Peeling an onion?

[question everything]

I was ready to chop white onion for the turkey chili.

As usual I started by peeling the first top layers of transparent thin layers and… it seemed to never end.

I finally did chop it but in the bowls there were layers of translucent of pieces of onion that we would out aside.

Is there something like a bad onion? I wonder whether I should switch to frozen chopped one..