But as I grew older, going into Junior High School, my cuteness to the adults started to wear thin. I was now a preteen with a non-stop mouth. Teachers were not so nice anymore. Family were more interested in my younger cousins, who were just babys on one side. On the other my girl cousins and I didn't have much in common. I wasn't into cheer leading or girl things so much( though on many occations I pretended to be, just so they would play with me). And I always felt like that odd wheel. My boy cousins let me hang around them sometimes at first, especially when there weren't other boys around. I think the problem there was I was a boy crazy tomboy. And there were a few little ones too. The baby's were the ones I played with mostly at big family gatherings. They didn't care about my little quirks, it was fun to have someone to crawl around on and hang on. A few of them I had a very close relationship with for their first few years, but as I got older, the bonds I had with them wore away, partly because I started to seclude myself from everything.