Why's *that* embarrassing??

[Guest guest]

I wanted to ask a silly question. If a person is anxious about being

in public and doesn't want to 'be noticed' why would they do something

to *make themselves stand-out* ? For an example: when I go pick the

kids up from school and have the radio playing and the windows down

(only loud enough for me to hear it) when n and Noah get in the

car they say'turn that radio off and shut the window' and practically

shrink down in the seat or if one of them is working the concession

stand and I walk up to get a coke or something they will totally

ignore me and pretend I'm not even there. YET, one of them gave

himself a 'reverse mohawk' and shaved his eyebrows and the other wears

blue or red 'slipper socks' (the kind you get in 1st class on an

airplane) everyday to school.I can't wrap my mind around this. ( I

don't have much to wrap, I guess) This just doesn't make sense to

me...I know the examples I gave include me, but my husband says they

do him the same way.. Is it just us, are we that scary looking?? My

husband even asked them one day if they were embarrassed because he

had gray hair because they do him the same way when he picks them

up...There are other examples, I just can't think of any at the moment.