@HarvestMoon1 – this drove me batty and really affected D18. It became obvious around 5th grade when the girls would start claiming guys as their “boyfriends”. The “couple” didn’t do anything together, it was purely a competition between the girls. That led to the ridiculous “popular” competition, where girls would put down others in order to gain admission to the club. D18 was never into that stuff and it alienated her from all her friends … very sad.