I'm painfully shy, which often comes off as me being weird because I never talk. I eat my pizza and wings with a knife and fork. I put peanut butter and syrup on my pancakes.
And I've gotten a lot of weird looks and/or responses lately upon mentioning that I have an alarm set for every weekday morning at 715 asking if I've dropped DD off at daycare. Accidentally leaving her in the car is currently my biggest fear/source of anxiety.
Anyone giving you weird looks or are judging you over this are weird. There's nothing wrong with taking that kind of precaution to ease your mind. And it's none of their business anyway.
I have a very dry and dark sense of humor. I am outwardly stotic about many things and people are put off by that. I have a whole heck of a lot of nail polish. I rarely have the ringer on my phone on. I don't eat mayo. I've never seen the Wizard of Oz.
Post by pedanticwench on Jul 1, 2014 10:30:35 GMT -5
I'm a real geek.
I'll be having a conversation with a friend or co-worker and sometimes my mind can connect whatever we're talking about to a videogame I've played or a science fiction/fantasy novel I've read. So then I try to relate the conversation we've having to that obscure videogame or novel and I usually get either a nose wrinkle look or a sympathetic "Oh, honey" look.
I have all the books I could need, and what more could I need than books? I shall only engage in commerce if books are the coin. -- Catherynne M. Valente
It would probably be easier to list the things that people think are normal about me...
I think the biggest thing is that I have so little self confidence that it makes me seem bitchy and closed off. I'm really not, I just think you secretly hate me or are talking about me!
I don't like to leave my sunroof open when I'm not in the car because I'm convinced someone will climb up and poop in my car. Not a bird, a human. In my defense, I know a guy who pooped on someone's windshield, so it's not that out of the realm of possibility.
Post by shostakovich on Jul 1, 2014 10:44:27 GMT -5
When confronted with bad news, sometimes my first instinct is to smile. I don't understand why, because the news makes me genuinely sad/upset, but sometimes I have to really work to suppress it. It's weird.
I CANNOT STAND when I'm sitting on the train and someone sits next to me and lets their arm very lightly touch my arm. Especially in the summer when it's just like arm hair touching arm hair. I will huffily scootch over to avoid this, and I'm sure the person is WTFing me in his/her head.
I have loads of other sensory issues, but I'll keep those close to the chest I think.
Also- I have to wipe/clean off my hands after everything I touch with my hands while eating. If i take a bite of a sandwich, i put it down and wipe my fingers clean. This results in a ton of napkin usage at every meal. And I need a safety net of a stack of napkins around while eating. H gets so annoyed that I have access to grab large chunks of napkins at places that have them on full display like Chipotle.
This makes eating popcorn at a movie theater terrifying for me. B/c I might as well have packed a roll of paper towels in my purse to make it through that excursion. Also- I love buttered popcorn but the process of sticking my hand into something buttery and oily gives me anxiety. But I just can't quit it.
Thanks But I still feel like I have to hide it, especially at work. Which is hard because my current costume is taking up pretty much all my free time and I am getting worse at making small talk, lol. "So what did you do this weekend?" And I'm all "Oh....not much...." because what I did was sewed the leaves and feathers onto the base skirt, tried out the hobby motor I bought, then carved out some expanding foam for my shoulder armor.