To be so strange

[chatahoochee]

without the answer being that I’m autistic or anything else (which I don’t know if I am or not btw), please let’s just look at my below info and tell me if I’m odd. Don’t bring ND into it

for info I’m in my 40s

I have 2 cuddly toys that I’ve since had childhood and am very attached to. One slightly more than the other and I cuddle her every night in bed. I literally feel weird if my arms are empty. Just now I was listening to music and were making my toys dance to the music. Weird yes

I get chatty to other people but never seem to form proper friendships? I’m always the spare one etc

It is not really possible to say if you are odd based on what you have written.Not enough to go on. Lots of people do odd things when no one is looking. It would be odd if you were doing this in public though. Are you happy with yourself and with your life apart from needing a bit more company?

Why are you asking? And what do you mean by odd?

I would say that that’s odd. But you aren’t impacting anyone else, so if you’re happy, why not?!

What other info should I share? U ask I’ll answer

I guess I am happy enough just bored/lonely at times despite having 2 gorgeous small children and a semi ok husband

I mean, I sometimes make my dog’s plush toys dance or interact with each other, complete with silly voices, even when I’m not doing it to entertain the dog! I just have a bit of a silly side and if I’m bored at home it sometimes comes out!

I do t think it never makes you a weirdo. We all do silly things when we’re on our own sometimes.

I doubt that you’re the only person who has a comforter in bed. That’s not odd enough to mark you out.

It's outside the normal range of most adult behaviour but who cares?! Adults finding joy in plushies is becoming more common and talked about anyway. I'm definitely part of the it's not hurting anyone camp so crack on.

I bought a miawing cat toy last year for Christmas because it reminded me of a stuffed toy I had as a child. I didn't have any money growing up so I thought bugger it, I'm going to treat my inner child now that I do have disposable income.

We can’t really ask you, you have to tell us what it is that you do that you think might be weird. You can’t expect us to guess your eccentricities!
Based solely on the teddybear cuddling and dancing in your own home - not weird.
I mean the behaviour is slightly unusual, but that doesn’t make YOU weird.
We are all unusual in our own unique ways.

Sidenote, as I age I take confidence in my "oddness". I truly do not care what other people think of me, if I'm just going about my day to day life minding my own business. I might wear bright colours or prints that stand out but they cheer me up. I might say a silly joke that no one gets but I brush if off (I'm never rude or offensive). I rescue any bug I see on the road or in a car and put it back on the leaves.
If I'm on the sofa I'm under a blanket all year round because I find it comforting.
If I feel happy walking in the woods I will skip joyfully. I go on the slides in kids parks if no ones on them.
The other day I was on a boat trip and the front was empty so I took a moment to put my arms out in the air to feel like Rose on the Titanic. 😂
Basically I'm enjoying the freedom of living true to myself before they bring back witch burning. Living in the tiny box society decides for us is exhausting, so I'm going to live how I like.

I meant that you are just giving one example of something that you do which could be interpreted as odd. It also depends on the context and for how long you carry out the behaviour. If you interacted with soft toys most of the day and around others that would be odd. What you describe would not in itself put me off you or make me think you odd. I would find it funny.

I meant that you are just giving one example of something that you do which could be interpreted as odd. It also depends on the context and for how long you carry out the behaviour. If you interacted with soft toys most of the day and around others that would be odd. What you describe would not in itself put me off you or make me think you odd. I would find it funny.

Not most of the day at all. Only a tiny bit in the evenings. Otherwise I’m just going about my day

Do you have any special interests?

Why are you so concerned about people saying you may be ND? It just means youre wired slightly differently. It’s not a slur.

What do you want us to say?

The older I get, the more I come to think that probably a majority of people have strange quirks, thoughts or behaviours. And if it is as widespread as I suspect, then really we’re all a bit weird…which means none of us are weird.

Personally, I embrace my oddities. While driving around in the car I sometimes imagine I’m being interviewed so that I can pontificate out loud about whatever I feel strongly about on that particular day. Sometimes when I sing in the shower or car, I picture the reactions of my imaginary audience. Sometimes I have an incredibly strong compulsion to count things. For example if I was in a cafe with a friend and I noticed the wallpaper had birds on it, I really would have to count the birds. And if it was a good friend I was with, I would even ask them if I can pause the conversation for a moment so that I can count the birds (but if it’s someone I don’t know as well, I have to sit and feel really quite uncomfortable, and probably not listen very well because I’m distracted by the birds and waiting until there is a break in conversation that will allow me to count the birds 😂)

I think there are probably a fair few other things I do that are ‘odd’. But I’m really not convinced they’re that odd at all.

I think doing things to amuse yourself is a sign of intelligence (with absolutely no basis whatsoever!). I have the same name as a TV journalist so when she's on I pretend they're asking me and I give my opinion.

I’m sure people at work think I’m odd. I have a black goth bedroom with an impressive ornamental skull collection. At 54 I’m too old to give a shite what people think. 😂