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  • This happened to me too. I don't know if it's for the same reasons, but first off, my education exceeded most of the people around me, and then, I became a parent in high school and all the sudden I was much more mature. Just hang out with older people, but please avoid picking up their habits like drinking! :o) Most of my friends are about 10 years older than me but on the same level intellectually and in maturity. Also, I've always been a bit eccentric and I just found a few friends like myself to hang with!
  • If I were you, I'd hope it wouldn't. Who wants to be a sheep, going 'baaa' with all the other sheep? If you have what at present seem to be 'unique' interests, follow them (as long as they're legal). They may lead to a love of a subject which will last a lifetime, whether you earn money from it or not. If you're getting stick from people because you appear to be different, remember this is due to their failings, not yours. Think about it - nearly every great and glorious thing humanity has achieved has been done by people who think or act differently to the majority. I think as you get older and if you do pursue the things you are interested in you will meet like-minded people. Once that happens you'll realise that there actually are people who have things in common with you, and you shouldn't feel any more need to 'fit in'.
  • Yeh, im in the same boat you are... Im the only kid in my school interested in real estate lol
  • I was like that in HS. Everyone liked the same music, same sports teams, liked the same guys. I bailed out of that small town as soon as possible and headed to the West coast where I met so many more people that I related to. Looking back, I remember all the people in HS that stood out as WEIRD, or GAY, or just didn't fit in, and 15 years later, they are all successful artists and scientists and really soaring in their own skin when in HS they were outcasted. Don't worry, let it fuel you to express yourself even more! Someday, you'll look back and smile at your little HS self and appreciate the journey. :-)
  • I gather you are not mobile and can't really go looking for like-minded people. I thought I'd die growing up in a town of 2600, but it's amazing what changes when you go away to college. Hang in there. Follow your own interests.
  • Nah , be your own person, you'll be more respected for it . Don't end up as a stereotype as you grow older and follow the flow, you'll understand this in a few years time , mark my words.
  • As a teenager, you've barely begun the transformation into the person you will become. Don't sweat it.
  • Does it really have to change. I am 15, and I am a vegan (don't eat meat or dairy...eggs or fish eaither) and I don't like pop music or rap, I love rock and heavy metal. I am a workaholic and I am always stressed in my life. I am always the one in my school to save a lizard from jerks...might I mention really hot jerks. I dress how ever I feel. I have never played a video game, and I dont like soda or candy or the mall very much. I hate watching MTV and VH1, and I love watching the Daily Show and The Colbert Report. I can't stand having more than one really good friend. I am very different, and I think that that is just fine. You will fnd someone that is like you. Actually I have a major crush on the most opposite person to me in the universe. We are going on a date this Saturday. Opposites are sometimes the best people to hang out with.

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