Sometimes it seemed like all the rules of high school were more likely designed to make teenagers used to obedience than anything else.
Anybody who passed through the chaotic hallways and droning class sessions of four high school years will be familiar with the realization that the logic behind a school rule is shaky at best.
School Pride?
<p>"During summer you had to bring and wear a school hat during break, if you forgot your hat you had to sit inside, and if you were caught playing on the field with no hat you would get detention. </p><p>"I was around 13 at the time and its not even that hot were I live."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lqe1v5/students_of_reddit_what_was_the_weirdest_rule/gofzlxb?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">tinfoilhat17</a></p>Not Chill At All
<p>"We had to wear matching underwear in baby blue or white. They would make us kneel down and then they would look down the back of our dress to check." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lqe1v5/students_of_reddit_what_was_the_weirdest_rule/gogvt3c?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Bucketlist074</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"that's sus as fu**" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lqe1v5/students_of_reddit_what_was_the_weirdest_rule/goh5r0m?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">ae64k</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Sounds like sexual harassment" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lqe1v5/students_of_reddit_what_was_the_weirdest_rule/gohsyek?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Subject_Candy_8411</a></p>A Shoddy Grasp of Botany
<p>"In our school shirts with the Canadian flag were forbidden for a year or so because the principal decided that it looked like marijuana. Never affected anyone as far as I know but it surely was weird."</p><p>"Also they forbid shirts with text on them for big test and final exams as students kept printing solutions on them."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lqe1v5/students_of_reddit_what_was_the_weirdest_rule/gogphhq?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Forsaken_Hope_7842</a></p>Trying Out Swears
<p>"This rule sounds weird without context, but in 5th grade we were banned from playing Red Rover."</p><p>"In context, it was because kids would shout profanities like 'red rover, red rover, send a wh*re over' or something like that"</p><p><span></span>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lqe1v5/students_of_reddit_what_was_the_weirdest_rule/gog6ahk?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">PonkingtonHeights</a></p>A Fair Expectation
<p>'' 'It is not allowed to intoxicate school staff with the use of illegal substances.' "</p><p>"2 weeks prior, a student thought it was funny to spike a teacher's coffee with XTC."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lqe1v5/students_of_reddit_what_was_the_weirdest_rule/gog1weu?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Sparrow_Kowalski</a></p>Sounds Like a Satire of the Midwest
<p>"I grew up in small town USA in the Midwest."</p><p>"We were banned from saying the word 'corn' because some bullies were using it to tease the farming kids."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lqe1v5/students_of_reddit_what_was_the_weirdest_rule/gogq2q1?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">a_Speck_o_Dust</a></p>From a Great Height
<p>"We had balconies, think opera style ones, you could watch school plays from and all that. They looked over the primary school building, but we were in middle school."</p><p>"We were not allowed to even stand near them, pissed everyone off because they were the coolest place ever."</p><p>"Why? Because someone took minerals from geography class and threw them at the heads of primary school teachers."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lqe1v5/students_of_reddit_what_was_the_weirdest_rule/gogb5c2?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">premeditiomalorum</a></p>Not Universally Enforced
<p>"In our school it was not allowed to talk in any other language except in English or otherwise they would fine us 10 bucks every time they found someone speaking in any other language."</p><p>"The irony is, our teachers spoke in the native language, our principal spoke in native language and even our subjects despite being printed in English were thought in native language."</p><p>"So the question is, do we owe the school the fine or they owe us."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lqe1v5/students_of_reddit_what_was_the_weirdest_rule/gogo1uw?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">boomboomboom97</a></p>Freedom Fighter
<p>"I went to a religious middle school and the genders were very segregated. There was 2 different stairwells, boys and girls couldn't be on the same one."</p><p>"My siblings went to the same middle school years before me and back then it was worse and the boys/girls weren't even in the same classrooms, they'd be on different floors."</p><p>"They even had a boys only soccer team and a girls only field hockey team, but those rules went out the window when I got my parents to complain and get me on the field hockey team."</p><p>"I'm forever known as the kid who fought for equality in that school lol"</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lqe1v5/students_of_reddit_what_was_the_weirdest_rule/gogfs2b?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">AdApprehensive4732</a></p>No Tans There
<p>"My school was very strict about uniform which was strange considering what they missed compared to the measures they took. I'd hazard a guess towards about 40% of all students wearing skinny jeans instead of the school trousers we were supposed to wear."</p><p>"While the year after I left, anyone with a tan was asked to bring in evidence of a holiday (there's no sun in Wales) kids with makeup were given wipes to clean it off and were sent home if they didn't and girls with skirts too high would have them pulled down by teachers."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lqe1v5/students_of_reddit_what_was_the_weirdest_rule/goglggn?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Dream_Lands</a></p>People Explain How The Popular Jerk From School Got A Taste Of Their Own Medicine
It's remarkable when Hollywood stereotypes and plot dynamics are replicated in real life. It's remarkable because it's rare, so when it does happen we lose our cynical outlook of movies as far-fetched flights of fancy.
