I have always been one of those people who blends in pretty easily. I don’t stand out in a crowd with my looks or personality. In high school, I wasn’t one of the most popular people, but I also wasn’t in the least popular group either. I was just kind of average, moving along happy where I was.

I haven’t changed much. In fact, I haven’t thought about the “popular” crowd concept much until I had a kid in grade school. It is interesting to see how the “cliques” form, once again, when we are adults. I always thought that once you were out of high school, you were past those cliques, but there always seems to be a group or two still interested in forming and being a part of the popular clique. You walk up to school to pick your kid up, and there is always that circle of mom’s who I like to call the “Barbie Brigade”. Beautiful, dressed to the nines, and socially hip. Those mom’s who couldn’t have possibly gained an ounce of fat by having their children. The mom’s who stand out in the crowd because they are put together and have an interesting aura around them….

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