“It shows that you maythinkyou know someone, but we all struggle internally.

Never judge someone based on how ‘easy’ you think they may have it.”

So redditoru/Agitated-Quit-6148asked, “What happenedto the good-looking ultra-popular kids that had it all in high school?”

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Here’s what people said (including some responses from members of theBuzzFeed Community).

u/BillyBjornn

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Ten years later, she has a great job and is a single mom of a happy daughter."

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He was popular for being smart, charismatic, and a genuinely good guy.

He and his husband are doing well for themselves nowadays."

u/Goopyteacher

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Pretty cool move, if you ask me."

She was also my first crush."

u/HoraceBenbow

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“The guys who were popular but dicks went downhill after high school.

One guy was the captain of our football, basketball, and baseball teams.

He’s in the MLB and crushing it now.”

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“He went to Harvard.

Works in finance and married a stunningly beautiful woman who works for Google.

They live in London.

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Im not jealous of much in life, but this guy really got it all.”

u/AwarenessUnited7390

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“Prom king and queen got married shortly after high school.

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Forty years later, they live within five miles of the farms where they grew up.

They made some athletic, attractive kids along the way.”

She is now the head director at the local homeless shelter.

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She never got married, has no kids, and is now 37.

She’s still an absolute babe."

u/RsonW

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“She won an Emmy withTina Fey.”

“A lot of them went on to be teachers.

I guess it’s kind of a way to relive their best years.”

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“She became a Calvin Klein model.

She was always nice to everyone, and I’m happy for her.”

“He was known for being the funniest kid in school.

He was on the football team.

He won Homecoming King our senior year of high school.

He committed suicide 10 months after we graduated high school.

I can’t describe how hard it was.

It shows that you may THINK you know someone, but we all struggle internally.

Never judge someone based off of how ‘easy’ you think someone else may have it.”

Kayla Forgas

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“The high school quarterback was also the valedictorian and a great guy.

He drowned in a lake the month after graduation.”

Kathleen C.

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“She’s somehow continuing to do the same things she did in high school.

All her friends while in school were relatively good girls.

She was nice, and I still feel bad about how things happened for her.”

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I only knew because I saw them on TV."