>>7624866I was beta as fuck in grade school and got bullied a lot.
Then I got a clean slate when I went to HS since absolutely no one I knew went there. I had a great time, decided that even if I was a beta, I was gonna be the Alpha-Beta, and attempt to make friends with all sorts of different people.
By the end of my first year of HS I had made like 20 new friends, and even landed my first love. (In comparison, during grade school I only had like 2-3 people I could really count as close friends, and girls made fun of me.) Shit was cash.
The breakup and subsequent drama that unfolded within said group of friends right as HS ended however, was not so cash.
So TLDR: HS I was free to be whoever I wanted to be since I didn't know anyone from grade school, and had a fucking great time.