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I would go to the past when I was in fourth grade and ditch the ugly glasses and long hair. The glasses I had no control over, they were these cheap, ugly, black plastic, conspicuous frames but my family didnât have a lot of money and they were all we could afford. So I wore them all the way until I was a freshman in high school. They were not a chick magnet.
The long hair I had control over. When my family moved from Las Angeles to the Bat Area when I was in fourth grade, I just let my hair grow long for some reason. I really donât know why because with the black glasses I stood out and it was not flattering in any way and since I was very shy and self-conscious anyways I pretty much made my life a lot hard. I guess I just thought it was cool to have long hair and I thought my friends and family liked it and actually certain friends did think it was cool because it was 1971 or 1972 and there were still lots of hippies and so long hair was still kind of âinâ.
But later in my twenties my dad told me he didnât like the long hair and he always wondered why I kept it. I was in shock when he said this because he was one of the people who I thought liked it. But anyways, by 9th grade I cut the hair. I grew it back a few times but by 11th grade I ditched it for good. But I seriously think my appearance really screwed me up in many ways. I think it stunted my growth and effectively ruined any chance I had to get a girlfriend or even just have a girl for a friend. I think it affects my life still today, and the psychological effects will still play a part in my future. High school is all about appearances and popularity and the hair and glasses pretty much excluded me from my peers.
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Interesting what @77nick77 had to say. I wasnât popular in high school either. I roamed the high school corridors all alone. I had zero friends. I roamed my college corridors alone too. Zero friends there too. In high school, I was very bulimic and that kept me from making friends. And in college, I was very paranoid, and that kept me from making friends.
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