Have you noticed all the tech nerds are now billionaires and marrying the world’s most beautiful women?
It’s legit Revenge of the Nerds, which makes me think that I’m 20 years too late on being ‘cool’. Everything I was teased about in high school is what makes me fabulous now. Sure, it’s only taken 20 years but I’m loving it.
Back in the ’80s and ’90s bullying wasn’t a ‘thing’. It didn’t make national news or have awareness campaigns and anti-bullying school policies.
High school was about surviving and if you were viciously targeted (like me) it was just thought of by students, teachers and parents as ‘character building’. I certainly built a lot of ‘character’ during that time and am so happy to finally have the last laugh (even if it took two decades).
1.Hair
Yes, I have a lot of hair. It’s thick. It’s long. And it’s dark.
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It's awful that you were bullied for having thick hair, shapely eyebrows, a big bum and are a larger size.
But I very much disagree that those things make you cool now, as per the headline. People are cool because of the way they act. Not because of how they look, and that goes for the thin and the fat.
Agree! It's confidence that is sexy and attractive. Once you get a bit older you realise that cookie-cutter standard of beauty is BS because it doesn't necessarily resonate with how cool or attractive a person is to you. My personal "type" is usually pretty weird looking guys as it's the brain power and conversation I love - but we often don't realise it's "okay" to be this way until well after high school.
Good thing my lovely is into weird looking men