# Is this weird or am I? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 2, 2009, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-weird-or-am-i/479548 "2009-01-02T03:22:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-weird-or-am-i/479548/41 "2009-01-03T03:09:16Z")
My vote is not just creepy but cah-ree-pee. Happy birthday **twickster**. May you have a year full of laughter, love and no creepy cousins. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-weird-or-am-i/479548/42 "2009-01-03T03:46:37Z")
Happy Birthday, twicks - listen to jazz; it’ll take your mind off your cousin in the sack… ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-weird-or-am-i/479548/43 "2009-01-03T04:27:48Z")
> [@t-bonham@scc.net](#): > > For some continuation, forward this to J\*\*\* on her email. 'Cause I bet she never saw this email before he sent it out to you and possibly other family members. It may lead to her having a ‘discussion’ with him. If she’s a normal woman, it should. If she’s a weirdo too (which is possible, given that she’s dating a weirdo), it might not. Worth a shot, though. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-weird-or-am-i/479548/44 "2009-01-03T04:52:55Z")
There’s no chance he’s simply reminding you of her name? Peace, mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-weird-or-am-i/479548/45 "2009-01-03T07:32:13Z")
> [@lel](#): > > Yeah, I was thinking he was probably 19 or 20 and just being tacky. At 59 it’s creepy. For me, his age pushed it past creepy and right into hilarious. I’m late to the party (and not because I was in the sack), but Happy Birthday twickster!! ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-weird-or-am-i/479548/46 "2009-01-03T10:08:10Z")
Happy Birthday! ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-weird-or-am-i/479548/47 "2009-01-03T11:34:28Z")
Hey, Happy Birthday! I would have sent this earlier, but my my hands were busy. Typing in another forum, sickos. Unless you have a really interesting relationship, then it’s weird. ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-weird-or-am-i/479548/48 "2009-01-04T00:57:51Z")
Does it have to be one or the other? I mean, your cousin, _sounds_ weird, but I gotta go with the one I know for a fact! Seriously, Happy Birthday! We haven’t spoken in a while. What’s shakin’? ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-weird-or-am-i/479548/49 "2009-01-04T03:47:18Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Just got an email from my cousin. > > His girlfriend and I have the same slightly-uncommon-but-not-terribly-unusual first name. Although I’ve never met her [they live 500 miles away], they’ve been dating over a year, maybe more, and I know her name. > > I find that opening line so incredibly creepy I don’t even want to respond to this. > > Am I overreacting? Yes, it’s creepy and happy (belated now) birthday but what really intrigues me is what the name could possibly be, because I also have an uncommon first name. [sub]and wouldn’t it be cool if I had the same name as twicks! … except mine doesn’t start with “J” or end with 3 asterisks … oh well. [/sub] ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-weird-or-am-i/479548/50 "2009-01-04T03:56:14Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > Yes, it’s creepy and happy (belated now) birthday but what really intrigues me is what the name could possibly be, because I also have an uncommon first name. > [sub]and wouldn’t it be cool if I had the same name as twicks! > … except mine doesn’t start with “J” > > **or end with 3 asterisks … oh well.** > [/sub] The asterisks are silent. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-weird-or-am-i/479548/51 "2009-01-04T06:13:24Z")
Happy birthday! Sorry I would have wished it to you yesterday but I was busy doing something really super awesome that I can’t tell you about. ---
**Author:** ![Mbossa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@Mbossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mbossa)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-weird-or-am-i/479548/52 "2009-01-04T07:36:43Z")
[Is this your cousin, by any chance?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TU0IN6w890w) And happy birthday! ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-weird-or-am-i/479548/53 "2009-01-04T08:56:44Z")
Am I the only one more amused by the “job prospects?” line more so than the sack one? It feels so random to include that among the other statements of what he was doing prior to the message and then the message of happy birthday/new years. Why would he add that extra question then at the end? It boggles my mind as to which is weirder. That said- happy birthday! ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-weird-or-am-i/479548/54 "2009-01-04T09:56:50Z")
I think the best approach here is the one suggested by other posters. Weird your cousin out, ideally by taking a leaf from Deputy Director Avery Bullock (from _American Dad!_)'s book: “Hi (M), Sorry I couldn’t get back to you earlier, I was busy doing some stuff with my SO. _Weird_ stuff. _Naked_ stuff. _Butt_ stuff.” See if that doesn’t put him off TMI e-mails for a bit. ;)😃 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-weird-or-am-i/479548/55 "2009-01-04T14:35:36Z")
> [@Ro0sh](#): > > Am I the only one more amused by the “job prospects?” line more so than the sack one? It feels so random to include that among the other statements of what he was doing prior to the message and then the message of happy birthday/new years. Why would he add that extra question then at the end? It boggles my mind as to which is weirder. > > That said- happy birthday! Nah, that’s actually his attempt to take an interest in my life – I’ve been unemployed since April. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-weird-or-am-i/479548/56 "2009-01-04T17:52:08Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > Yes, it’s creepy and happy (belated now) birthday but what really intrigues me is what the name could possibly be, because I also have an uncommon first name. > [sub]and wouldn’t it be cool if I had the same name as twicks! > … except mine doesn’t start with “J” > > or end with 3 asterisks … oh well. > [/sub] Does it begin with an R? Because there’s a four-letter name beginning with R that rhymes with my name, and if you were named that, we could be “twinsies in poesy” (or something). ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-weird-or-am-i/479548/57 "2009-01-04T18:27:29Z")
Why are you guys so secretive about a given name? Just curious. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-weird-or-am-i/479548/58 "2009-01-04T18:33:37Z")
We’re just joking around. (There are several dozen people here who know my first name, at least half of whom know my last name as well. Plus a slew who know my address and/or phone number.) ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-weird-or-am-i/479548/59 "2009-01-04T21:00:21Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > The asterisks are silent. I thought the asterisks were tongue clicks. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-weird-or-am-i/479548/60 "2009-01-04T23:05:07Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > We’re just joking around. (There are several dozen people here who know my first name, at least half of whom know my last name as well. Plus a slew who know my address and/or phone number.) I’ve known two guys named Sally. One I knew only casually. He ran a restaurant on Mulberry st in Little Italy in Manhattan. Best linguini mit clams I ever ate. The other guy was in the Navy with me. A gunner’s mate. Both were Italian. Neither was female. Did I already say “Happy Birthday”? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-weird-or-am-i/479548.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-weird-or-am-i/479548.md?page=4)