Is it normal to feel like you don't fit in with your group of friends?

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Sometimes, it really bothers me when my friends do things that are dishonest or unjust. They do a lot of things that I wouldn't do just because I don't think its right. I like hanging out with them, but their actions tend to bother me and they don't have a lot of the same opinions I do. It sounds arrogant of me to say this, but it seems like a lot of them are immature for their age (high school seniors). For example, the guys I do TV announcements with at my school started laughing right in the middle of a live broadcast because the word of the day was incarnadine (the script said that it meant the pinkish color of flesh, but the real definition doesn't really have anything to do with flesh). I had to tell them to shut up several times because the announcers were starting to laugh too (the administration hates it when the announcers aren't being serious). I just don't feel like I fit in with anyone at my school (it's a small school). Is it normal? Am I just being snobby?

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  • PlatinumIce
    13 years ago | pl

    Yup, same here. You are just more mature than your friends. I enjoy hanging out with my friends as well, but some of them have done and do pretty bad things. One of my friends regularly steals little things from stores, and another even smokes cigarretes and marijuana on a daily basis. But since they are still pretty friendly, I don't mind the immature things they do. It's their business.

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  • mtnw
    13 years ago | pl

    sounds like you are outgrowing your friends. that's why friends come and go. lifetime friendships are few. maybe it's time to move on to other friends.

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  • UrbanArtLover
    13 years ago | pl

    Oh, finally! Someone that knows EXACTLY the way I feel!!!! The bit when you said you friends don't really have the same opinions as you, and when you said they seem immature, I am in EXACTLY the same situation. You are wholly normal. And no, your sooo not being snobby. I feel like Stewie from Family Guy. He is the only smart baby, and all the others are really dumb. I just hate it. Do you feel the same way???

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  • [Old Memory]
    13 years ago | pl

    No. You are just more mature. You might need to be a bit tolerant if they are just being goofy. But if they get into things that are outright dishonest & make you feel uncomfortable - because just being around seems like collusion & consent - then time to move on.

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  • wkevinc
    13 years ago | pl

    That's normal. I used to move around a lot so I've had a lot of different friend groups. Some I still miss dearly, and some were really just my friends because I needed something to do. You're still in high school. Hopefully you'll go to college. My college friends were by far the best I've ever had. You tend to meet a lot more people who share your interests in college. If you want more mature friends, they will be available in college. If you want to hang out with stupid, drunken frat boys, those will be available too. Really every non-ghetto people type is available, but how many are there depend on what school you go to.

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  • coloredpencils
    13 years ago | pl

    Nah, not snobby or anything. Being different is a good thing. And sometimes when the occasion calls for it be immature too. Nothing is wrong with it. There is a time and a place for everything. Maybe school announcements are not the best time or place but ya... you're normal

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