Well you see after primary school everyone got split up. The class of 2006 broke up and no one every saw each other again pretty much. I remember everyone in that class and i remember them as they where they left off. 5 years pass and every now and then i'll see a familiar face. Now one day i was sitting in the art room and there were 4 other guys from my class in there and we were all sitting around the desk drawing and that. Theres one girl sitting on the opposite side of the class and no one pays much attention to her. And then later on this other girl walks into the classroom. One of these guys who was in the class pretty much changes character. And i do admit hes pretty loud, confident and talkative but when he sees a girl he likes, it pretty much doubles. He is a persistant flirter. And you see i knew this girl from my primary school. And then they started talking and they were talking about how they knew each other. Stuff like "arnt you that girl that i met at the party and you were really drunk". And i was thinking "well fair enough do what you want but if you're falling for that then theres something wrong with you".
And you know i had remembered her from primary school years back and it was a change you know, going to partys like every weekend and drinking and that. It was also obvious that she had known guys who had come and gone. She was 'popular'. I know it sounds very much like an American hs cliche. But yea its as if she had lost some sort of innocence and her character had changed a lot. Back in the day she wasnt the centre of attention.
Its not like i hated any of them its just that its just a turn off.
I dunno i just cannot trust someone who is always the centre of attention. I generally prefer people who are overlooked and 'different'. By this i dont mean they are incredebly boring or ugly but people who i suppose are like me. I could go into more detail about what 'people who are like me' is supposed to mean but thats another story.

Anyone share the same opinion?

I don't mind popular people, but tend to gravitate towards those who aren't the 'pillars of society' or very popular. Actually, if someone is shunned by popular people, I tend to want to find out more about them, because they tend to be the most interesting people. Often they're shunned because their opinions don't go with the majority, and because I've already heard the majority opinion, it's interesting to hear the individual opinions.

Wow. High school was so long ago for me and that fact is great, tbh. Popularity is still alive without school which to me is very sad. Popular kids seek forms of power. Power is not appealing to me. In fact, it's rather hideous. Not only does it discolor my glasses from a pretty blue to an ugly puke color, it goes against who I am. I have told popular people thatcompetition to me is unappealing. I got overlooked even more so after that. That is fine. There is no price too high to pay for being an individual!

I have to admit that when people have alot of friends I'm thinking that they probably thin out their affection. It's a prejudice though, popular people might also form strong bonds.

Also, there is a little part of me thinking why would she/he choose me as a friend when she/he has so many to choose from. Low confidence, I know.

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No, popularity has never been a turn off for me. Although unkindness is and sometimes the two go hand in hand, at least they did back in high school not so much in the real world.

popular people are usually extroverts. i wish i was an extrovert so i love those kinds of people.
i would love to be popular myself... but i still wouldn't go out very often.

Naturally, I admired and emulated my older brother during my childhood years and on into adolescent years; and he was the rebellious type. He is six years older than I, and he and all his friends shunned popular and mainstream culture ideas and values, this was during the early 90s, and so I followed suit. I have since learned, as I am sure he has as well, that not all popular people and their opinions are innately incorrect; however, I do think that this way of thinking instilled a sense of skepticism that I have found very useful as tool for discernment.