I was actually semi-popular from Elementary-6th grade. I never felt oppressed because I was likable and made friends easily and in 1st grade, I found out the cutest girl in my class liked me. I always subconsciously thought I'd get a girlfriend and never worried about it because there were signs that I was an attractive kid (received 'will you be my valentine' cards from some girls, rumors of some girls liking me). Btw, it was all subconscious and I never felt ugly facially so it was all just normal to me. I had little to no insecurities about the way I looked when I was little.
Then in 7th grade my mom forced me to split with my best friend (bfs since 2nd grade) because she thought he was taking advantage of me (not really that true, she was a little over protective). It really hurt me and I cried for a week but I was raised to never dishonor my mom so I just dealt with it and cut him off without an explanation. I then had to find new friends and so I joined this group and made a new best friend who I actually knew since 2nd grade. We'll call him J. J was a tall white guy and from walking around campus with him, I noticed he got attention easily from certain girls. Also we had gym together and this girl who I somewhat had a crush on liked him. Also another girl agreed to make out with him and he rejected her. He basically rejects every girl lol. J didn't seem interested in relationships/sex. He was raised to be a good kid with religious morals. W/e tho, these were my first experiences being MOGGED.
Also walking up the stairs to class, another girl who I found to be pretty greeted him TOOOO nicely, smiling while looking at him and I was like wtf... okay they probably have the same class together??? But I did not think of it too much because I was not red pilled at all. I was not mindful of lookism theories at the time. I'm only analytical about it now after I've been black pilled.
Point is, he got attention from a lot of girls and I only heard of one girl that liked me that year and she was ehh. My reality was changing so fast because I lost my former best friend who I loved as a brother and I started feeling inadequate when hanging around J.
J didn't feel like a best friend much, but more of a friend I NEEDED because I didn't really have other friends. After 8th grade, I didn't feel confident enough to go to a public high school, so instead, I was home schooled my first 3 years of high school and I isolated myself and became even more socially awkward.
this is TMI, I'll just post this now lol