First off, I am his dad's girlfriend. We have been together for almost a year and we have his son the better part of the time. For lack of a better word, he just acts odd to me. He doesn't take well more than one direction at one time. (Ex. Asked him to take his plate to the kitchen, then take his shoes off. He stopped in the middle of the dining room, set the plate down & was going to remove his shoes.) He has become very "clingy" toward his dad. He is an only child, and his mom is getting married this fall. He recently told a family member that his mom's fiance called him "stupid", which he did not. Then he asked his Dad, "why did you call me stupid?" when he had not even said that word. He becomes very attached to certain toys, and acts like he can not live with out them (Ex. action figures, & Hot wheels) and he'll find something to carry them around in, right now it's a stocking cap, and continuiously have them. I'm not the only one who finds his behaviors "odd." My family has asked me about it, and I don't know what to say. Sometimes he get's a little "touchy" with me. Nothing too inappropriate. Just he'll rub my leg, or come up to me & kiss my arm. He just does random acts of love. What I am asking is this normal behavior for a 4 year old boy, or am I just being paranoid?