Would you get in a relationship with an eccentric? (wife, married, girl)
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When I was younger everyone told me that the worst thing in the world to be was weird. So I worked so hard to be normal and average. I wanted to fit in and be like everyone else. When I looked for relationships I tried hard to attract average mainstream people who were not eccentric or different than the norm. I wanted my normal average friends to respect my girl friend and later my wife. I did not want to be connected with anyone who was weird, different or eccentric. I chose Accountants vs. artists/writers/actors as lovers and friends. (Even though I found them boring, I respected their mainstream appeal and practical approach to life.) My wife is an Accountant.
Now as I get older I wish that I would have been more open to who I associated with and befriended. I wish I would have let my eccentric side come out and maybe even have married someone who was openly eccentric.
I am not talking about someone who is so weird that they don't function in society or can't get along with anyone or hold a job, but instead someone who is creative and different than the normal mainstream person.
How about you, would you be open to a relationship with an eccentric or is it best to go for someone more normal and practical who fits well into mainstream society?
I'd be involved with an eccentric absolutely - as long as they were up to task on usual "adult" duties. Many of my friends are married to adult children but boy are they interesting and full of life. When you don't have to worry about boring grown up stuff it is easier to enjoy yourself and going on new adventures all the time.
When I met my husband I was a starving artist and he was a CPA. I liked that he was solid and different than me - and he had no use in trying to get me to be more like himself. Our differences strengthened us IMO.
How about you, would you be open to a relationship with an eccentric or is it best to go for someone more normal and practical who fits well into mainstream society?
I'm a writer. The only weird one I want in my relationships is me.
How eccentric? Interesting is great, crazy, not so much.
I like smart artistic people. I don't mind people who bend the rules a little bit as long as they aren't criminals and as long as they aren't hurting anyone.
I prefer high drive people and they are often a bit outside the box.
How eccentric? I'm a little strange in a number of ways but I don't think I could be in a relationship with someone who never bathed and listened to conspiracy theory radio and talked to his My Pretty Ponies or anything seriously off the hook. Someone who's a bit weird, absolutely...I love not being exactly the fantasy (nobody ever really nails this) status quo...and I enjoy people who aren't 100% the status quo, either.
When I was younger everyone told me that the worst thing in the world to be was weird. So I worked so hard to be normal and average. I wanted to fit in and be like everyone else. When I looked for relationships I tried hard to attract average mainstream people who were not eccentric or different than the norm. I wanted my normal average friends to respect my girl friend and later my wife. I did not want to be connected with anyone who was weird, different or eccentric. I chose Accountants vs. artists/writers/actors as lovers and friends. (Even though I found them boring, I respected their mainstream appeal and practical approach to life.) My wife is an Accountant.
Now as I get older I wish that I would have been more open to who I associated with and befriended. I wish I would have let my eccentric side come out and maybe even have married someone who was openly eccentric.
I am not talking about someone who is so weird that they don't function in society or can't get along with anyone or hold a job, but instead someone who is creative and different than the normal mainstream person.
How about you, would you be open to a relationship with an eccentric or is it best to go for someone more normal and practical who fits well into mainstream society?
Well yeah, when you grow up, that is the common message. However, once you become a full grown adult, you realize that you don't want to be "normal" anyway.
For me, I can't stand a "normal" person. The more i deal with the normal, the sicker they make me. I prefer a person I can be "weird" with."
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