I am currently in a pretty big social circle with my friends who I’ve known most of them for my entire life. We always roar each other an all that but when it comes to me, I feel like I get most of it all and sometimes for no reason. I feel like I don’t get any respect, which I understand why as I am usually very goofy and act “dumb”. I’m not but I usually don’t try to impress other people with smarts or whatever, I just do me. However tho, I’ve been wanting to change that and I want to be more respected and be seen as less than a joke and more as a friend. I know the way I’m saying it sounds like they don’t care, but most of them do but it’s just who I am. I have been lifting and losing weight and been acting more masculine but I know that after treating someone a certain way for a long time, that’s how they will always be treated and I wanted to know how I should go about it changing the way I am viewed in the group. I have thought about leaving the group entirely but there are some people who genuinely to treat me with respect and don’t want to stop being friends with them. Also I think this would help me with women even though I generally dgaf about them. Any advice would be great