And one of the classic archetypes is the treatment of popular kids.
No One to Help When it Happened
<p>"Middle school when the bell rang to change classes the hallways were a horrific traffic jam. Everyone suffered through trying to get to their lockers and the next class on time."</p><p>"Enter the a**hole popular guy, who thought it was funny to sneak up behind some unsuspecting student who's at his locker and smack the back of the student's head, causing the student to bang his head into his locker."</p><p>"A**hole guy got several warnings to stop, but he didn't. He thought it was so funny."</p><p>"Then one day he picked on the wrong student. A**hole guy got punched square in the face, fell down and lost a tooth. Not a single person, from teacher to student, came to his defense."</p><p>"When A**hole's parents came to the school all upset, everyone told them their son got what he deserved."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ln0tbd/how_did_the_popular_asshole_of_your_school_get/gnz1abd?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">maruffin</a></p>1, 2, 3, 4, 5
<p>"<strong></strong>He got kicked in the nuts five times in a row by the same kid" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ln0tbd/how_did_the_popular_asshole_of_your_school_get/gnyisup?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">xXawsomeguyXx</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"JOHNNY CAGE CRACKER" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ln0tbd/how_did_the_popular_asshole_of_your_school_get/gnzbnhn?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">HeartAttackMemeGuy</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"HE KEEPS KICKING ME IN THE D*CK! WHY? WHY DOES HE KEEP KICKING ME IN THE D*CK?!" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ln0tbd/how_did_the_popular_asshole_of_your_school_get/gnzjnnn?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Iceman6211</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"I don't believe I've personally ever witnessed something as epic as that sounds , five times??" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ln0tbd/how_did_the_popular_asshole_of_your_school_get/gnzqvto?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Quuaack</a></p>Immediate Justice
<p>"Star quaterback tried to assault his girlfriend..."</p><p>"She was a golden glove boxer."</p><p>"She put him in the hospital for a week."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ln0tbd/how_did_the_popular_asshole_of_your_school_get/gnzi9t3?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">xxkoloblicinxx</a></p>The Last Can He Ever Stole
<p>"The teacher wouldn't let one guy in my classroom to go to the restroom to pee so he peed in an Arizona can."</p><p>"When the bell rang the guy started heading to the restroom to empty the can and the biggest bully of the school bumped into him, took the can and, of course, sipped it."</p><p>"He soon realized it didn't taste like tea... It was glorious."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ln0tbd/how_did_the_popular_asshole_of_your_school_get/gnytqoa?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Citys_Bandaid_</a></p>The Teacher Jerk
<p>"My teacher. She loved to use humiliation against me (I was severely depressed at the time and she thought I was a slacker). I'm a little person, and she would get me to turn off the lights for the projector, or to write on the whiteboard, only to feign ignorance and apologise when I struggled to reach."</p><p>"One day she crossed the line, and I went to the deputy head teacher. He decided to reprimand her, during a lesson, in front of her entire class, to give her a taste of humiliation, too."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ln0tbd/how_did_the_popular_asshole_of_your_school_get/gny8qol?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Usidore_</a></p>Subtle Payback
<p>"He copied my exams for English, Math, and Science in our junior year."</p><p>"Except he didn't know that I purposely put the wrong answers for 80% of the questions and then redid the exam after he turned his in."</p><p>"He failed all three classes miserably and when he confronted me to see if I failed too, I just shrugged and said we must have had different versions of the exam."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ln0tbd/how_did_the_popular_asshole_of_your_school_get/gny674v?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">-InterstellarVoyage-</a></p>Watching Her Squirm
<p>"A popular girl bullied me all through middle school, then in high school she sat next to me the day we were given one of those "read the directions" tests. </p><p>"She was not so wise as to read the directions. </p><p>"I got to sit there for ten sweet, sweet minutes watching her panic more and more over the ridiculous tasks the test asked of her."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ln0tbd/how_did_the_popular_asshole_of_your_school_get/gnynbzq?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">an_ineffable_plan</a></p>Flip Flop
<p>"Star athlete picked on the fat kids in gym. Fast forward a couple decades. He's fat and bald. Saw him using a Wal-Mart scooter recently, buying crap food."</p><p>"One of the kids he picked on got in shape, stayed that way and became a top tier endurance athlete. So sweet."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ln0tbd/how_did_the_popular_asshole_of_your_school_get/gnybb6x?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">SnoringDogsAndCats</a></p>The Other Side of the Peak
