The trouble with pretending to be someone other than who you are in order to be liked is that, sooner or later, you realise that it's not YOU that they like and you end up feeling even more alone and generally bad about yourself. It doesn't work. Plus it's hard to keep up for long periods (its very exhausting) and sooner or later you pay the emotional price for it. If you can learn to accept yourself NOW rather than later, it will be easier on you in the long run.

Just my opinion though, for what it's worth.

Take care *hugs*