Do people give you weird looks in public?

YearsWorthOfFAT

But... you... look so awesome!

And i always get looks..... I look completely normal.

shadow2soul

Be it for any reason, mostly for you being you? I've had people give me the strangest looks. Keep in mind, most of these people are in their 60's+.

If you go to my pictures, it's quite obvious why these people would look at me as some sort of alien.
It's funny to me when they're giving me these looks, then witness me committing an act of kindness.

It goes to show, judgement will always start on the cover of the book.

I'm just curious, has anyone given you strange looks in public, be it the way you were acting, your weight, your appearance, etc.?

I don't really pay attention but it wouldn't surprise me. I've been told I'm: weird, strange, unusual, a freak, ect

Deipneus

I'm too shallow and self-absorbed to notice anyone else.

Sakura_Tree

i get looks all the time , i just stop caring what people think

AllyCatXandi

Only when I had the bright blue faux-hawk thing going on last year.
But now that my hair's grown out and isn't turquoise...not so much :laugh:

Which I'm rather okay with because I can be a bit of an awkward turtle when it comes to attention

gothikgrrl

I have to say I have faded into invisibility. When I was in shape everyone looked at me, now it's like I'm not even there. At first it made me feel bad, but since I don't really fit in with most people anyway, I think I now kind of find it comforting. I have a weird sense of humor and now no one is offended by my shirts because they don't notice them LOL. The only people who do are people who usually tell me "that's hilarious", "or great shirt". So maybe I should say I'm invisible to the sort of people I'd rather not have see me anyway

gothikgrrl

Be it for any reason, mostly for you being you? I've had people give me the strangest looks. Keep in mind, most of these people are in their 60's+.

If you go to my pictures, it's quite obvious why these people would look at me as some sort of alien.
It's funny to me when they're giving me these looks, then witness me committing an act of kindness.

It goes to show, judgement will always start on the cover of the book.

I'm just curious, has anyone given you strange looks in public, be it the way you were acting, your weight, your appearance, etc.?

yep all the time 2 big reasons

LOL, me, too. But now that the rest of me is big, too, not so much.

JunkFoodJane

First thing I think when people complain about getting 'judgemental looks' is... clearly you're judging someone else's expression, so who really cares.

By the pictures you have up you look completely ordinary to me. I think you're probably projecting.

I don't worry enough about other people to decide what they're thinking when they look at me.

hilaryhill

I guess you could say Im a pretty average looking person. I was raised in the South and now live in the LA area so yeah, Ill admit, I might look or stare at someone that looks different than me. We all do it at times. I dont mean anything by it, sometimes Im just trying to see what the tattoo across that guys face says, or why that girl has piercings up and down her leg. The other day we were at Whole Foods and my 4 yr old got really excited when she saw a girl with pink hair, haha, I said, I know, isnt that neat? We both laughed in a "thats so cool" kinda way.

I dont judge people who look differently than me so I hope that when someone catches me staring at them they dont think I think Im better than them, because I dont.

hilaryhill

My husband and I attend a lot of Ren faires/reenactments, so it's not uncommon for either of us to get odd looks and/or outright staring when seen in our garb outside of an event. I find it rather amusing, actually. Last summer, I was in the ladies' room at a rest stop on the interstate, dressed in full pirate regalia, when a little girl (3, maybe 4 years old?) turned to her mother and said "Mommy - is that lady a princess?" The mother looked me up and down, and replied "No honey, she's just... weird." (said with a smirk)

I turned to the little girl, and told her "I'm not a princess, I'm a pirate. And your mommy? Well, she's just an old lady with no imagination who has forgotten how to play make-believe. Remember that growing up doesn't mean that you're not allowed to have any fun." I then handed her a string of beads from my belt pouch, stuck my tongue out at her mother, then strolled out. :laugh:

I hope you never talk to my kid that way. Telling a toddler their mom is just an old lady? Wow. You are soooo cool, especially when you stuck your tongue out at the woman. I guess she wasn't too off base.

Im glad Im not the only one that thought that. Yikes. (I would never call someone weird like that, but still, you dont say such things to such a young child about their mother)

mockchoc

I'm a pretty ordinary person but I have just found out later in life I'd love more not so "normal" people in my life. They make life interesting.

AlteredSkates

Yep! I have blue hair and 1 side of my head is shaved. So fair enough...

Candi_land

Yep! I have blue hair and 1 side of my head is shaved. So fair enough...

^^ And that's totally hot.

As for me, from high school to my early twenties I had multicolored hair (fire engine red, purple, green, Pink), over 19 piercings (3 on my face alone), and I wore huge 50 inch bottom JNCO jeans with band tanks/shirts and ball chokers. I was pretty much stared at and/or made fun a lot of the time, and it got to a point that it just no longer fazed me. Some people stare at me even now, I'm pretty sure it's because of my weight but IDGAF.

