their decisions. who cares if you dont have anyone to go to a dance with. go by yourself? at least you had the nerve to show up. there are plenty of people out there like you. you just have to dig for a common interest. if you lived in my town youd have a friend right here. dont give up. just be yourself lol.

honestly these are some of the hardest times of your life. Stay true to your guns, be yourself and more importantly enjoy yourself, find out what you really are all about.

In the years to come you will find like minded individuals, and others will appreciate your sense of self.

There has got to be other kids at your school that have similar interests somewhere down the line. Maybe you can compromise some of your interests without compromising your values.

dogs rule, so maybe go hang out at a dog training school or something similar. My dog’s my best mate ( along with my wife and daughter), so don’t ignore your 4 legged friend

I used to drink and occasionally do drugs. Now, I don’t drink or do any drugs.

However, I don’t mind at all if my friends get drunk and smoke a tree ~ even at my house. I just don’t do it and I don’t put them down for it either.

When at a bar with friends and their are other people there that don’t know me very well and ask why I’m not drinking – I just say don’t feel like it tonight. I say it casually and don’t make a big deal of it ot try to draw attention to myself for being the only person not drinking.

If you choose to become overly opinionated about how other people choose to live their lives, prepare to be a lonely person.

Just have fun…and weherever ur at, that’s the place to be…

um? you do be responsive to stuy is larger than bronx technology, suitable? and yeah, i’m constructive your friends could kill to be on your place. besides, you will no longer meet your genuine friends till intense college/college. person-friendly college/center college friends fade away no count what. a intense usual is punctiliously achievable, I also have a ninety 4.40 5 uh yeah, i’ve got been given lost the 1st 2 days, yet no instructor particularly have been given pissed. you’re basically getting to grasp. and everybody has loose classes, so piss then with the no hw help/counsel, that’s no longer genuine in any respect. approximately 30% of infants come to stuy no longer understanding everybody else, so there is countless little ones in that place. yeah, and instructors tremendously plenty make you write down like 3 contacts’ telephone numbers. i don’t be responsive to ONE propose guy or woman at stuy. no longer ONE. basically chill out. issues will fall into place. and we don’t care if it particularly is unorganized, this is yahoo solutions. no longer each and every person at stuy is punctiliously expert with grammer/spelling.

get involved in clubs, things like that. i used to do A LOT of partying, and that’s where a lot of my friends came from. but i made the choice to stop drinking all the time like they did. then i realized those weren’t even true friends. they wouldnt hang out with me just because i wouldnt drink with them. so it WAS hard for a while. but you just got to talk to people in your classes, step out of your comfort zone. not everyone in highschool drinks and does drugs. get involved in clubs or after school activities, sports, things like that. you can meet a lot of people and do things that you love to do. believe me, it gets better. i know have plenty of friends who respect my decision to not drink anymore, and they still love me for who i am. and i know that these friends are way better than the ones i had.

hope things work out.

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Hope this helps

Jamie

I’m a loner too. It’s ok. it will get better, I promise. I live above the influence too, never say its corny. It’s not. I LOVE guys who are above the influence, they are like hero’s to me.

AH! DONT WORRY ABOUT IT MAN. YOUR JUST BECOMING YOURSELF. YOU’LL GET YOUR FRIENDS IN NO TIME, JUST DONT BE VERY SHY. TALK TO PEOPLE. TALK TO PEOPLE WHO MIGHT SEEM AS THEY ARE WHAT YOUR INTO. YOUR NEVER ALONE, THERE WILL ALWAYS BE SOMEONE THERE THAT WILL HAVE SOME COMMON STUFF WITH YOU, AND SOMEONE YOU CAN HANG OUT WITH AND BE FRIENDS WITH. JUST BE PATIENT.. OR IF YOU CANT BE PATIENT.. JOIN A CLUB.. SUCH AS SOMEONE MENTIONED ABOUVE. JUST PLEASE DONT BECOME A POSER AND BE SOMETHING YOUR NOT. THATS A VERY LOW PLACE TO GO. ANYWAYS. BEST OF LUCK. JUST BE YOURSELF.. AND BE PATIENT.

aaawwww, join a club or something

maybe hang out with cousins?