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Recently since I have gone into semi retirement I have become more weird and eccentric.
I just don't care to play by their rules anymore!
In the past I worked so hard to try to act mainstream and normal and be like most everyone else. I did not want to say the wrong thing and feared being outspoken or talkative thinking I would lose the respect of people by saying or doing something unusual.
Now I enjoy being kind of different and like to say things to people I meet that challenge them and see what they will say or do. A study in human nature. Not weird like mental case just a bit eccentric.
Would it bother you if people said you were weird or eccentric, or do you try hard to be normal?
I got past that in my teens and do my own thing and don't care what people in general think. It's very freeing to be authentic and true to yourself but I think the need to challenge might be you need validation still.
I got past that in my teens and do my own thing and don't care what people in general think. It's very freeing to be authentic and true to yourself but I think the need to challenge might be you need validation still.
Yeah, I think it's sad that the OP couldn't really be himself until retirement. That's most of a lifetime spent wearing a straight-jacket. Well, at least he's allowing himself to enjoy life, now. BTW, it's been 3 years since he started the thread. He's long gone.
No, outside of the City Data Board, I don't say things to get people angry or try to push anyone's buttons.
Regardless, it is hard to be an eccentric in our country which encourages conformity. People like to say they welcome diversity but in reality most people want you to act like them and be like them. It's easier to make friends and get people to like and respect you if you are boring and normal.
speak for yourself. I have a group of wonderful friends who are just as quirky and wonderful and non conformist.
Oh I LOVE to keep them guessing. I know most around here think I have totally gone off my rocker. I kind of like to screw with them. Not in a harmful way. Just my way of life that brings me joy and humor. I never really let on to what is happening in my life. I mostly stick to myself. I enjoy people, some times. I also enjoy being perfectly alone doing my own thing and I am good at entertaining myself. Most of my funning around is the creations in my yard , and house, that can barely be seen from the road. So people some times peek in at my oddities I call it art. Hahahaha when some one finally does get the nerve to ask to see all of it they are surprised and most really love it then look at little old me and go REALLY????? Yep this is what is going on in my brain.And I do not even drink or do drugs. I do not need either to be this cray it comes naturally. LOL Loving every minute of it. I want to use up every bit of life I can while I still can.
Yeah, I think it's sad that the OP couldn't really be himself until retirement. That's most of a lifetime spent wearing a straight-jacket. Well, at least he's allowing himself to enjoy life, now. BTW, it's been 3 years since he started the thread. He's long gone.
Oh he was around a long time and has posted many stories, some from different perspectives! ie as the wife, or as the son, or the brother!!
It's easier to stop caring what other people think about you.
I hear this a lot....especially here on CD. I agree (to a point) and not trying to undermine anyone who thinks this train of thought. I think a person should obviously "be themselves" around others, but I also think most people WANT others to "like" them, whether they are weird/eccentric or not. They may not announce that to the world, but that is always in the back of their mind.
So it may be easy for some to not care what others think about them, there is also a very large percentage who do care what others think about them.
Eccentric is building a castle from seashells without a second thought.
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I kind of like to screw with them. Not in a harmful way. Just my way of life that brings me joy and humor. I never really let on to what is happening in my life. I mostly stick to myself. I enjoy people, some times. I also enjoy being perfectly alone doing my own thing and I am good at entertaining myself. Most of my funning around is the creations in my yard , and house, that can barely be seen from the road. So people some times peek in at my oddities I call it art. Hahahaha when some one finally does get the nerve to ask to see all of it they are surprised and most really love it then look at little old me and go REALLY????? Yep this is what is going on in my brain.And I do not even drink or do drugs. I do not need either to be this cray it comes naturally. LOL Loving every minute of it. I want to use up every bit of life I can while I still can.
