I personally don't much care what people think of me because i'm me and that's what matters to me. other people consider me weird or anti-social but its kinda true but i don't really personally care much about what other people think and i know that everyone is entitled to their own opinions and that's great we are social creatures and often do rely on others but not everyone has to like us... not everyone will like us... but it doesn't mean that there aren't some people that do. i mean... if they really don't have a specific reason to hate you then most people tend to stay neutral in the matter and its amazing how it happens... ever since i was in fifth grade i had been ridiculed and bullied by the majority of the kids there and after that year it honestly did haunt me for the rest of the time in middle school but after that i began to care less about what people said because i never let it get to me and i didn't show that they even hurt me or upset me but bottling up my emotions didn't help so i wrote down my problems and sometimes look back on them to think about how much better i have it now... i'm not saying you have to not care you can if you want most people couldn't care less and i'm saying this trying to show you that caring and not caring both have their ups and downs. you don't have to be what people want you to be and it's wrong when they try to bend people to their own criteria and make them into the image that THEY like. you can have different interests and have different hobbies but that doesn't make you a freak it makes you yourself as an individual. i know from experience that bottling up anger and sadness leads to depression and that's where i am now... stuck in some stupid rut that is this dark hole in my heart and i'm trying to fix it but since i was never able to properly socialize as a child and now i'm never really good in social events or anything like meetups or face to face conversation's and that caused me to be anti-social and introverty and even though i sometimes talk i'm more than happy being quiet because it doesn't make much difference to me... and i know i may be getting a little off track here... but i'm just saying you should do what you think is best... conscious or not most of the people who make fun of you now you probably won't remember 10-15 years from now and that's the beauty of it. if you follow what you believe is right then it shouldn't matter how other people feel about it. its what makes you special and different from everyone. i've got to go for now but just... do whatever you think is right.