What I did, was just sit down and really think about it all. “Why should I care what they think? I should just live my life the way I* want to live it-while I still have time to. If they don’t like me, tough; there are plenty others who will. And guess what? I’ll know that they’ll like me for *me, not someone I’m hiding behind.”

You just have to realize that life is short enough, without wasting time trying to please others. :)