The Onion

When I first saw the title of this I assumed it was going to be about how onions make people cry when you cut them or whatever, but I found your post to be rather interesting. I've shocked lots of people, mostly because of stereotypes though. Because I like all rock music, I wear all black most of the time, and I'm very shy, you'd think I don't like to talk or that I'm not a fan of the color pink, but my friends learn stuff about me all the time. I know those aren't huge shockers, but to them it kind of is.

I'm sure I shock people. I am a very happy, fun-loving, crazy person who is always finding humor in any situation. However, those that get to know me find that I have a very serious side as well. There is a layer of me that is very emotional, as well as a layer that can be quite competative! Many do not ever see those layers!

lol You are way more imaginative then i am! i have seen the shrek movie and that part was funny! I think i shock some of my friends, but not in the way you mean lol. I shock them by coming up with some STRANGe things, but its the sort of thing that has to come to me spontaniously, i can't just make it happen you know ? lol. I do enjoy their reactions, its usually laughter.. but sometimes its that awkward silence and i can tell they are thinking... WTF WAS THAT. lol. Have you ever gotten that reaction ?

Hello Angelwhispers!:-) I think there are different layers of stimuli to which we react in different layers thus exposing different layers of our personalities. We react differently in social, professional and personal realms of our lives. Our professional politeness can be very different than how polite we are in our personal sphere. Our behavior changes with how intimate we are with the other person and even to same person in different set of conditions. It only shows that how different and varying choices we can make depending upon the motives, conditions, person and our moods. Of course my behavior with my father won't be same as I behave with my boss. We even appear different to our different friends depending upon how we perceive them and what level of intimacy we have with them. Thus a normally reserved, serious and hard looking person can be very frank, playful and soft type of a person with his family and close friends which usually is the case with me. I have also seen inconsistencies in the accounts of my most consistent friends here. It doesn't mean that I think that they are lying but only that they are giving their account or sharing their view from a different perspective. Having said that and despite these logical and understandable personality differences, we may have personality aspects and layers which are totally hidden and that may not be known to anyone. Had I not been married, certain aspects of my personality would have remained unknown and I would have taken them along into my grave. Though I am an open book and people express that I am very simple and hence very predictable, yet, they often comment that there is something more to me but when I ask they can't tell me other than saying that I am very open yet have an air of being very mysterious. My partner was the first one to discover some aspects of my personality and I am not talking about physical aspects. And, though she doesn't lie and every body knows it yet, if she told anybody, no body will believe her, not even my or her parents. She says that she feels proud of being the only one in this world bearing that knowledge about me and that she can't share it with anyone even if she wanted to because no body will believe unless they see for themselves. She was shocked, not only when she discovered but even now whenever she recalls some events. And, though she knows them, she doesn't know how they happened and neither can I explain:-) I asked her many times to forget but she replies that how can she forget something, she has herself seen and experienced. So, yes there are lot of surprises in the box but they may never be known to anyone, other than my partner.

I thought you were going to ask about planting the onion. Well, I guess I'm mistaken. Going back to your question, I believe I'm a bit like an onion. I do have a lot of layers which differ when I speak or see various types of people. What I mean is, my husband sees an angle of my personality which I never show to any of my friends. And then, there's a side of me which only my officemates see. I guess it's the professional side of me. And still, I'm also different when I'm with my college friends or my high school buddies.

I just had spaghetti tonight too, which was what drew me to the discussion. As for my layers... I think I am pretty much an open book with my real friends, so I don't know how many layers I have left to expose.

Hiya pal , I think my onion is cut right through the middle and well exposed tothe world . with me what you see is what you get , I think a bit like you if I am right xxxxxxx

now that just makes me hungry to think about it. The home made sauce is wonderful. I dont think anything can compare to it. I think we all have layers that show when we dont even know they are showing. I want to make people laugh and smile so I hope they all see my happy layer....

I do enjoy the shock on my friends faces when they discover something else about me. Which might I add is not very often. I am a veryt secretive person, and they enjoy trying to figure me out. I have a few good friends that really know me well. I know they do because no matter how good I am I cannot hide me feelings form them. The center of my onion is the ones that no one not even my husband will ever know. I keep them hidden and they are for my eyes only. I know that could be wrong in someones eyes, but not in mine.

Oh I think my friends know the layers of my onion. There is joy, happiness, love, passion, fun, silly, anger, depression, sadness, concern, determination, insanity, sarcasm, politeness, bluntness, advice, biotch, moody, stick to it ness, intelligence, knowledge, experience, friendship, diplomacy, tears and smiles. And it is all inside of me. At times, I think I am a spicy onion. Maybe the cilantro was planted too close to me. LOL

I think alot of ppl are surprised at how deeply things affect me and that I have such tender feelings. Alot of ppl see me as being strong and steady which I'm not always. AT PEACE WITHIN ~~STAND STRONG IN YOUR BELIEFS~~

I don't know that I like shocking someone, but occasionally it happens. I come off as a very conservative person. I see myself more as a free spirit, but I must hide it well. I might make some remark in a conversation, and someone will say "REALLY? You do that? I never thought you would listen to that music, read those books, go to those movies, have that hobby....... The plus side is that I rarely get off color jokes told to me, the negative side is that until they get to know me, I may appear a little boring?

You have heard of the three faces of man. The one one shows to everyone. The one one shows to a few. The one only known to oneself. Shalom~Adoniah Must get back to +s

my friends probably find that some of my layers of personality show that I am shy and introverted while others are shocked that I am also intuitive and love to learn which they seemed to think was odd for a person my age. I keep some layers hidden that I do not share with just anybody. After all my zodiac sign is Scorpio ane we are a bit secretive about ourselve. we are also passionate in our interests.

I think my layers are more like sariayu's spaghetti, only without the molasses.

I shock people quite often if they haven't known me long. I've been told that I give off the impression of being very serious, reserved and somewhat judgemental and thats funny because thats the total opposite of what I'm really like and the way I think. People who know me well or have known me a long time know this. I'm sure I do give off that impression when I meet someone though because usually I spend more time listening to them and watching how they act/react to people because I'm curious to know what kind of "layers" they have. Not because I'm judging them,but just because I'm curious. So when I finally do get to know someone well enough to be myself I'm sure I've shocked quite a few with the way my mind really works LOL. On the other side I've been shocked a few times myself by someone I thought I knew well. Especially my husband(who I've been with for almost 20 yrs).Every once in a while he'll answer someones question or make an observation and I just stop and stare at him because I never would have guessed that he thought that way. So I guess its a good thing to keep some of your layers to yourself once in a while..makes life interesting later on LOL. nice discussion.

So first off you made me very hungry reading your post! Right now I am begging my husband to get up and make some of his famous spaghetti! So on to the onion, I really like that I enjoy peeling back my friends layers and learning about them and that is what makes me interesting. I like being compared to an onion (that sounds weird) but its true. There are so many things that are out there that we show the world and then there are parts of us that only a few people see and then their are the deep inside layers that you really gotta work through (and get teary eyed) to get to!!