Were you liked or disliked at school, and did it have an effect on you?

I was one of those people that were friendly with everyone across a lot of year groups. I had a few people 3/4 years older looking out for me at school too. I was pretty popular in school and had a solid friendship group. I’m still close friends with 3 out of 5 people within our group.

I’m quite a loud person so I didn’t find it hard to fit in at school. One thing I realised when I left school was that in the real world, not everybody likes loud people. That was definitely something I had to adjust too but other than that, I can’t see how it really impacted my later life if you get what I mean

I was ignored. Everyone liked me but I was quiet and shy. I was leftt out of everything

Not their fault but it did hurt and still does.

I didn't have a single friend at school and it affected me very badly at the time and for a few years after I had huge self esteem issues, but things came together for me in my 20s and I'd say I'm pretty unaffected now, other than feeling quite sad for my adolescent self. Not in touch with one soul from those days and no interest in reconnecting.

I had basically one friend and I couldn't hang out with her much because she was preoccupied at breaktimes.

Everyone else disliked me. I was a socially awkward, shy and introverted kid. I used to spend breaktimes in alone in the playground and was never picked for partners, teams etc. School trips were hell on earth. It was an awful time and I had some therapy in my early adulthood to help me move on from it.

Fairly well liked in a low key way. I wasn’t massively popular but I didn’t have enemies. I had a fair amount of teasing bordering on a bit of bullying in younger years (7-9) from boys which did knock my confidence. But life changed dramatically for me in y11. I have friends from school but don’t live in the local area and they’re only on FB which is sad really.

Lost contact with most of my good friends at school which I find rather sad. I did put the input but they didn't reply. Have a few less connected friends on FB.

It's a shame as my DM is still friends with a friend she met aged 8 at school and that was 65-66 years ago. Despite living about 160 miles away, they try to see each other twice a year.

Back to the question was I liked or disliked at school - more liked and one of the more sensible ones

Disliked by 99% of pupils and teachers. Literally had one teacher who stuck up for me ! And one friend (sometimes)
Was called various things mostly ‘weird’ (I was !)
It’s followed me into adult life and I’m disliked and have been told there’s ’something Creepy’ about me and that I’m unnerving to be around and people have a bad feeling about me. At one point I was unfortunate enough to see a letter I wasn’t meant to about me and it described me in a very unpleasant way and how it was a concern how I presented and that my dc needed to be carefully monitored in case of safeguarding issues (literally because I’m unsociable)

I was actively disliked by many of my schoolmates - I came from a village a few miles out of the suburb they all lived in and they thought it was ‘posh’. I didn’t help myself by being a good two shoes and a bit of a teachers pet! When we were 13 our new form teacher decided to select our form captain himself instead of it being a class vote and chose me which went down like a lead balloon. Don’t think I lasted a week before giving up. I had a couple of good friends in high school - also outsiders- but haven’t kept in contact with anyone . It has affected me in that I find it hard to make and maintain friendships - don’t really have any friends right now 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

I’m not in touch with anyone from school, nearly 30 years since I left.

I didn’t have a group of friends there, I was bullied for a variety of reasons… I was fat, I wore glasses, I was intelligent and diligent, I didn’t have fashionable clothes, I didn’t play sport etc.

There is honestly nobody from my class that I’d enjoy meeting now.

There was a thread recently asking if individual MNers had any friends. Is this some kind of plot to identify loners so that the pile-ons can be more effective? I think people are being asked to make themselves more vulnerable than they need to be online.

I wasn't liked. I wasn't in any group. Didn't have any proper friends - at various points I had the odd person to hang around with, but none of them lasted. So no, I'm not in touch with anyone from school and I would hate to bump into anyone.