16 yrs old and NEED HELP!! please :(?

Question

i am 16 and go to a really nice all girls private school outside of philadelphia

i am friends with everyone.

im not like super popular, but im definitely not considered weird

im relatively pretty, nice, and overall normal.

but i am really mature for my age, and i act older than i am

i really feel like im 30

im a junior and and my grade has SO much drama and gossip. i HATE it.

i dont drink, but all my friends do. like ill go to a party, i just wont drink

i really dont want to deal with all the gossip and drama and drinking and sh*t

please help, i feel weird for feeling 30 when im only 16

thanks :)

Answer 1

Ok well i am 15 (a year younger) and it is great that you don't follow them =]

Just don't be TOO mature. Act your age. Have fun! ( don't drink though, Lol). Just try to stay out of all the drama like how i do and life will be easier and you will get through high school like a breeze!

Trust me!

Answer 2

Well, there's not much to help you with.  Seems like the only way you'll feel young is if you drink.  But I'd advise not to drink while in high school, especially a private all-girls' school.  You're friends with everyone, and they seem okay to know that you don't drink, maybe even respect you.

Answer 3

There is nothing wrong with you :] Your mature for your age bid deal? That makes you, you!  Don't feel like you have to come down to their level just because you feel like odd one out, and as for the drinking you can just say your straight edge :D

Answer 4

i'm kind of like that too.

and i feel your, err, pain.

but it's relatively normal.

don't be pressured to drink because

your friends do. you have your own opinion and choice.

try to mingle and enjoy. don't be so uptight. you'll be all right.

Answer 5

just talk to your friends bout it and if they cant accept u then since u say u have alot then hangout with others

Answer 6

Being yourself > being friends with everyone.

Basically, if you feel that something is wrong, don't do it.

If you don't like the gossip, then don't talk to those people. it doesn't mean you are weird and are thirty years old. It means you are *gasp* different.

Just hang out with people that don't annoy you with gossip.

If no one in your school is like that (which I highly doubt) then you should simply look for some freinds out side of school.