Being yourself? or just acting like you are in order to fit in?

If you can't be yourself especially in social surroundings then why bother existing in the first place. If people can not truly accept you for who you truly are then your only denying yourself.

For the longest time I've always cared about what other people thought of me, to the point that in social situations I would literally change myself only to be better received by everyone else. I realized that I was only lying to myself and even if these people had liked me in a lot of these social gatherings it was all a complete lie.

Within these last few years I came to the realization that if people can't accept me for who I am, they can go fuck themselves for all I care. I can understand if people want to change their personalities if they want to get ahead in life or things along those lines. If anyone takes the time to know me, then they're going to know the real me and not some shallow copy of myself.

I would rather accomplish things in my life without compromising the person I truly am. No matter what people think of me I'll always respect their opinion, because not everybody is going to like you, I'd rather people form their opinions on my true personality.

I'm getting married, I have a great job, and I have really good friends and this all happened because I've never felt I had to change myself.

Overall. I personally believe you'll be better rewarded if you stay true to yourself whether or not your in a social situation.

Jam it back in, in the dark.