Oh and I've prob been guilty of staring a time or two especially when I come across someone (male or female) heavily tattooed with unique style..only because I think it's hot.

Dunkirk

Living in Asia, being a foot taller than most people and easily twice as heavy, yes I do. Doesn't stop the little old ladies from pushing onto the subway!

Let me guess, little old ladies pushing, South Korea?

estherlion

So true! Some people want a reaction regarding their appearance. I get annoyed by the attention seekers then blaming society because of their weirdness. I don't really give a rats *kitten* how many tattoos, piercings, hair coloring, etc you have. Each to their own.

araromi2

When my afro is out and when I am the only cocoa puff in the bowl if kix...

Ophidion

Why yes they do as a matter of fact but this is how I see it in my head...

I_Will_Be_The_Swan

I get stared at. Ever since I was four years old, creepy perverts and weird little boys alike have been coming onto me. In public. Against my will. It's disgusting, and I would happily have it stop, because:
a) I'm a lesbian. I'm not interested in them. I'm not a fan of their penises, or of penises in general.
b) It's been going on for over a decade, and for all that time, I've been underage.
c) I cannot control the size of my breasts. It doesn't mean that I deserve lecherous creepers and scumbags hooting and catcalling and ogling me. It doesn't mean I'm asking for it. It means I have been cursed with 34DDs since the eighth grade.
d) I don't f*cking like it.

Ophidion

@I_will_be_the_swan- That sucks, I am sorry to hear that (f*cking creeps)

PepperWorm

Yep.

But I'm always fresh out of fvcks to give.

PepperWorm

When my afro is out and when I am the only cocoa puff in the bowl if kix...

ROFL.

I have never heard that terminology before. That was awesome. Seriously though, how is that something to stare at? *eyeroll* It's the 21st century, people...we all come in different shades!

Beautyandthebeef

I get looks all the time. Especially people staring at my boobs. It's more disturbing when it's other women!

npeery

I get looks and comments after people start to get to know the real me. I guess I look normal (whatever the hell that means) on the outside but I am far from being on the same wavelength as most of the people I encounter.

alladream

Eh, it's a weird frigging world: people stare, and people ignore, and people type frantically on their little handheld mindwank devices while doing either or both. *shrug* It's just what happens--

BenchPressingCats

Usually people give me weird looks in public because I do and say some strange things. I've come to accept that most people will look and there will be the occasional person who has the balls to say "Omg, you're a freak!"

logicofsound

I used to, back when I wore more interesting things. Alas, they weren't work appropriate.

Now, I do the staring... but usually because I think someone's outfit is awesome...

SakuraRose13

Well yes but not because I have tats wish I did or piercings at least the looks would make sense, I'm 4ft 10in and apparently that makes me odd , I have two daughters ages 16 months in a few days and turning 3 in Aug , in fact one day a woman flat out not only stared at me but had the nerve to ask if they were mine? seriously ?

I swear people need to let go of the stereotype that petite people are young,

I swear if I were a different person Id give some of those people a piece of my mind,

Im 29 and its a constant battle to prove that I'm not a teenager or a 21 yrs old ,

its getting old , ill be 30 in Feb so there has to come a point when I look my age.

I do no act like a teenager nor do I dress like one so why do people think Im so young ?

My oldest looks like me and my youngest does not but they are my children .

Im sure lots of other petite women have this issue, oh well what can I do but be myself and let them think as they want .

SteelySunshine

I actively avoid looking at people in public. I prefer to stay in my own little world. I do talk to people when I am out and about, but usually they speak first, I'm not going to be rude and ignore them. I notice stares more when I am with other people especially my family, my daughters are very attractive, their dad and I not so much. I can almost feel the question is how did those two have kids that look like that?

ladymiseryali

Yup. Weird looks and when my fiance and I go into a store, we're sometimes followed by security. Meanwhile, while security is focused on my fiance and I, there's usually people shoplifting, stupid kids running around or riding bikes/skateboards, or some mother mistreating her child.

Deipneus

I swear people need to let go of the stereotype that petite people are young,

I swear if I were a different person Id give some of those people a piece of my mind,

Im 29 and its a constant battle to prove that I'm not a teenager or a 21 yrs old ,

its getting old , ill be 30 in Feb so there has to come a point when I look my age.

I do no act like a teenager nor do I dress like one so why do people think Im so young ?

My oldest looks like me and my youngest does not but they are my children .

Im sure lots of other petite women have this issue, oh well what can I do but be myself and let them think as they want .

I was stereotyped by older people when I was young. Now that I'm older, I'm stereotyped by younger people. It doesn't get any better with age. If anything, it gets worse.