If people say that you are strange?

Question

how would you respond to them

Answer 1

I would say I'm not strange it is just their opinion, every person is
unique they have different characteristics and attitude

Answer 2

I am called "strange" from time to time. I take it as a compliment and respond with "thank you" and a smile. I am in no way, shape, or form, a "sheep", a trend-follower, or someone who sits back and waits for others to think for me, make up my mind for me, or live my life according to "their" ideals. The fact that someone notices this (and calls me "strange") means I have succeeded in remaining "un-sheep-ified" (a "sheep" is a person who floats through life just doing whatever he or she is told to do without ever questioning the logic or sanity of what they're doing; most humans are "sheep"). "Strange" pushes the envelope, creates improvement, invents new things and ways of accomplishing goals. "Strange" is good.

Answer 3

If someone says that I am strange that means two things.
One, his expectations of my behaviour ( based on his preprogrammed attitude) is not fulfilled.

Second , my behaviour completely overrules anything that he has imagined.

If the outcome is something that does not affect him/her personally , he/she would comment " That is strange" rather than "you are strange". More often than not one tends to take this as a personal reaction.
My response would be just to smile. If I start to explain , at that time, I would be on the defence.

Answer 4

Why bother giving any kind of response.
Every one is strange if you stop to think about it, the difference between someone who tells me I'm strange and me is that I don't go around pointing out peoples "flaws" if that is indeed what they are.

Answer 5

"THANK YOU!!!"

strange is, by definition, is:

1 a archaic : of, relating to, or characteristic of another country : FOREIGN b : not native to or naturally belonging in a place : of external origin, kind, or character
2 a : not before known, heard, or seen : UNFAMILIAR b : exciting wonder or awe : EXTRAORDINARY
3 a : discouraging familiarities : RESERVED, DISTANT b : ILL AT EASE
4 : UNACCUSTOMED 2
- strange·ly adverb
synonyms STRANGE, SINGULAR, UNIQUE, PECULIAR, ECCENTRIC, ERRATIC, ODD, QUAINT, OUTLANDISH mean departing from what is ordinary, usual, or to be expected. STRANGE stresses unfamiliarity and may apply to the foreign, the unnatural, the unaccountable .
( http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/strange)

So, yeah, I try very hard to be 'strange'---sure do NOT want to be normal..like everyone else. I don't quote the definition for anyone, but I do tell them thanks, and mean it.

Answer 6

Take it as a compliment. All the best figures in history were strange. Normal people just blend in and get lost in the shuffle.

Answer 7

Nothing certain people do find me strange, they aren't my friends.
Everyone is thought of as strange by some others, it is best to enjoy the company of those friends of like mind.

Answer 8

I would start singing "people are strange" by The Doors

Answer 9

They do say I am strange. I thank them.

Answer 10

I usually say thank you, for I am told that and called a freak frequently. It just means that I do not conform to the "norm" and I wouldn't want to anyways. I enjoy being able to mane my own decisions, instead of them being made for me.