<p>"Never bullied me but apparently was a giant a**hole to everybody. Star football running back, had multiple scholarships to Division I. Then he broke his leg and all the offers evaporated."</p><p>"Went to a DIII school. Had a couple kids, got divorced, then posted all of his old scholarships to Facebook at age 40. Really sad to see."</p><p>"Literally argued with every single person on the reunion Facebook group, everyone told him how much they always hated him."</p><p>"He's now literally insane, posts 30-40 times a day on Facebook of foreign Instagram models with long diatribes about love and life translated into 10 different languages. Posts nearly-nude shots of himself also, most hyping himself up."</p><p>"A dark spiral."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ln0tbd/how_did_the_popular_asshole_of_your_school_get/gnz4b4e?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">powabiatch</a></p>Nothing Lasts Forever
<p>"He was the most attractive boy in the school. Girls would literally fight to be his girlfriend."</p><p>"Then like Prince William, his free trial of hair and premium face expired and he got downgraded. Basically went from a PS5 to Mr Game and Watch over the course of 5 years"</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ln0tbd/how_did_the_popular_asshole_of_your_school_get/gny3zlb?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Fullblackhabit</a></p>People Who Were Considered The 'Weird' Kid In School Share Their Side Of The Story
Children and adolescence are often completely inept and socializing responsibly.
Their hormones are flowing. They're obsessed with status and social hierarchies.
From Quiet to Manic
<p>"I had undiagnosed mental illnesses and no mental health support system" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/llkp32/people_who_were_the_weird_or_quiet_kids_in_high/gnq5zlq?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">stealtoadboots</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Same. In my case I was the weird quiet kid in elementary school. From Kindergarten to about halfway through 5th grade, I suffered from <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective_mutism" target="_blank">selective mutism</a> in school, mixed with severe depression."</p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Part way through 5th grade I started to talk in school, but continued to suffer from severe and debilitating depression until freshman year of high school. By high school I wasn't the quiet kid in school anymore."</p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"At that point Bipolar I made its grand appearance, and, while mania may have made me weird, it did not make me quiet. Didn't actually get diagnosed until I was in my late 30s. Everything made a lot more sense after that." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/llkp32/people_who_were_the_weird_or_quiet_kids_in_high/gnqx7sp?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">librarymania</a></p>Hard to Relate When You’re So Far Away
<p>"I had undiagnosed inattentive ADHD so my head was in the clouds more often than not." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/llkp32/people_who_were_the_weird_or_quiet_kids_in_high/gnq6iw9?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">coronaslayer</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Undiagnosed ADHD-PI + social anxiety (almost certainly caused by social rejection by peers in K-8)."</p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Not fun. And not recognized until I was in college." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/llkp32/people_who_were_the_weird_or_quiet_kids_in_high/gnr8o5u?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">PyroDesu</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"I have ADHD as well :) It was tough at first but I've learned to embrace it to an extent. It's never too bad to live in the clouds, as the ground sucks sometimes. I hope you're doing well <3" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/llkp32/people_who_were_the_weird_or_quiet_kids_in_high/gnqa41d?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">blossomb1tch__</a></p>A Pivotal Discovery
<p>"Had Autism, didn't know." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/llkp32/people_who_were_the_weird_or_quiet_kids_in_high/gnq4juv?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">[deleted]</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"It's not very specific and there are loads of varying symptoms. Why it's called a spectrum."</p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">But biggest indicators for me at least were strong, unusual obsessions. As in I would get extremely obsessed over a topic that there's no reason to be obsessed about. Some other indicators are trouble making friends or maintaining relationships."</p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Sensitive to bright lights and sounds. Stimming (fidgeting). OCD tendencies. Often people get frustrated or irritated with you about your behavior or things you might have said, but you have no idea why they are."</p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"And the biggest indicator is if you think you might be autistic, you probably are." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/llkp32/people_who_were_the_weird_or_quiet_kids_in_high/gnsh8kk?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">drewisawesome14</a></p>Tremors and Tiredness
