Did you succumb to Peer Pressure when Young?

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Sometimes I did, with other things I didn't. It depended on how I felt about it and how much it meant to me. For instance, I got obsessed with TMNT when I was 14 or 15, and I didn't give a hoot that it was considered childish by others.
There were other ways in which I was very concerned about peer acceptance and I didn't wanna generally stand out. But it wasn't just outside pressure either. For instance when I was a child, I would wear tuque or ear warmers in winter. But as I got closer to my teen years as well as in my early teens I didn't wanna be seen by someone I knew while wearing tuque or ear warmer. I would much rather be cold than look stupid or uncool. No one ever said such a thing, it just felt uncool to me. So depending on what it was, I would either succumb, even driven by my own inner sense, or stand by my choices.

No, I never really did. It's always befuddled me why people do drugs and drink underage after everything they're told in junior high/middle school. Two years ago, my friend and I decided to check out the after-prom party, figuring there would be alcohol, but neither of us wanting to try it. There was waaaay more alcohol there than we thought there would be, and a guy offered me a beer when we came in. I said no, and he then proceeded to get in my face about it until I was able to get away from him. That's really the only peer pressure I've ever felt regarding those. People either ignored or made fun of me for the most part and didn't really give me "advice" on how to fit in.

Ugh... all those parties where I acted like a complete idiot...

...Anyway, I finally threw in the towel and walked away when it came to dating... some activities are just too over-the-top batshit insane to participate in, regardless of the amount of peer pressure...

Not really, hence I did continuously still get picked on for some of the things I refused to give in to that people pressured me about. Like I got a lot of crap for dressing more gender neutral in highschool and got 'are you a boy or a girl'? a lot, but I didn't change the way I dressed for instance. I did eventually try alcohol, cigarettes and drugs but I didn't feel pressured to I was more curious. I suppose it could be said some of the curiosity was influenced by being exposed to people who used them or theorizing about what drugs so and so bands may or may not have used but there was no element of pressure really.

I never have peer presure because in every class I've been in the Teachers would use me as a role model (Not that I had much of a choice in it.).

I was too much in my own world to really notice or care about others opinions of me.

I'll admit I fell to peer pressure with certain things like fashion back in my high school days, but once compleatly out of school I was able to find a new "self" over time. I no longer consider myself a "follower".

Aside from smoking some pot, no.

I was highly resistant to peer pressure. peer pressure is supposed to be one of the reasons teens start smoking, drinking, doing drugs or having sex, but I never did all of those things. Even though the other kids would treat me like garbage for believing such things were wrong and go around screaming "SEX IS COOL SO IS DRUGS!!" I wouldn't do such things. They also bullied me for years for my obsession with Garfield. Everywhere I went they'd scream out "Garfield's dead!" or "Garfield's a f****t", or tell me to "Go suck Garfield's c**k", that did not stop me from openly showing my fandom. Although by my early 20's I was so sick of it I forced myself to stop having anything to do with Garfield any more. I feel safer about it now that I haven't been to school in a long time now, though.

Not a ton, I mean there were things that made your life a lot easier growing up where I did and not having cheap Payless shoes was certainly an advantage as it was a favorite pass time of my peers to make fun of people's shoes, everybody wanted Nike and Jordans or whatever basketball shoes.

Never. At the age of 20 a friend had me try a cigarette because he couldn't believe that I never followed the group. I didn't drink, I didn't party, I didn't sleep around, I didn't smoke, I didn't care what others were wearing, I didn't care to be in the in group and talked to everyone, etc. PS I tried the cig not because of peer pressure but because honestly, I was sick of my parents constantly putting me down when I was so well behaved, had good grades, etc. while my sister was a nut and was constantly praised...so I said "I'm doing whatever I want now" and I have ever since.