Does everyone have that one "odd" friend?

I tend to be that odd friend.

@Yetanotheruser what is it that differentiates you from the crowd?

For most of my life, it was lifestyle choices; I have never been a slave to fashion, choosing clothes more for utility and comfort. Earlier in my life many would consider me underemployed or unemployed, since for a long time I chose jobs that would allow me to pursue my dream of a career in music. In many ways, by avoiding a stereotype, I was, in fact, a personification of the starving artist meme.

I’m one of those types and my friends here at the ranch are too.
We are all bright, creative and on the eccentric side. My friend is an IT exec. makes boatloads of money and has numerous hobbies, car racing, show horses, and his wife has an art degree and paints. They are some of the smartest and most easy going people I know yet so disorganized and forgetful. haha

I’m the “go to” girl whenever they can’t find something, even a cup of coffee they just set down 2 minutes ago. haha
We keep a magnetic ” star chart” on the side of the fridge and move around the stars faithfully to make sure all the daily ranch chores are done.

Dog fed and pilled AM/PM
Horses fed AM/PM – Turned Out/ Stalls Cleaned
Donkeys fed AM/PM
Ducks & Geese In/Out/AM/PM
Chickens IN/Out/AM/PM
Mail collected Day.

I too am of of a creative and esoteric nature and am a bit ditzy at times but quite organized.
I fall, as I suspect my friends do, into the “absent minded professor” category. Half brilliant half completely out there.
We all blend really well and between all of our eccentricities manage quite nicely.

Just gotta have that star chart. It is not fail proof, sometimes the dog gets two dinners if somebody forgets to move the star. LOL

@Coloma Lucky dog!

I suspect that most of us have several. There are just too many “characters” out there for most of us to know only one apiece.

Among my friends I seem a little odd to them because I love horror movies. They say it’s fine to like horror but that’s it’s weird that I have it as a passion. They don’t mean this in a bad way, and I’m glad they come to me with anything horror related. Except that doesn’t make me odd it just makes me a horror fan. There just isn’t any other horror fans in our circle.
which means I never have anyone to go to conventions with

I know one dude who’s as much a horror fan as me, but we haven’t been seeing each other much in the past year.

I guess I am the odd one. I am straight and sober, never have needed detox either. I have no family in jail. I’m not rich, nor will I ever be. I haven’t had any chemo or major surgery.I dont need to know anything personal about stars to get through my day. I don’t pay people to do what I can myself. I don’t care what name is on my clothing tags. I am not a big coffee drinker. I am right handed. About half of my friends are southpaws. I don’t like current television programming. I don’t know what friends are talking about when they discuss the shows they watch. I think that started back with Seinfeld.

I am the odd friend

She is poorer, I’m richer. She like romance, I like mystery. She is more street-smart, I’m more book-smart. She is more fashionable can catch up with the latest trend, I can’t. She is better at math, I’m better at languages…

Yet we are still BFFs.

Look at my name! I’m also the odd friend. Why are so many of us the ‘odd’ friend?

Fluther is the modern day dumping ground for sideshow freaks?

The average have so many distractions to keep them busy, Fluther is for those exceptional people who just need more?

We are all lost, and one day we will find our way home?

Only the odd friends are tolerant enough to stay in a group where sniping and bad days are the norm?

Nahhh.

Shrugs, I don’t know @Here2_4, but it’s interesting how many of us said ‘I’m the odd person’.

I only like odd people, so all my friends are odd.

@LornaLove Me too. Odd is so much more interesting than boring. haha

Am I the only one here who is not odd?

Wait. Doesn’t that make me….....................

…...................odd!?!?!?

@rojo , I think you had it nailed down before this.

@Coloma Sadly people in my place don’t accept oddness. That’s why I’m here.

Looks like we’re just a bunch of freaks and geeks (any day of the week)!

I think the there is so much beauty in those who have that oddness and the uniqueness to them to the point that they just automatically stand out from the norm and seemingly perfect, perhaps many of us are that friend that others thinks of as (odd), I much rather use the phrase, (Perfectly Imperfect) I 100% agree with LornaLove!!