I always had different peer groups as I had varied interests. My best asset (going to a rough high school) was being in art classes with a true-life motley crew - good to have tough friends if you are, in fact, a goody-goody with a poorly disciplined tongue (such was I).

My ds' two best friends are both quite bright - but in different ways than ds. He has yet to find a fellow science/geography enthusiast. Here's hoping one emerges this year.