I was never given the time of day in middle/high school. I'll admit that I was pretty committed to fitness by the Spring in college and now I'm working on fixing my posture (almost there!), but I look very much the same in the face. I don't wear makeup, never have.
But now in college, people in the grocery store or in the street or the makeup ladies at the mall gush over me. I went into a high-end clothing store (just for the fun of it, designer clothes would scare/intimidate me so I dared myself to go into a super expensive store and try something on) and one of the store clerks was super nice to me and even gave me tips and details about the jacket I tried on and showed me to his favorites and what he thought would look good on me. Maybe he's just awesome at what he does, but every store that I've been into (from H&M to Urban Outfitters to Scotch & Soda), I was either just left alone or given a little attitude. I also was brace again and visited Vince (a designer store) and the lady who worked there complimented me. Guys are nicer to me, boys used to be really rude/mean to me in the past (not "he likes you" way, but "he thinks that you're a clumsy loser"; I'm still just as clumsy and dorky, by the way). I worked at a summer camp this year and a teen boy at the camp took a picture of me (tried to take it without me looking, but I saw). For what, I don't know. I was giving the class my counseling email and that's what happened.
I'm not bragging on myself--a few weeks ago I was made uncomfortable in certain situations because of this "change" (catty women, weird men that were much, much older than me), but I really have just been my true self all along and see that people look at me differently. What could it be?
But now in college, people in the grocery store or in the street or the makeup ladies at the mall gush over me. I went into a high-end clothing store (just for the fun of it, designer clothes would scare/intimidate me so I dared myself to go into a super expensive store and try something on) and one of the store clerks was super nice to me and even gave me tips and details about the jacket I tried on and showed me to his favorites and what he thought would look good on me. Maybe he's just awesome at what he does, but every store that I've been into (from H&M to Urban Outfitters to Scotch & Soda), I was either just left alone or given a little attitude. I also was brace again and visited Vince (a designer store) and the lady who worked there complimented me. Guys are nicer to me, boys used to be really rude/mean to me in the past (not "he likes you" way, but "he thinks that you're a clumsy loser"; I'm still just as clumsy and dorky, by the way). I worked at a summer camp this year and a teen boy at the camp took a picture of me (tried to take it without me looking, but I saw). For what, I don't know. I was giving the class my counseling email and that's what happened.
I'm not bragging on myself--a few weeks ago I was made uncomfortable in certain situations because of this "change" (catty women, weird men that were much, much older than me), but I really have just been my true self all along and see that people look at me differently. What could it be?
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just ignore others and you be yourself always