That my parents don ' t have a sense of how other people live . The other day we were at dinner and I heard my dad say . They have a daughter , about Spaghatta 111 ' s age ! She turned out more normal though . I wanted to smack him . Normal ? I am a functioning adult , I have a college degree , I live by myself , I work as a travel consultant , I have a social life , I am doing just fine . There is nothing abnormal about me . What did he mean by that ? That really pissed me off . I pretended like I didn ' t hear because we were at a birthday dinner for my BIL and it wasn ' t the time or the place , but that was beyond uncalled for . But at the same time , this was the message I grew up with , that I ' m not normal . And I don ' t understand where they ever got that idea .