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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes. I am a weird person with a weird kid and people don't get the isolation.

I had a friend once who told me "I like you because I don't mind weird people," and wow did that absolutely burn itself into my brain. She had no idea of why that might be hurtful, even though her comment highlights the fact that a lot of people do "mind" people who are different, which is why getting labeled as weird is so isolating. I think she thought she was doing me a favor in being friends with me? I imagined her talking about me to others and being so proud of her friendship with me, a total weirdo other people don't want to be friends with.

I also got the sense she was directly quoting others who had expressed to her that they didn't like me because I was weird. Like it felt like an outgrowth of a conversation she'd had with others.

I don't know how to be not weird. I just am who I am. [b]IME, the harder I try to be "normal" the more weird I come off, so I gave up on that.[/b] But I'm still different and I still get lots of strange looks or people who kind of smile at me and then beg off conversations. It's very hard.[/quote]

Yes. This. I've tried for decades (literally), and I guess I must come off as acting or something. I also have friends who seem to pity me.[/quote]

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