The other day, I stopped to rest on a bench while walking through the park.  As I sat under a shade tree, a couple passed by , leading a large white dog.  They walked out of the park, which means they live here in the city.  Something about them struck me as rather weird.  Why?  Because the man’s wife was petite, and the dog was big as a horse.  I couldn’t understand why  someone would want a dog that outweighs their wife. That’s when I realized that I’ve formed some opinions as to what constitutes weirdness—things that might seem completely normal to others.  Weirdness is in the eye of the beholder.

Here are some other things that strike me as weird:

A movie star who lives in a separate country from his wife.   I’m talking about  George Clooney and his wife, Amal.  Publicly, they claim to adore one another.  And yet, she lives in New York with their twins, and he lives in Italy or some other country. Every so often they get together in another house.  Does absence make the heart grow fonder?   As far as happy  marriages go, that seems rather weird to me.

Elderly women with long, stringy white  hair.  My mother had long white hair, but she wore it in a bun.  I don’t know why some older  women ( and men)  believe stringy white hair hanging down their back is  attractive, but honestly, it just seems  rather ghostly..  Are they living in the past—at a time when their long hair looked glamorous?  It doesn’t now.

Bodies covered with tattoos. .  Tattoo parlors have turned into profitable businesses, so tattoos are now considered mainstream. .  Although I wouldn’t want one, I can see someone getting one or two tattoos. But when they cover your entire arms, chest, and back?  That seems weird.

Extra long acrylic fingernails.. Shorter  nails are understandable.. Especially if you work in the  public eye. But  how do you clean a house, peel potatoes, and weed the garden with nails that look like talons?.   How can you open a bottle of pickles or a stuck window? What kind of indolent life must you lead in order to keep those long, pointed  nails intact and clean?

Wearing a wig when you have your own hair.  For much of my life, I didn’t know ordinary  people do  this.  Then, I worked  with a woman who had short black hair.  One day, she got sick, and I stopped to visit her in the hospital.  Much to my surprise,  I saw that she had thick, naturally curly gray hair.  It was vastly more flattering than the wig.  Why wear a hot sweaty wig unless you have to because you’re bald?   I can understand cancer patients.   Or someone in show business, like Dolly Parton..  But this lady worked in the business office.   That seemed weird.

Men who smell strange women’s hair.  You may have read my blog about Joe Biden.   Seems he’ has a fetish about smelling women’s hair.   Just so you know I’m not taking sides, I  think Donald Trump’s hair used to be weird.  He’s toned it down since he got to be president, but it looked  orange and squirrelly at one time.

An octogenarian who writes a blog, saying it how she sees it,  may be also seem strange.  Weirdness is in the eye of the beholder. .