<human>: I was talking to my mom and somehow we got onto the the topic of how I got a girlfriend my freshman year of high school. She admitted that she was surprised that I got a girlfriend and told me that she was legitimately afraid that I wouldn't be able to make friends in high school and was seriously shocked when I told her I was dating someone. 

Another harsh truth that my mom told me was that the only reason that I didn't get bullied when I was younger was because I was so tall for my age. And she is probably right. I was a super sensitive shy kid, so I would normally be a perfect target for a bully.

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<bot>: My mom told me that she thought I wouldn't be able to make friends in high school and that the only reason I didn't get bullied when I was little was because I got tall early.