Please Tell Me I'm Not the Only One

I love going to church on Sunday and just sit and listen to the speakers. Occasionally, there is someone that gets up to the pulpit that speaks that I tend to tune out, but for the most part, I really enjoy listening to what people have prepared. That is, until last Sunday...

I babysat two kids during the day while their mother was out of town. I had a lot of fun with them and they are two very outgoing kids. However, during church, they rarely sit with their parents. They mostly sit with other people and play with them, or play with their toys or color and chat with them. For the most part, it looks like these people that sit with the kids enjoy their company during Sacrament meeting. Now, this has me asking the question, "Am I the only one?".

One of the kids came up to sit with me on Sunday. He took out all of his toys and wanted me to play with him. Now, maybe I'm just not good with small children in large meetings, but I felt like he was talking really loudly around me and that everyone was looking at me to quiet the kid down.

So I did the only thing I could think of: I ignored him.

A few minutes later, he packed up all his stuff and went to another bench where other people were sitting and bugged them. They liked it.

But really, am I the only one that doesn't like other kids sitting with me?

And this got me thinking of other things that I don't like that other people seem to embrace.

Foods for example like ketchup on eggs, butter on pancakes, fries dipped in a frosty, or ordering salad as a main dish. Does everyone do that?

Then there are fears like spiders and germs that completely paralyze me. But everyone else in my presence seem okay with killing spiders or not washing their hands after picking their nose.

There are things that I do that people think are weird. For example, I can watch a movie that I really like 2 times/day for a week and still not get bored of it. I also enjoy watching people play video games, but I don't really like to play them myself unless it's Kirby or Donkey Kong on the good ol' Nintendo and Super Nintendo.

I don't drink, but I really like the smell of beer and un-smoked cigarettes. Heavenly smells if you ask me. Then I get confused when people tell me they like the smell of coffee and gasoline. Why? Why do you like those smells? It makes me gag.

Okay, so there is one thing that I use to completely disagree with and never understood why people did it. I use to judge people who watch The Bachelor. I use to think, "am I the only one that doesn't watch it?" Now I have conformed to the general public.

Please comfort me now and not let me think that I am a total freak. And if I am, so what. Don't be judgin'.