We’re All A Bunch Of Weirdos
How many times have you seen something that didn’t make sense or witness someone do or say something that you totally disagree with?
How many friends or family members do you have that do things completely differently to how you do them or have vastly different interests than you do?
When thinking about these questions how often do you chalk it up to people, circumstances or things just being weird?
I’m guilty of having done this. Quickly jumping to this conclusion that because I don’t get it, that it’s not how I would do things means they’re weird. I’m pretty sure I’m also the weird one to quite a few people out there. I mean who blogs, right? Who spends many years and a ton of money to get a higher degree and then decides to be a stay at home mom? Who likes corn on the cob but not corn from a tin or frozen? … Okay that last one might be a bit weird but I will defend this until the day I die – they do taste different.
Anyway, a lot of times we are quick to lump things together or dismiss them as weird when they make us uncomfortable, we don’t understand them, we’re intimidated or insecure.
Everyone is different. Everyone will have different ways of doing things, they will have different values and will most certainly have different priorities. The next time you find yourself saying “hmmmm that’s weird” or dismissing someone because “oh they’re so weird” take a minute to think – not weird just different. What works or is normal for one may not be to someone else.
My weird and quirky ways is what makes – Sherri delightfully Sherri (as Gwynn puts it 
).
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Sherrri!
The headline immediately grabbed my attention, so I had to read everything. I’ve had the same experiences and have just in the last few years learned to accept the “weirdness”
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You’re absolutely right about this. In the earlier days of our relationship when my American husband first moved to the UK and would tell his friends some of the different things we say or do here, the response would often be, ‘That’s so weird/funny’. It got to be a bit annoying hearing that over and over and felt a bit offensive to me (especially if my husband himself said it!). My husband soon realised that these things were actually just ‘different’ and started using that word which sounded so much better to me.
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Ahhh Sherri, You’ve found the one true secret of getting along with all of humanity! Once you realize that everyone is weird/crazy (and that you yourself are weird/crazy), then you understand that we’re all really the same…just different
And the secret to harmonious relationships (I think) is finding someone who has a particular kind of craziness that matches your own.
Here’s to being crazy!
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it’s the ‘weirdness’ that keeps life interesting!
I must say I have always thought that I was someone really weird. For me weird only means different and as you say, that is the real fun!
When we accept the fact that not everybody think as we do, we can archive true greatness and meet people in the middle, with attention instead of a bias due to how they are.
All the world is filled with different people and that is what makes it so beautiful.
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I mean who blogs, right?
Lots of my favorite people blog.
Who spends many years and a ton of money to get a higher degree and then decides to be a stay at home mom?
Lucky, blessed, smart women.
Who likes corn on the cob but not corn from a tin or frozen?
ME! And my family thinks I’m crazy. Glad to see I’m not so crazy after all!
Hi Sherri, thanks for making me smile! Yes, we’re all a little weird! But like you’ve mentioned, that weirdness, or our differences, is what makes us, well… us. And we always seem to notice those differences first, don’t we? They stand out to us and we remember them… maybe it’s supposed to be that way… but rather than immediately judge them, we should learn more to appreciate them!
Cheers,
Miche
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I seem to be the “weird” one here. To me, if someone said something I was doing was “weird”, I’d be fine with it, but if they said it was “different” I’d feel annoyed at their word choice.
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