Normal or not normal?

[PumpkinPie]

is this like the question where people are asked if they are above, below or at the average IQ level? The vast majority of people seem to misunderstand the idea of "average" and seem somehow to consider themselves above (when statistically speaking, this is impossible of course).

So if you mean normal like "average" then yes, I would say the chances are quite good that I could be considered an average person - because most people have to be for it to be the average However, I suspect that there are very few people whom all others would consider ''normal'' - we are all unique

 

[FrekeChild]

 

[doodle]

Date: 4/2/2010 5:46:08 PM
Author: Haven
I don''t think my beliefs or many of my behaviors are normal.



My mother likes to call me a lunatic, and my family has always told me I''m *sooooo* funny even though I''m not trying to be funny. That will make anyone feel abnormal.


I had a bit of a complex for a while because I was convinced that I looked really abnormal. (You know--as in one of those situations where *I* didn''t realize that I have some bizarre feature that everyone else can see.) I thought this because people always stare at me in public--men, women, young, old, a lot of people stare, I first noticed it shortly after college. I know you''re probably thinking I''m crazy, but once I told DH and some friends about my complex, they all knew exactly what I was talking about. (The staring that is, not the abnormal feature that I can''t see on myself.) I still don''t know why people stare. DH says it''s because I''m so tall and I wear high heels, so I stick out in a crowd because of my height. I like his version of the situation, so that''s the reason I''ve accepted for all the staring.

Haven hon, I''ve seen pics of you--people stare because you''re gorgeous. Deal with it.

As for my normalcy, um....no. I''m used to people commenting on how off the wall I am. I''m extremely ADD, so I have to keep myself amused. If that involves turning Michael Jackson songs into operas about feeding the cat, so be it...and BTW, the cat loves Don''t Stop Til You Get Enough--it embodies his philosophy on how much I should feed him!

 

[Haven]

Doodle--Your explanation is my new favorite. I''m ditching DH''s and going for yours. (Thank you by the way, that''s very nice of you to say.)

I wish you were right. I''ll figure it out eventually. My sister was born with strabissmus, and now as an adult her eyes look like they are out of line with each other to people who don''t know her. However, I cannot for the life of me see what other people see. Her eyes look perfectly fine to me because I''ve been looking at her for her entire life. I think I''m rocking some similar oddity. I do know that one of my ears is higher than the other--glasses are always crooked on me. But that doesn''t seem like something other people could notice. They''re pretty big, too, my ears. That could be it.

I like to tell DH that they''re all just wondering what a short guy is doing with a giant like me.

 

[Haven]

I''d also love to hear one of your kitty operas, Doodle, those sound hilarious!

 

[CNOS128]

I think I''m not-so-normal, but I do a good job of hiding it. Most of my casual acquaintances think I''m sweet and boring, but when people get to know me better they tend to be (pleasantly, I like to think) surprised by my snark and wit and general nuttiness.

Interestingly, I once went out with a guy I met on JDate, and he told me that I was "so quirky and off-kilter" that I must be "gay, or at least bi." He was a moron. I politely informed him that straight people can be eccentric, too, and gay people can be dull, and that if I were gay or bi I wouldn''t have a problem being open about it.
You know what wasn''t normal? I went on a second date with him!

 

[lyra]

I don''t know. I''m intensely immature for my age, by about 30 years so maybe not normal, no.

 

[luckyme502]

I live under the assumption that everyone is weird in their own way. I think I''m pretty normal most days, but then again I have some pretty weird quirks. Who knows?

 

[ladypirate]

Date: 4/2/2010 11:14:35 PM
Author: TheBigT
I think I''m not-so-normal, but I do a good job of hiding it. Most of my casual acquaintances think I''m sweet and boring, but when people get to know me better they tend to be (pleasantly, I like to think) surprised by my snark and wit and general nuttiness.


Interestingly, I once went out with a guy I met on JDate, and he told me that I was ''so quirky and off-kilter'' that I must be ''gay, or at least bi.'' He was a moron. I politely informed him that straight people can be eccentric, too, and gay people can be dull, and that if I were gay or bi I wouldn''t have a problem being open about it.

You know what wasn''t normal? I went on a second date with him!

BigT, you''re my hero.

 

[zhuzhu]

If most of you don''t think you are normal, then I must be the only normal kind here.....

 

[Arkteia]

No..o... My husband often comments on "how can I understand the Universe if I can not even understand my own wife?'

Normal people may achieve, but hey, most of times the 2% on the "tail" of the Bell's curve are superachievers! I know I wouldn't have ended up where I am now without being a complete weirdo.

It clearly runs in my father's family, and they are super-over-achievers. But my father and I both know it about ourselves. My father would always say, "as long as you are nice to people and help them, they'll forgive you everything. Just be nice. And don't hold grudge." I guess it works.

But being on the PS is teaching me a rare gift that I never had before - bargaining! I was always overpaying, but now things are getting better in all areas of my life. I started talking about money with people - just plain saying them how much I plan to pay. So I guess, I am becoming more normal.