Something different, ... maybe Options

[firechild]

Ok I have a serious dilemma, I can either:

• Change myself so that more guys respect me
• or stay the same so i still have my friends (majority are girls) and my girlfriend

Reason for 1: High school gym class is brutal for me, due to the fact that I'm small and scrawny and can't lift much over 120. Some of the jock guys have suggested i take weight training as a class (i luckily just got in), but now its even more awkward. I'm trying to be tougher, show less pain and emotion, and just be stronger and more of a guy.

Reason for 2: I've been dating my girlfriend for almost 6 months now. She completely despises the fact that I'm trying to 'man up' (her words, not mine). She likes the old (weak) person I was and despises the new person I'm becoming (in her words: a douchebag).

What am I supposed to do?

[libertie]

your high school appears to be full of idiots. like what you like, do what you do, and f*ck what others think.

Yeah..

This is so strange, that people would care so much about what YOU do. If you want to work out, you should do it because you want to, not because your friends want you to. And if working out/getting tougher or whatever ends up being something that makes you happy and your girlfriend doesn't like it, then she's being incredibly selfish.