Well for starters Tonto, if your the normal that I must judge myself by. Then I'm one sick twisted perverted individual.
However, if I may judge myself on the scale that is based on my core beliefs then, I am quite normal.
Oh, and by the way,, even tho you did'nt say may we assume that you believe yourself to Mr. Normal1 himself? A pillar of truth, justice, and the american way? Both my answers still stand. ie: the sick twisted and the quite normal - go figure
Heres a question for you tronto, which side is right in the Dr. Laural Slessinger debate?
I'm nuts when it comes to 'normal' stuff, but when it comes to 'sex' stuff i think im normal. I've only had sex with one girl, and it was kind of boring... no animals, no sisters, brothers etc, no whips, ... just 2 warm bodies. 'normal' right? ...
By my own index, I'd say startlingly normal. By society's? Loony Toons. I've elected not to have children (so far). I don't give a rat's ass what anyone thinks of me as long as I'm happy and not hurting anyone else. I've chosen to pursue goals that *I* find fulfilling but mean I won't be seeing that 20,000 square-foot house in Beverly Hills anytime soon. I take responsibility for my fuck ups and don't blame it on my parents or society or the voices in my head (shut UP! I'm talking!
I was unsure at first but learning that I am not the only 20 year old virgin clarifies my doubts. *
@ Bossy_Aussie*.
Well, I have yet to qualify to judge my sexual nature, since I don't have much experience of it. But again, I masturbate...well heck, I am normal afterall.
In another situation, I was talking to my colleagues and mentioned that I enjoy watching WWF Smackdown. They reacted like I had horns growing out of my tits. What's wrong with that? Besides the thrill of the sport, there is a reason on why I enjoy it. You see, my big bro and I may not have a good sibling relationship but when it comes to Smackdown, you should see how nicely we co-ordinate our groans and grunts of approvals when Kane thrashes Triple H to a bloody pulp! Hmm...
Anyway, I figured any person that made a pact to go for an island vacation is normal enough!
Ooh..to think of all those tight tanned buns....
So after all that, I think I am normal.
P/S: I hope I'm not too late :-
Happy Birthday Madam!
Many happy returns of the day!!
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Happy 28th birthday Laurel *slut_boy tries to do his best Woody Allen impersonation* Well yesterday you were 27, today you are 28, if things keep on like then by the end of the week you'll be in your 30's.
*skips in the room with an armful of flowers for Laurel and hands them to her* Happy belated Birthday
*skips around the room and suddenly comes to a halt as three men and a nurse in white uniforms, come at her* Oh.... is it time to go back to the happy place again nurse? *as she eyeballs the needle in the Nurses hand* You know i'm really sorry about trying to grab the needle and shove it up the guards bottom... is he feeling better by the way? *wiggles in her straight jacket with a lop sided smile as they tie the arms together behind her back* I hope THIS time, you'll send me to a better happy place instead of just making me sleep...*cackles as she's laid down on the strapped bed and injected* ...why.. hello there Mr.Green Leprachan... Come back to dance for me on your fluffy cloud?
Am I noodlie nuts? You betch yer butt I am... and proud of it too.
I prefer to see things in a humorous light, instead of taking too much of my life seriously that perhaps shouldn't be so over dramatised. I like who I am. I like how I think and react to things. I am me, and that is the only explanation for BEING who I am that needs be said.
i don't think that anybody is *normal*. some people choose to present themselves as normal and even convince themselves they're *normal*. but everybody's pretty fucked up
hard not to be in today's society. but not being *normal* is not a bad thing. i choose not to present to everyone what society expects and sometimes demands, so i do catch a lot of flack. i expect to get some negative feedback on this, so have at it. i'm thick skinned and welcome debate on this with open arms.
...but yes i do think that my core beliefs fall in line with a majority of people's. i'm not into incest, rape, bestiality. if anal sex is not normal then damn guess i'm not normal there anyways....i've probably contradicted myself several times now and nobody has a clue what i'm trying to say including myself so i'll stop while i'm behind.
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Now, there may of been a time, when i was totally nuts. There was a time, when i used to sleep with married women, the thrill of being caught. Engaged women, there's been quite a few. Or even just sleeping around with other women while i was engaged, with more then just one or two different women at the same time.
But, now, that i've been married for 5 years now. Yes, i've looked at the menu, but i haven't even came close to ordering any thing. I do believe now, that I'm normal.
