The "in" crowd
Talking to my friend Amy the other night on the phone, we got to talking about the "in" crowd. When Amy and I worked together, we got accused of being the "in" crowd in our office. When she reminded me of that, I couldn't help but laugh. The "in" crowd? Setting aside the fact that the idea of an "in" crowd in that office is moronic (we were working for the state, at jobs we hated, making a smidge above the poverty line-- how "in" could we have been??), I had to laugh at the thought of ever being a part of the "in" crowd. Certainly not in elementary school (I've already talked about my issues with sweat pants, and let's not forget that I got glasses and braces in the same year). Certainly not in junior high (still with the braces and glasses, but add a clarinet and a dorky laugh). And definitely not in high school (no braces or glasses, and I'd worked on the laugh, but I continued to be a massive band geek). Amy informed me that she, too, was exempt from the "in" crowd during her formative years. When I thought about it, I couldn't think of a single person that I'm friends with today who would have qualified for "in" crowd status. So here's my question: what ever happened to those people? You know-- the jocks and cheerleaders from high school. Where are they now?



