People think that me and my SO are more than a litle crazy a lot of the time. Their reasons?
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"You don't want to get married?!?!" So what? We're happy as we are and currently see no benefit (in fact, quite the opposite to the government which would slash my fiancial aid) so why does that make us crazy?
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"You don't believe in our God?!?!" Nope. I'm a little eclectic. I'm not going to count anything out, but I just haven't found any set of mainstream beliefs that fits me and/or that I feel comfortable identifying myself with. SO?!
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"You work with dying kids?!?! how can you joke about death like that?!?!" You're serious? Really? If I don't joke, do y'think I might cry more often? It's not that horrible and I work with LIVING kids, dammit. And I'm really, really good at it. You work in a boring 9-5 job you hate every day? Are you crazy?!?!?
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"You actually LIKE that stuff?!?!" Yes, I enjoy video games from time to time, taking pictures of the insides of dead birds sometimes (I didn't kill it but it was fascinating), listening to offbeat music while laying in the middle of the floor in the dark, reading bizarre books, non mainstream gardening... Life's boring in the main stream.
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"You took him back how many times?!?!" Hey, when you know it's right, sometimes you have to hang in there until they know it, too. And we're damn happy. I'm over it now YOU get over it.
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"You don't care that he does ________?!?!!" Nope. He doesn't hit me, treat me like shite or do anything that makes me question his committment, sanity (not often anyway,
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I like my life a bit out of the mainstream and that translates to "crazy" to a lot of people. I think it's almost become a catch-all phrase and automated response rather than really meaning "insane." That bugs me. Nor am I "crazy" for going back to school for my PhD. it kinda makes me sane 'cause I'm gonna be making more money than all of those crazy bitches tellin' me I'm the crazy one.
/rant about my obnoxious coworkers and "friends" that drive me nuts with this.
I say all us "crazy people" have a party.