I mean, really, who wants to be normal, and what, by the way, IS normal exactly? Who defines it? You know the old saying , "One man's porn is another man's art" so who knows what normal is exactly?
And besides, if I wasn't an obvious perv, out searching the internet for porn and erotica, I never would have stumbled across this place, and never met all of you wonderful perverts that I consider my online family....a slightly sexually dysfunctional family to be sure, but a family none the less
PERVERTS OF THE WORLD UNITE!!!
and then come on by the Havocman's Hovel for a bar-b-que and orgy....it just doesn't get any better than this
Havoc
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Well I would consider myself strange but normal as far as being healthy mentally and emotionally. I am very alternative in the way I live but other then that I am normal
I did the "normal" white middle class go to college, get a good job, fall in love, get married & buy a house thing...
But, I have fantasies galore, don't have kids (and don't think I will...), am faithful to hubbie (just a horny toad on line), write peverted sex stories that I'd not let my boss read unless I was high or drunk or both... take prozac...
Irontoto, I'm still looking for the definition of "normal" all I found was -
1)Conforming to a standard.
2)average Intelect or development
In My Opionion and what I've seen on here is a mixture of average to above average Intelctual developement. And IF you think that everyone has conformed to a single standard and not deflect from it, YOUR NUTS.
So as far as Im concerned there are no normal people in the world, unless they do not have an opinion on any subject. If that were to happen, think of what a boring world this would be; Nothing new, nothing old, just the same thing every day.
So now that I know that we are all abnormal and always will be, as long as we have an oppinion on a subject, I'm happy with that. (I could be happier tho if I could find a willing woman)
E
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Think you might have a handle on getting to being "nermul", or "middle of the road" sane??
I'm suggesting a book to read if you can find it in your local "regular" book store (don't let the title fool you) but you have to promise to be honest to your own self before you read it.
The book is entitled "Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah" by J.S. Bach. Yep, same guy who wrote Jonahthan Livngston Seagull some years ago.
If that tyoe of existentialist approach to the human mindset one isn't to your 'fancy', then try "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" by Robert Pirsig. That will give oyu a pretty good start on knowing where you slide into place on the "as determined to be nermul by competent medical authority" -- by the way, that's a double oxymnoron in one sentence -- competent medical, and medical authority.
If all else fails -- remember the "hukt on fonix wurkt fer me" commercials, kiss your cousin's dog goodnight, and make the kids get out of bed before you sleep with the neighbor's cat.
To paraphrase Forest Gump:
"Normal is as normal does." You can have the
sickest, most perverted, abnormal thoughts
you want--as long as you don't act on them.
I've had fantasies about buying myself an
automatic weapon and gunning down coworkers
when I used to work at this other crappy job.
They gave me model employee rehire code because
I knew enough not to mouth off at the boss.
I'll sell my actions, but my thoughts are my own.
normal for when and where ? i believe normal is an everflexing truth based on the popular society's curve...besides as a pagan/chef/mom/cat owner...i can barely define myselg much less rate others,although that gentleman barking at a stop sign may be even less qualified to judge than I...tattooed,car pool mom giving her preschooler brioche with chevre,then planning a kick butt beltaine...hard to say...never slept with family,pets,friend's husbands(well after they became friend's husbands i stopped)...but still i fantasize...i am a very wonderful little girl to the right daddy,on line and in my fantasies but am also an advocate of castration for abusive pedaphiles and incestual child abusers...i think i mispelled something there...i love bdsm but worked as a peer rape counselor in college
...so other than being a happy bundle of contradictions...i am normal to me and deviant as all get out in cyber...kisses to all
So what, exactly, is normal? If it means I'm the same as the rest of the herd, then I guess I'm most certainly not. If it means that I enjoy a little diversion, a little fun that harms no-one, then I suppose I am. Maybe I'm just schitzophrenic....
Irontoto I seem to recall somebody asking if your world view was normal.
From my short time on site I'd say that the top half of the bell curve is represented here,so that means those on the top are statistically "normal" the rest of us are out on the fringes.Well I for one prefer life on the fringes,for a start you get to see a lot more of life.That has its up side and its downside for "ALL" of us,if you feel safe in your normality;fine ,if you dont then come on down and join the rest of the coooooks.
I heartily aggree with OldDog about the Bach books,they picked me up when I was going through a bad patch.Would you concider somebody who was capable of writing books that are that profound to be "normal".I read an interview with Mr Bach and he expressed the view that he was far from it.
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