I know that by definition, being aspirants of a simple living lifestyle we may not fit the mold in certain respects but..
Last night I was talking to my DD. I hadn't spoken to her since last weekend when she met her new boyfriend's parents for the first time. So I asked her what they were like. She said, "Oh, they were really nice!" And then in an attempt to describe them she said, "They're more ... um...." She was grasping for a word and I was saying in my mind "please don't say 'normal,' please don't say 'normal."
"They're more.. normal." she said. And then she went on to say that the mom was like the typical soccer mom. Well, I was a "soccer mom" to all 4 of my kids in a literal sense--I wonder how I'm NOT a "soccer mom" mom in the figurative sense?? I have to ask her about that, but the take-away was: his family is normal, her family is not.
Do you consider yourself normal? Would your children, or other family members, describe you as "normal." If not "normal" you take that as a compliment or a concern or are you neutral about it?