This is not an issue with me because I am comfortable with who I am and have a great sense of humor so I make friends easily.

Beware when all men speak well of you. Desiring to be popular is a trap. Having said that however, no one wants to be without any friends. If one is to have friends he must be friendly. I am friendly but reservedly so. Popularity came easier in my 20's than it does today. Even I like young people more than I do those in my own age group. (Kids are great) Perhaps because when we get older our faces sag and we always look like we are frowning. So now I try to smile more - it helps.

never mattered to me.

I think this is something that can be judged better by other people. I will say that I have never lived my life according to how popular I thought it would make me. I just live my life and let the chips fall where they may.

Popularity is something you worry about it in high school. I'm glad my high school years are long behind me. As far as my popularity goes now, I don't think I have any major enemies(at least none that I know about). Corny as this sounds, I just try to treat people the way I would like to be treated, and in general keep a low profile.

Never cared.

I've heard it said that if you have at least two true friends in your lifetime, you are a fortunate person. I'm happy to say I've been lucky in this respect. This is as popular as I ever hoped or felt the need to be.

I want to be popular in the sense of being the best dad to my kids and the best husband to my wife and the best son to my mother. Otherwise, I could care less about being popular. If anything, I am popular for being the odd man out who could care less about being popular.

I know I care more about popularity then I should. But I can't help it. Popularity is important to most girls.

I'm most worried about being popular with myself. Without my self-respect, little else matters. Sure I want friends, but not enough to be someone I'm not.

There's that kind of popularity where you have to think like eveyrone else, even when (eh, ESPECIALLY when) they're wrong, and I was never a big fan of that (you would think nobody WOULD be, but hell, you see it everyday). Then there's that kind of popularity where all these people are up your butt, saying yes to whatever you say; it's impossible to have a decent conversation with someone when their lips are planted to your behind. That gets old pretty fast. I find more satisfaction in being unpopular and thinking for myself, and being with others who think for themselves, even they disagree with me.