Hello, I just joined. I can relate, in school I was too tall and awkwardly thin. I was a tom boy and didn't find my "girly" side until long after the "mean girls", had me frightened.

Later my success at sports made people like me more. (Isn't that bullshit?) Anyway, I have learned over time that both sexes make excellent friends, and both sexes can be a-holes. I enjoyed the way you wrote about your fear.