<p>"Secretly and unknowingly suffering from severe anxiety and depression mixed with a little insomnia to boot." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/llkp32/people_who_were_the_weird_or_quiet_kids_in_high/gnqb8j8?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">perspicacity-404</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Lol I have social anxiety and insomnia, (my sleep schedule is very irregular) for the last two days I didn't sleep and my anxiety was on the top of mount Everest..."</p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"...I just got a full nights sleep yesterday and the amount of confidence I had today was unbelievable." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/llkp32/people_who_were_the_weird_or_quiet_kids_in_high/gns4gtp?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Dry_Ad_7848</a></p>Chicken-Egg
<p>"<span></span>It's a downward spiral. You get picked on a few times, and don't take it well. After a while you learn to not draw attention to yourself by being quiet and withdrawing."</p><p>"When you withdraw, you internalise more, which isn't necessarily healthy."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/llkp32/people_who_were_the_weird_or_quiet_kids_in_high/gnq6gjz?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">AlterEdward</a></p>A Last Ditch Effort
<p>"I guess I'll share my side. I was frequently seen as weird and bullied for wearing pajamas and not looking put together during school, and just being an awkward kid with poor social skills."</p><p>"The reality was my home life wasn't that great, I had undiagnosed anxiety, and I was doing the bare minimum of showing up so people wouldn't think I was dead."</p><p>"When I made valentines letters for my class one year I got teased for trying to be nice and it only hurt my reputation more. This made me scared to talk to my peers, emotional and 'quiet.' "</p><p>"Thank god I graduated."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/llkp32/people_who_were_the_weird_or_quiet_kids_in_high/gnq3cqs?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">blossomb1tch__</a></p>Laying Low
<p>"I thought everyone hated me, so I stopped talking to people because I didn't want to bother them." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/llkp32/people_who_were_the_weird_or_quiet_kids_in_high/gnqcom5?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">biaforeverwar</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"If complete strangers (aka kids not even in my class) are spending a disturbing amount of time making fun of you, you tend to think that everybody hates you."</p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Source: me." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/llkp32/people_who_were_the_weird_or_quiet_kids_in_high/gnsy9ba?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">shf500</a></p>Nothing To Speak Of
<p>"There's not much of a story. I just didn't feel the need to talk as much as other people." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/llkp32/people_who_were_the_weird_or_quiet_kids_in_high/gnq2t3n?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Asriel92</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"I never knew how people could think up new things to talk about every day. I've never had the knack. Plus, I was so nervous of saying the wrong thing." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/llkp32/people_who_were_the_weird_or_quiet_kids_in_high/gnqxzdh?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">BringBackRobotWars</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Yes agreed. I felt a lot of people talked for the sake of saying something but it was nothing of substance." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/llkp32/people_who_were_the_weird_or_quiet_kids_in_high/gnqgky1?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">toast_with_butt</a></p>Eyes on the Prize
<p>"I wanted to go to medical school. I knew I wanted this since I was 6. I was not going to do anything to jeopardize my dreams, so I didn't do anything the other kids did."</p><p>"I didn't go drinking at the high school parties. I never did any drugs. I was a good kid."</p><p>"The few times I got sent to the principals' office, I was laughed at and sent back to class with no punishment. I caught hell for being a 'goody-two-shoes.' "</p><p>"What am I now? I'm a doctor."</p><p><span></span>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/llkp32/people_who_were_the_weird_or_quiet_kids_in_high/gnqdnvb?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">angmarsilar</a></p>Little Overlap
<p>"I had nothing in common with the people at my school with the exception of 2 friends. I wasn't into anything that my peers were into or that they felt was important."</p><p>"Nothing has changed really."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/llkp32/people_who_were_the_weird_or_quiet_kids_in_high/gnq7i2b?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">you_are_marvelous</a></p>High school crushes are the stuff horribly inappropriate dreams are made of. That feeling of butterflies 'til you want to hurl is something almost all of us know--and love to hate... or hate that we love.
Depends on how sappy you are.
