Being Normal

What does being normal mean?

"Normality" is a misused word...

Here's an example. This is a true story. I know a family who have 4 kids. One of those kids was born with Down's Syndrome. Does that mean that 3 were normal, and 1 wasn't?

They are all now fully grown. 3 of them lead ordinary lives. 1 of them is a criminal who has served prison time for Assault & Battery, Theft & Vandalism. He is not the one who was born with the mental illness.

Who's not "normal" now?

Normal is a very broad term. The normal Decius may have been referring to was the ignoranceand immorality of the general masses. Normalcy scares me...

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Do people fall in love with each others' facades?

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YES! wow you hit it right on. almost every relationship i see includes this factor. and the most terrible thing is that when you point it out to them they become infuriated and swear up and down that its not true. ive been in one of these relationships, when it finally dawned on me how fake i had been i almost cried until my eyes bled.

the older you get, the harder it becomes to stay "real" but during those times of being as real as possible, i have found myself much more satisfied and appreciative of life.

People refer normal to how most people are like, or how the majority of people are. I think that when we first meet someone, we try to decipher them and their interests, and then pretend to be interested so you have something to talk about, so in a way we're being fake. If you don't have anything to connect with at first, then usually you don't stand a chance and thats the end of it. But since you faked your way at first, and theres a second chance to associate with the other person again, the more you spend time with the other person, the more your "true" self comes out, and by then, it doesn't matter that you wern't interested in chess or cars, what matters is that now you have a friend who even though very different from you, now can appreciate you for who you really are.