[dmitrygr]

I was an uncool outcast in school. Now, the "cool kids" from my high school bag my groceries when I go shopping. Social pressure is what got them to where they are. Not succumbing to it is what got me to where I am. I am OK with my kids hating me for now. They'll thank me when they can afford things they want while the former "cool kids" waste their lives bagging cabbage.

[JohnMakin]

Do you think popular people in highschool don’t become successful? Because I assure you this is a faulty assumption.

[ziddoap]

I was an uncool outcast in school. It has affected me negatively to this day, 20+ years later.

At least a handful of the "cool kids" from my school are wildly successful millionaires.

[dns_snek]

I urge you to take your kids' complaints seriously, your comment reads quite dismissive with some strange generalizations of how "cool kids" and "outcasts" will do later in life.

Pressure can turn some people into diamonds (you, apparently), but it can also crush them psychologically.