The Rollercoaster
<p>He had a rollercoaster of a life. I admire him more than ever, and more than most people I know, but can't wrap my head around why I ever found him physically attractive. Maybe it was always just his heart.</p><p>By age 25, he had a PhD, a wife, and was a captain in the navy. By 30, he had two PhDs, a small business where he made a metric ton of money, and his wife was pregnant.</p>Do Overs
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNTY0MzczNy9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY1NjcyNzUzMH0.uW03vJSHOaHlByICQRG4MDWBfbJ_nt0y_AzfJPzsmOU/img.gif?width=980" id="1bc3a" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="3b4899f5931bf33883bbfd0cc19feb68" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="500" data-height="281" />speaking the universe GIF by NBCGiphy<p>Haha, he's my husband! </p><p>Our first marriages didn't work out and we reconnected after our divorces. </p>No One To Blame
<p>She's still hot, a successful and wealthy entrepreneur, and married someone with the same first name as me and who quit his job to brew beer. </p><p>I crushed on her for a bit, didn't think she was interested so I dated others, then come to find out she crushed on me senior year, I was too dumb and blind, we connected freshman year of college, she wrote me letters, and by the time I wised up she had moved on. </p><p>No one to blame but myself.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lgutcm/how_did_your_high_school_crush_turn_out_as_an/gmu0vzw?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">SignUp12345678910</a></p>His Heart
<p>I had a huge crush on a guy I was close friends with in high school. We graduated in the early 2000s. </p><p>He overdosed and died in 2019. </p><p>I got to see him before he was taken off life support with a really good mutual friend we shared (organ donor too). It was surreal seeing him dwarfed by all these machines. </p><p>He had one the largest hearts I've ever come across.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lgutcm/how_did_your_high_school_crush_turn_out_as_an/gmu86pl?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Voltage_Biter</a></p>Testing The Waters
<p>Still cute as heck, one of the kindest and most sensitive people I know, and still one of my best friends 15 years later. </p><p>He's also recently divorced (his wife was gay but needed time and support to come to terms with it) and now he and I are slowly testing the waters :) What started as a crush has matured into a deep and rich friendship, and—however it may unfold—I'm so grateful to have that relationship in my life.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lgutcm/how_did_your_high_school_crush_turn_out_as_an/gmub9dc?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Snish_Woogis</a></p>That Last Sentence
<p>Still a ten for looks. I'm sure she kept on as the amazing, kind person she is. She moved to another country, speaks multiple languages and is more successful than I imagined. </p><p>She seems happy but we haven't talked since the time I told her how I felt about her about 20 years ago.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lgutcm/how_did_your_high_school_crush_turn_out_as_an/gmu5pji?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">gorgonheap</a><span></span></p>Too Much Success?
<p>Went on to be a teenaged model for hair products, graduated from Yale, toured Europe, opened her own successful ceramics company that is sold worldwide and is often written up in magazines. </p><p>Makes me feel like sh*t every time I think of her.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lgutcm/how_did_your_high_school_crush_turn_out_as_an/gmuoquc?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">dogchowtoastedcheese</a></p>Little Pig
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNTY0Mzc5My9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYzNzU2MDQ5OX0.Ebw9qSL7tfHw7rpG5kWaBIcey_vWVMLg1i6Fah5L3Vw/img.gif?width=980" id="8cc56" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="2abaefc2acb3f812bc698249c5a05eef" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="400" data-height="225" />Bad Girls Club Lol GIF by OxygenGiphy<p>Back when I was younger and crushing hard I got on AOL instant messenger and had gotten my crush's screenname from a friend. I worked up the nerve to start a conversation with him and soon after some awkward small talk he sent me a message in Comic Sans, black background, red lettering, and in French.</p>Too Strict
<p>My only girlfriend in high school was my crush. Her mom banned her from dating me after about a year because my GF admitted to her mom that we were fooling around. This was about 20 years ago.</p><p>She's still living with her mom, no kids, and as far as I know never again dated seriously after her mom broke us up. Still has the same job from high school too. It's like her mom went way into protective overdrive and my former GF never grew up.</p><p><span></span>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lgutcm/how_did_your_high_school_crush_turn_out_as_an/gmuoxay?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">USPO-22</a></p>For Other's Entertainment
<p>I remember walking up to her and asking if we could talk in private, and she said you can say what you need in front of everyone (her group of friends were all around). </p><p>So I asked if she wanted to go on a date. She burst out laughing and said "yeah, Um no.." </p><p>It was rough, man.</p>My Favorite
