Did you succumb to Peer Pressure when Young?

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While I have been pressured in the past when I was in grade school, I didn't really sink down to that level often. I don't follow people unless I'm forced to do so anyway.

Noooooooooooooope.

My prom date my junior year was a member of the student council, so she had to go ahead and help set up. In the meantime, she asked me to drive her friends back to the hotel room they rented out for the night, where I was promptly offered beer and bong hits. They tried to pressure me into trying it, but it's always been very difficult to get me to do something I really don't want to...and I really didn't want to do something illegal.

Later that night, they had to take one of the guys to the hospital for alcohol poisoning.

I unfortunately did succumb to peer pressure. I wanted SO BAD to get friends. I regret some of the things I did. Thankfully I finally realized that I am likeable in my own ways and being me was much more fun!

I always remember one of my friends turning round to me saying something like "yes babybird, but you're not fashion conscious".

I didn't know what she meant then, and I still don't know what she meant now.

I don't think there's anything wrong with my sense of style.

I didn't, because up into my teenage years I perceived people as noisy, coloured, moving objects, except for family depending on context.
When I turned 30 there was a moment I got conscious about people following the same rules like the way they were dressed and I studied it and tried to copy it for a while, but it didn't last long as I could not attach any feeling or meaning to it.

Never really gave into peer pressure because I never went to parties or outings with people, especially in high school.

Nope, so this made me one of the weird kids. I was never a follower, always a leader I wish.

Only when the pressure came from a close friend. I was talked into shoplifting once, and felt so guilty that night that I couldn't sleep until I finally confessed.

I don't really recall experiencing much peer presurre....it was more other kids wanted to be mean or just pretend I didn't exist, I wasn't encouraged to do anything with others but certainly left out if I was interested.

I wasn't aware of any peer pressure. I was selectively mute at school and the other kids mostly just ignored me. sometimes they said mean things.
I didn't go to school dances and I never went to a prom.
I wasn't concerned with conforming then and I'm not now.
I went to a catholic grammar school and wore uniforms to school every day. They consisted of either a navy blue jumper and white blouse, or a navy blue skirt and white blouse.
I went to a public high school where I could wear anything I wanted but I wore a navy blue skirt every day because it was the only thing I felt comfortable wearing. I only had one navy blue skirt and I wore it every day.
Now I always wear blue jeans. They have to be blue. I never wear anything else.
But everyone wears blue jeans.
I don't wear makeup. I hate the way it looks and mascara gets in my eyes and hurts my eyes so I don't wear it.
Now I'm In my 60's and I am still not aware of any pressure to conform. I just do my best to survive.

I did a little bit, but never to the point where I did anything that I later regretted. For me it was mostly small stuff. Like another poster mentioned, I also made myself get used to jeans in high school in an effort to fit in more. It didn't work, but I'm glad I can wear jeans now! Also things like not wearing my hair a certain way if people said something mean about it, or not playing with certain toys or talking about certain movies that everyone else thought were stupid and childish even if I loved them. That's about it. I really didn't have any peer pressure past elementary school except a few things about my shorts that made me decide to wear jeans, and most of that pressure was from a cousin who was about my age and went to my school.

You just reminded me growing up I had a Blinky Bill umbrella. It was see through expect for the BB images on it.

No I never gave into peer pressure. I didn't exactly know what it was before a puppet of a giraffe offered me a cigarette and called me a wuss if I didn't smoke.

Context: I learned about the concept of peer pressure through the Happy Healthy Harold van that came to our school. Harold was a puppet of a giraffe. He was just role playing.

Someone offered me a smoke in college and I was like 'nah.'

I had an opposite reaction to peer pressure. It was like I couldn't say 'yes' even though I may wanted to.

In my early adult life it was about alcohol. I didn't know what type of drink I wanted, didn't want to reveal my lack of experience with alchohol so always said 'no' to a drink.

When I did it was somewhere between a dare and perceived fear of disapproval, the outcome was never good either way

I changed my some of my clothes and physical appearance in grade 5-ish because I wanted to fit in and to a point it really helped since we were dealing with simple 10 year olds. I was still the exact same weird kid underneath though and I always had fairly strict limits as far is how far I would go to fit in. Aside from that I don't and never have succumb to peer pressure, I act alone and if given the choice between assimilating against my will or withdrawing from the group I usually always withdraw, that just feels right.

I was an outcast, reject and social failure, so I didn't have much incentive to try to fit in.

I did have some people try to pressure me up to act and look a little more normal, mainly family and relatives, and some kids at school, but with how I was always treated inferior, unaccepted, picked on, and not considered a member of society, (also I was still treated like s**t even if I tried to act normal), I ended up having very little desire to fit their standards. I felt disgusting in trying to because I knew they would never treat me decent no matter how hard I tried to fit in. To me trying to be like them was an insult upon myself.

I never got into drugs, smoking, sex, or gangs, or drinking, or partying as I had no one to impress and most people refused to have anything to do with me and would quickly shoo me away, ignore me, or flee. I felt totally alien and inferior/ugly when trying to normal social things that younger people do. I didn't try to date either. No one liked me back then, and I was too weird for most people, and I am so damn socially stupid and awkward. And I had the added problem of being very poor and not being able to afford anything nice to wear and my clothes often got very worn out.

Not that I remember although someone said to me "Wouldn't you try one puff of cigarettes" But I said NO.