In school, the majority of us knew popular students. And being popular does not automatically translate to being mean. Yes, some popular kids might be mean, but they can also be quite lovely. Also, some of these kids might be well-known because of how kind and enjoyable they are, making everyone want to be in their social circle. Others may be quite wealthy, which entails always owning expensive items, throwing extravagant parties, and sharing a lot of these things with their pals. And let’s face it, kids and teens sometimes think these are the most important things in the world.
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One of my best friends was from the wrong side of the tracks, poor, had a mullet and wore Metallica shirts way before they broke into mainstream.He was extremely popular because he was crazy smart, very talented and driven. Everyone wanted to be his friend and he was very open about being nice to everyone.Many many parents were like “don’t hang out with that John Smith boy, he’s on [substances] and a bad influence”(He absolutely was not, it was the Satanic scare of the late 80s and 90s and he liked Metal Music)He worked his as off all his life and is now pretty damn wealthy with a house, wife and kids in California.When we chat it up on the phone he is the exact same person I grew up with. Crazy funny and extremely kind.
The most popular class clown who drove teachers mad with his antics (to the greatesr enjoyment of the rest of us, seriously, this guy was legendary) went on to become a teacher.
A girl friend of mine that I knew since kindergarten was appointed a California State Supreme Court Judge.
My favorite is that the star wrestler, who was a bully, had a one night stand with the star cheerleader years later. It resulted in a pregnancy and she now complains on Facebook that he is a deadbeat dad.
Small town.There are always exceptions, but most kids who were ‘popular’ were friendly, outgoing, well dressed, and emotionally stable. That happened because they came from families with more money and better educated parents.Those parents often provided better mentoring, ensured they went to college, and as a result the kids ended up professionals who did reasonably well for themselves.
Don’t know, Don’t care.Graduated in 1998, left for the Navy and never went backDon’t know what happened to any of them
Lawyer.Doctor.Current NBC Anchor in Lubbock.Track and Field Coach for high school.Physical therapist.Engineer.Prison for involuntary vehicular manslaughter and DUI.
The kids who were popular in my school came from rich families, most of them simply went to rich schools and got jobs that didn’t really involve working.Now the cycle continues.
They all became Instagram influencers and started selling detox tea
They’re doing fine. Contrary to what Reddit would have you believe, most of the popular kids in schools weren’t bullies in my experience. They were kids who for the most part were nice, had a stable home life, and maybe happened to be fairly athletic
They are still as clicky as they were in high school almost 20 years later. There was a whole drama around the reunion (which I wasn’t going to), the valedictorian planned a reunion, and one of the “popular kids” in planned a separate one. People keep adding me to to the fb page and I keep denying myself entry. Not interested in any of them 😂😂
I haven’t been keeping tabs on anyone from my class save for myself. So I guess that makes me the most popular person in my class as far as I know.I’m not doing great
The most popular happened to be the highest performing, most of them didn’t thrive after completing college.I think the rigid process of accomplishing assigned tasks as they’re presented screws people up when they’re met with the real world and all of a sudden it’s finally up to them to learn how to improvise.
Lot of em dead, some highly successful, some still have their varsity football pic as their Facebook profile picture.In my 30s
Turned out just like the rest of us.Some were successful af, some discovered being a d**k had repercussions, and some took it to the bank.The real shockers are the homecoming queens. Some turned out fantastic and some ended up loony.So yeah. Turned out just like the rest of us.