<p>I had two unrealized crushes in high school. One is a teacher and musician. She is married and has either one or two kids. We've kept in loose contact via social media and ran into each other at a NYE party shortly before she got married. I was introduced to her now-husband as 'favorite ex ever.' </p>The Senior
<p>I was a freshman and had a crush on a senior. To add to it, she was a cheerleader and her brother played QB for the football team (and got a college scholarship.)</p><p>She showed up at a football game a couple of years later with a baby in tow. She's married now and back in her hometown. That's about all I know. </p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lgutcm/how_did_your_high_school_crush_turn_out_as_an/gmu3gtd?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">ArmyMedicalCrab</a></p>Remember Me
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNTY2MzIzNS9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY1NzQ1NDcxNX0.j-yVUqBvdyefJvBwvr-sF_-EfxnYozuia4IMRo0RGr0/img.gif?width=980" id="43472" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="308a1b595d95ffddb7e10e43a5c1005f" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="500" data-height="375" />Happy Eddie Murphy GIF by LaffGiphy<p>Found her on tinder, she said I was hot. Pointed out that I was that loser she used to know in high school. Had a big laugh. Been a little over a year, now we send each other memes and hang out occasionally when the pandemic isn't being a witch. </p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lgutcm/how_did_your_high_school_crush_turn_out_as_an/gmuoezm?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">crazedSquidlord</a></p>The Good Guys
<p>They both ended up as great guys.</p><p>One has a huge family and is a minister. The other only has one child and is a college professor. Both married nice people and are happy.</p><p>They were really good guys in high school and ended up being really good adults. I've got both of them on Facebook and we keep in touch peripherally as we stayed friends over the years. </p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lgutcm/how_did_your_high_school_crush_turn_out_as_an/gmuf80o?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">AssociationHuman</a></p>FB Sleuth
<p>It was one of those days where they just suddenly pop into your head and you decide to try and look them up on Facebook. Found him. He ended up being a pilot. Added him and we became Facebook friends. Turns out he has a flight attendant girlfriend and they were traveling together and then few months after being fb friends they shared the news they were having a baby haha. </p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lgutcm/how_did_your_high_school_crush_turn_out_as_an/gmug1l5?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">latefreakingbloomer</a></p>All the Boys
<p>I had several!</p><p>One of them is still a close friend, and he became a primary care doctor. He also officiated my wedding.</p><p>I have no idea what happened to another one. We didn't really have overlapping friend groups and she doesn't do social media.</p><p>One of them is a math professor now, so that's pretty cool.</p>0/3
<p>I had three. One from the first two years and two from the last two.</p><p>The first one is now F to M trans, who walked to Colorado to join a cult/commune. He is now in Arizona recording rap albums.</p><p>The second girl moved to Florida and lives in a swamp. </p>It's You!
<p>I briefly worked with mine and didn't realise it was her until I left for another job. She looked almost unrecognisable, but it was 15 years after I last saw her. She's married with a couple of kids now, so pretty standard life I guess. </p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lgutcm/how_did_your_high_school_crush_turn_out_as_an/gmu9lpk?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">FuturePut5</a></p>She be Fancy
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNTY2MzI0NC9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY2MzMyNjAyOH0.bOkyt1E_oshfX4kiMKysmhoI1GRZQsO5pEPjVXs1S5A/img.gif?width=980" id="7b063" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="8d02d554fe7bf81a5ba6d7921bda6d35" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="480" data-height="480" />artist GIF by Upamanyu BhattacharyyaGiphy<p>You made me check and she is actually a very successful artist and an art teacher at a renowned university in France. She even got decorated for her work (Chevalier des arts et des lettres).</p><p><strong><em>EDIT:</em></strong> Thanks for the attention, i'm not really willing to give much more details. I'm just going to add that she's french and she's not teaching in Paris. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lgutcm/how_did_your_high_school_crush_turn_out_as_an/gmuhjm4?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">chinchenping</a></p>The Ghost
<p>He was this nice cool guy who would consistently post memes and stuff on social media. Then 2 or 3 years later, he deleted all of his social media. I don't have his phone number or know any friends that know him so I don't know how he's doing but I hope he's doing well. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lgutcm/how_did_your_high_school_crush_turn_out_as_an/gmu2pb0?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Press-f-to-oof</a></p>Think back to your K-12 days. You had A LOT of teachers in those 13 years.