Is Living Alone Making You Weird?

[Smiling]

lol, no; living with someone is what is making me weird.

(lol, I'm just teasing, but as a rule I do tend to do best when I have my own space to which I can retreat). That quiet time helps me to stay less weird, lol; I do have an established baseline of peculiarity that never really dissipates totally, though.

[JoSchmooze]

I had to go back and go through every single post, to see if I was any weirder than anybody else living alone.

Oh I talk to the animals all the time. I threaten to throw them out in the street. Or cut off their college tuition. All the doors are open, or half open because one of the cats hides out in the linen closet in the clothes closet underneath the bed everywhere. The dog tries to make friends with the cats. But the cats just want to have nothing to do with him. So he sits up in my lap and we end up singing together.

As most of you know, I travel quite a bit for my job. So I have a friend who housesits for me. But every week when I come home I have to go through the dishwasher and rinse everything because I think she doesn't clean them enough. Is that weird or is that just my OCD taking over?

I have a closet for what I call my corporate drag, a closet for polo shirts and Hawaiian shirts, a closet for jackets in Arizona for goodness sake's, and a closet for clothes I'll never be able to fit in again. That alone I think is weird.

I try to keep a regular schedule but there are nights of coarse that I don't want to cook. So I opened up the freezer and find something I've already packaged because I don't know how to cook for just myself.

We are who we are truly when we live alone. And who's to say what's normal or weird? Like a friend of mine says it is what it is.......

[Gemme]

Originally Posted by A. Spectre

define weird

weird
/wird/

adjective

adjective: weird; comparative adjective: weirder; superlative adjective: weirdest

1. suggesting something supernatural; uncanny.
"the weird crying of a seal"

synonyms: uncanny, eerie, unnatural, supernatural, unearthly, otherworldly, ghostly, mysterious, strange, abnormal, unusual

informal
creepy, spooky, freaky

"weird apparitions"

antonyms: normal

informal
very strange; bizarre.
"a weird coincidence"

synonyms: bizarre, quirky, outlandish, eccentric, unconventional, unorthodox, idiosyncratic, surreal, crazy, peculiar, odd, strange, queer, freakish, zany, madcap, outré

informal
bizarro, wacky, freaky, way-out, offbeat, off the wall, wacko

"a weird sense of humor"

antonyms: conventional

archaic
connected with fate.

noun
Scottisharchaic

noun: weird; plural noun: weirds

1. a person's destiny.

verb
North American informal

verb: weird; 3rd person present: weirds; past tense: weirded; past participle: weirded; gerund or present participle: weirding

1. induce a sense of disbelief or alienation in someone.

[Crow]

Hmmmm?

Well...?

I'm good living alone. I also think I'm a good person to live with. I would prefer to be sharing my life with someone. But I'm good. It does feel weird from time to time.

Sometimes I wonder if I will live alone forever? Better question is would I choose to live with someone again. Getting gun-shy about the possibility of forever. Sometimes living alone is lonely. Then I remember you can be alone even though you are not. That's the loneliest place there is. Rather live alone than feel that again. I'm weird about that now.

So what if I talk to myself on occasion...or to the fish. Or that my black lab and I like to spoon and love talk. Weird? O.K. Cause that will never change.

I liked this definition from an earlier post the best:
present participle: weirding.

Yup...that's what's happening up in here. And I'm cool with that.

[Gemme]

Talking to yourself isn't weird at all.

Answering yourself might be.

[Electrocell]

I don't talk to myself ,I talk to my cats. Sometimes they answer me back with a meow or 2 other times the look at me with that WTF look. Either way it's a good conversation.

[Orema]

Originally Posted by Gemme

Talking to yourself isn't weird at all.

Answering yourself might be.

I think it's weird not to answer yourself when you're talking to yourself. Who else is gonna answer? I really don't like one sided conversations--even with myself.

Answers like, "Yeah", "Okay" or "That's a brilliant idea!" work very well.

Originally Posted by Orema

I think it's weird not to answer yourself when you're talking to yourself. Who else is gonna answer? I really don't like one sided conversations--even with myself.

Answers like, "Yeah", "Okay" or "That's a brilliant idea!" work very well.

Talking with oneself provides a better class of conversation!

[Sweet Bliss]

Well I'm already weird. I record myself on a digital recorder. It helps me remember and process. Great self discovery tool.


Try it, you'll like it.

[A. Spectre]

"is living alone making you weird?"

geeeez i can only hope.

[Jesse]

No, I think I have always been weird depending on what your particular definition of weird is. Living along just enables me to be weird without having to listen to the judgement of others. Besides, my dog says I am just fine.

Yes, I do talk to myself, and yes I answer and have even been known to argue back if I don't like the answer.

I never shut the bathroom door, why would I? I live alone after all and that space is small enough without being confined behind a closed door.

I am not one to walk around butt nekkid, but I do live in FL and keep my blinds and curtains drawn in the summer to keep the heat out, so I am usually in no more than a pair of boxers or cargo shorts if inside. No shirt, no shoes.

I guess I am weird because I do not see how any of this makes me weird.

[cinnamongrrl]

This thread has actually made me consider the question.....

the only difference I see is that I spend a lot more time being nakie...which is rather liberating...lol

[Sweet Bliss]

Originally Posted by Jesse

I guess I am weird because I do not see how any of this makes me weird.

Jesse, I think we just wanna know what other folks do in case we hadn't thought of it yet and we wanna do it too!

Or maybe so we can say "ewwww how weird! They do that too!"

Or say " see?! That's normal! Jesse does it too!!"

[MasterfulButch]

I found myself thinking about this thread this morning whilst naked cleaning. I think pre-shower naked cleaning is an efficient strategy but perhaps it ticks the weird box for others?

Suffice to say, I don't extend this theory to washing the car...

[DapperButch]

Originally Posted by MasterfulButch

I found myself thinking about this thread this morning whilst naked cleaning. I think pre-shower naked cleaning is an efficient strategy but perhaps it ticks the weird box for others?

Suffice to say, I don't extend this theory to washing the car...

I think it is logical. If the reason why you were cleaning naked was so that you didn't "dirty up", any clothing prior to your shower, it makes total sense.

[Gemme]

I don't think it's weird. Like Dapper said, it's logical. I wouldn't do it but I have a strict panties policy, so I could topless clean but not naked clean.

[DapperButch]

Originally Posted by Gemme

I don't think it's weird. Like Dapper said, it's logical. I wouldn't do it but I have a strict panties policy, so I could topless clean but not naked clean.

Yeah, I have a strict no cleaning policy, so I wouldn't be doing it, either.

[KayCee]

Haha, what's all this cleaning and being naked 'stuff'?? I don't need to be cleaning to run around naked....

jk

[A. Spectre]

after being with someone for many years, residing alone these last few years has been a learning and growing experience.

in the beginning, i was terrified. my partner, my best friend, confidant, sleep mate was.......*whoosh! gone.

after the initial year or so, the idea of not relying on her for my happiness, my breath began sinking in. each morning, i had to wake up and face myself, my loneliness, my struggles.

now, after several years, my confidence, my comfort levels are sustained and i have not not only acclimated, my confidence level has soared.

don't get me wrong, one day i would enjoy having a special someone but more importantly, i have learned to enjoy myself. with this, perhaps i can be a better and improved partner to someone in the future.

[Rockinonahigh]

My son says I may be getting weird,he said carrying on a conversation with my fur kids makes him wonder.They talk back just fine,he on the other hand dose not understand their language as I do.