Am I even normal?

[Legends Explorer Alec]

Hey, Phantom’s Temple users.

I was feeling abnormal because I was told two months ago that I wasn’t acting my age because I hugged a girl I know out in the community. Some girls I know have rejected hugs from me because they knew that it’s abnormal of me to want to hug girls. Also, two years ago, I was ridiculed for my love of Legends in my late adolescence (months before I entered adulthood).

I’m however not embarrassed about either of those. What I am embarrassed about is not being thin. I’ve seen how thin many of my friends are (including those who graduated with me) and being thin is apparently a social norm. Right now I weigh in the 290s at 5’7”.

Which of the three is the most abnormal about me? Am I even normal despite these abnormalities?

[The Dark Enforcer]

Well, I'd need a little more information from you before I could render a ruling about which of the 3 is most abnormal in my opinion.

PLEASE NOTE: If you're uncomfortable about providing ANY of the below information, please answer N/C for No Comment.

1. How old are you currently?
2. How long have you known the girl that you hugged?
3. How old is the girl you hugged?
4. Why is it considered abnormal for you to want to hug girls?
5. How old do you consider to be "late adolescence"?
6. Are you more muscular or flabby?

Hopefully I haven't offended with any of these questions.

[Legends Explorer Alec]

Answers:

1. 19
2. Two years
3. 20
4. I don’t know.
5. 16 or 17
6. Flabby

[The Dark Enforcer]

I hate to fat-shame anybody, but the most abnormal thing of those 3 would definitely have to be your weight in my opinion.

You have a BMI of 45.4, which is definitely outside the norm by far.

Hopefully I haven't offended you or made you sad because of this post.

[Legends Explorer Alec]

I’m not offended. I actually want to slim down.

[TempleFan322]

Me, personally, I just turned 30, I'm slightly chunky (I weighted 170 when I graduated high school and now im roughly 225 at 5'10", but in the process of getting back into shape), and everyone at my job knows I'm obsessed with Legends to this date. My coworker actually asked me to come up with a Legends themed scavenger hunt style game for our summer camp program (ironically she was on the 1991 season of Double Dare so are on the same page). Not to mention that my nickname amongst the staff and my friends is Pee-Wee Herman cause I'm a huge fan of his, and just like him I don't act my age.

Again, personally, when the summer hits the campers walk into the camp and immediately run straight to me asking if I can still shove a pencil up my nose (I'm also an amateur magician) and I'll do that plus a few other tricks. I also sing goofy songs in the morning to get the kids ready and started for the camp day (like Boom Chicka Boom but with silly voices), then add my ADD, OCD, and slight Tourette's  and yet they still have faith in me to be a ropes instructor and run a zip line each day.

Long story short, if you're abnormal, then I must be from a completely different planet altogether, but I wouldn't change a thing about myself. It's our abnormalities and our own quirks that make us all different and unique.