Wow, I think that my basic self hasn't changed at all since I was in HS. Perhaps I am a bit nicer??? I've never cared much what others think, but despite that, I was always popular, though as I matured, I separated myself from the silly, princess types and basically have been friends with anyone who had a common interest.
I thinking moving in HS and living in 3 different states has given me a different perspective than if I had just stayed in MA my whole life. Although, I have to say that I always felt different from most of the people I worked with in AZ; there definitely was a cultural thing that made me feel different. In the end, I ended up becoming friends mostly with others who had migrated from the northeast and were in the same stage of life. Then I decided that I wanted my kids to be brought up in an environment like the one I grew up in. So, I guess I eventually did turn into my mother!
Yeah, well that worked with one kid and worked not so well with the other.