He graduated in 1961 as an all-star athlete with letters in two sports over four years. Class and school president, homecoming king - the whole package in a very small town. He was handsome, too.Went to college on a sports scholarship and flunked out the first semester. Came home, knocked up his HS girl friend, married had two kids, and got divorced. Worked for my dad as a farmer and remarried maybe 10 years later.Dad decided to bankroll this ‘*star’ with an underwritten line of credit so the wunderkind could start grass seed farming on his own. This credit line swelled up to over $850K - in the late 70s, or nearly $4 million in today’s money. Come to find out he was buying expensive equipment and also chartering jets to Las Vegas for golf and gambling trips for his friends. He’d often be seen in bars lighting cigars with $100 bills because… why not? (Dad then cut him off and seized all his property, sold it, and managed to pay the bank most of the money from that)Fast forward to today: He’s 80, living on his (remarried) wife’s pension as a teacher and taking care of her as she developed early Alzheimer’s. His mom gave him a house and place to live forty years ago, so he has that. I looked him up on FB recently. He has as his ‘profile photo’ a fuzzy snapshot of his HS ‘Most Valuable Player’ trophy.(*he’s a cousin)
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M. took a break up badly, took a bad beating from the cops, took to hard [substances], found his body in the river.A. tried to get clever with 4 guys over a pool table, outside beating left him quadriplegic.P. a terrible bully, tormented dozens of kids (all younger than him) throughout all 5 years of senior school, now a social work child counsellor and all round good guy for those who don’t know. C**t.K. Professor of Science and MBE recipient.J. Couldn’t get over the death of his brother through alcoholism, so proceeded to drink himself to death, go figure.
They’re making askreddit posts
One of if not the most popular girl in my grade had money, her parents owned the only liquor store in county (dry counties for 45 miles.)Well that gravy train ended when the county went wet and prices got competitive, problem was they apparently never saved money the whole time. Then their regulars saw that the price was much lower at the gas station compared to what they had been paying them, like 30% over SRP. They closed very quickly, all their luxury vehicles got sold but they had the house paid. They moved after a while.I saw her 3 years post graduation and she had doubled her weight and was having pics printed of her fiancé who I found out was a trust fund guy after the fact. (The souped up muscle car in his pics was a hint) He broke it off with her like a month later. Heresay was he figured out she was just there for money.Most of that info I got second hand and I was only present for the pictures part. I don’t use Facebook so I never verified anything. I also do not care to investigate, I’ve stopped letting hs bs live in my head rent free.
Last I heard they were failing to organize a 10 year reunion. I think it technically happened, but the facebook group where they organized it has like 5 people in it.Also, 2 of them are ministers now, and wow would I have stories to tell their congregations.
Was a popular ish kid: currently in schoolOther people in my friend group:- Dropped out of ivy league- Got pregnant in freshman year at ivy league- Dropped out of west coast CS school for a start up. Not going well- on track for med school but not currently doing well on MCAT. Considering quitting medicine- went to europe to model. Not going wellDoesn’t look too good for me atm lol
I saw some pictures from my 30th year reunion. The popular kids and jocks did not seem to fair well.The folks who did well academically seemed to have done very well in life all around. I have bumped into a few others over the years as well, and many have done well others settled into low wage jobs. The back parking lot crowd mostly ended up blue collar but not unhappy lives. It was kind of a mixed bag. More people died than I would have thought.
I had popular kids in my school who were popular because they were the loud and disruptive, too-cool-for-school jocks and meangirls type. They’re not up to much last time I heard.I also had popular kids in my school who were popular because they were extremely charismatic and well put together. These folks are doing just fine
One has a nice music career going for them, which they put in a f**k-ton of work for and I’m so proud of them.Another got hooked on several [substances] and is doing their best to get sober and I hope they get themselves well because they didn’t deserve the life they’ve managed for themselves.Don’t know about any of the other ones since I didn’t really know them.
One of the more popular girls (who I had a gigantic crush on) posed for playboy right after high school, got pregnant, got married. This was 20 years ago. I hear how she’s divorced and works as a manager in a retail store. (Nothing wrong with that, just that’s where she is now)
One went trans. One went to prison. One became a pompous musician. Most of them gained weight like it was their job
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Jamie had a chance, well she really did. Instead she dropped out and had a couple of kids.Mark still lives at home ‘cause he’s got no job. Just plays guitar and smokes a lot of [substances].Jay [took his life].Brandon OD’d and died.
All I know is that they have a lot of children
Life hit them hard after high-school
They almost all in real estate, sales or homemaking.
Popular cheerleader turned to [substances]. Basically a tweaker now with young children. Feel bad how things turned out for her since seemed like she had a bright future ahead of her in high school.
Having babies and getting married (I’ll pass on the former)
They’re still popular in the lives that they inhabit and for all intents and purposes look like they are happy.
Guys got bald, girls got fat
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