So I've been having a very strange thing happen to me lately and I was wondering if any of you lovely ladies have had the same experience and what you think/do about it.

A few weeks ago I was out to lunch with my husband and niece and a lovely woman came up to our table to compliment me on my look/hairstyle. Then she proceeded to take out her iPhone and asked if she could take my photo. I was a little taken aback, so I just said yes. She then said "I'm going to post this on my Twitter account for my friends to see". She also took photos of my tattoos (1/2 sleeves on each arm). I found the photo the next day and it was NOT the photo that I "posed" for. It was clearly a photo she had taken of me from across the room at her table. Granted she stated in ther Tweet "this photo doesn't do her justice".

Anyway, last night my husband and best friend and I were at The Gathering here in Baltimore (a gathering of food trucks with music and stuff), we were sitting down to eat and my husband said there were two ladies taking my photo again. When I turned around to see, they came over and then asked me if they could take my photo. One asked if I was a movie star (I should have said yes), this time they showed me the photos and they actually turned out quite nice. Then they both said they were going to post them on their Facebook pages. FYI I was wearing the Ginger Dress in Green Atomic Print.

Now I understand the pinup models must get this all the time, either they get recongnized or people just love what they are wearing (and of course they are stunningly gorgeous). But I'm not used to THIS type of attention. I'm pretty much in PUG/Rockabilly/Classic 40's style every single day, and I'm a makeup artist/esthetician so I'm used to compliments on my clothes/hair/makeup. But taking my photo????

I'm starting to feel like people see me as a character and not as a person. Is this the price I pay for my style? Should I just see this as a good thing and not fret about it? Or does anyone think this is a bit strange?