Dave

[COLOR="Green"]Look. I used to do this. I mean... Like all the time. And... Well needless to say it's bad to do this, because you sometimes become what that mask is. And when you do, after a while you feel like... Damn why did I say/do that!?! It's hard to take these masks off... It really is, but the best thing to do is do things little by little. Take it off slowly. And... being with friends helps a lot. I hhung out with the "in" crowd less often and started hanging out with the people I liked more. And well... Soon I just stopped hanging out with the football players, cheerleaders, dancers and started hanging out with my own friends "click" and... I like it so much more. And then, I eventually completely took my mask off. I am who I want to be now. And... I just gotta say, It helps when you are with who you see as a friend. It's much easier. [/COLOR]

Me personally, i used to hang out with the cool group a lot, I pretty much was bitch slapped everyday, they thought of gays as horrible people (this was back when I didn't exactly know i was gay, but I was starting to think I might be) and they really messed me up. I finally just said **** it, and went over to the "weirdo" group, I fell in love with them the instant I met them, and I started to act more like me, I became a bit more feminine, not enough to make people think I was gay though. I loved them all, and would do anything for them (except Michelle, she got her GF to punch me in the face because apparently I said I was going to rape her O.o).

It was hard really being myself, and if I were you, I would do what Blake said, go hang with the people you actually like, you find that it's not as hard to change as you thought it was.

Yeah I think due to current events I am going full out the reverse of the way I was heading.