People who lie about where they're from

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was born in another country, immigrated here and moved around a lot as a child. Then I went to college and grad school in different cities, worked in nyc and then moved to dc (Virginia).

Depending on who I’m talking to, I may say I’m from X country since I was born there and identify culturally. Other times I may say I’m from ny since I just moved from there. I got married there, had 2 of my kids there, etc. other times I may say I lived in A or B state if I meet a person from A or B state. I did grow up in A and B state but not my entire childhood.

If I’m overseas or on the west coast, I say I’m from dc. I worked in dc but never actually lived there. We live in VA. I do not think I am lying by telling people I’m from dc. We have lived here for over 10 years. My kids are from here although they were born in nyc.

There was once this nosy busybody who told another friend to watch out for me because I was a liar. I had said I went to college in X. X was the city of the college where my college was located but I went to a different named college. I also went to grad school twice so attended in different cities. The busybody was convinced I was a liar. I always thought she was weird. It wasn’t even worth it to explain to her that I lived in several states when I was a child.

I have a friend who I met thinking she was from the west coast. I learned later she mostly grew up in Canada and was born in another country. I really don’t care where she is from.

I have a friend from California who seems obsessed with WHERE in California someone is from. I have a friend from a suburb of LA. She grew up there and I always thought she was from LA. My friend always corrects me and says she is not from LA. Another friend is from the Midwest and went CA for grad school, got married there and lived there before moving to DC. CA friend again says how my friend is not really from CA.

OP, this says more about you than others.

Sounds like she was right though...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ve been here 20 years, longer than any single place I have ever lived. Why does the town where I went to high school have to have any greater significance?

Because age 0-18 made you who you are. It's your stock. It's your personality. It's your roots. No matter how carefully your curate your current patina, you'll always be that 0-18 at your core. And you know it.

Whatever place “curated” you stinks. Your patina smells like festering pantyliner.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was born in another country, immigrated here and moved around a lot as a child. Then I went to college and grad school in different cities, worked in nyc and then moved to dc (Virginia).

Depending on who I’m talking to, I may say I’m from X country since I was born there and identify culturally. Other times I may say I’m from ny since I just moved from there. I got married there, had 2 of my kids there, etc. other times I may say I lived in A or B state if I meet a person from A or B state. I did grow up in A and B state but not my entire childhood.

If I’m overseas or on the west coast, I say I’m from dc. I worked in dc but never actually lived there. We live in VA. I do not think I am lying by telling people I’m from dc. We have lived here for over 10 years. My kids are from here although they were born in nyc.

There was once this nosy busybody who told another friend to watch out for me because I was a liar. I had said I went to college in X. X was the city of the college where my college was located but I went to a different named college. I also went to grad school twice so attended in different cities. The busybody was convinced I was a liar. I always thought she was weird. It wasn’t even worth it to explain to her that I lived in several states when I was a child.

I have a friend who I met thinking she was from the west coast. I learned later she mostly grew up in Canada and was born in another country. I really don’t care where she is from.

I have a friend from California who seems obsessed with WHERE in California someone is from. I have a friend from a suburb of LA. She grew up there and I always thought she was from LA. My friend always corrects me and is not really from CA.

OP, this says more about you than others.

Sounds like she was right though...

n Pittsb

Uh, I don't think she lied. I could say I went to school in Boston, but not be at BU or BC, but Emerson or Tufts. Just because some dummy heard it wrong doesn't mean I lied. Or say I went to school in Pittsburgh, and someone assumes I meant Pitt, not Duquesne.And depending on who I am talking to, I may say I went to school in Austin, where I did my PhD.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was born in another country, immigrated here and moved around a lot as a child. Then I went to college and grad school in different cities, worked in nyc and then moved to dc (Virginia).

Depending on who I’m talking to, I may say I’m from X country since I was born there and identify culturally. Other times I may say I’m from ny since I just moved from there. I got married there, had 2 of my kids there, etc. other times I may say I lived in A or B state if I meet a person from A or B state. I did grow up in A and B state but not my entire childhood.

If I’m overseas or on the west coast, I say I’m from dc. I worked in dc but never actually lived there. We live in VA. I do not think I am lying by telling people I’m from dc. We have lived here for over 10 years. My kids are from here although they were born in nyc.

There was once this nosy busybody who told another friend to watch out for me because I was a liar. I had said I went to college in X. X was the city of the college where my college was located but I went to a different named college. I also went to grad school twice so attended in different cities. The busybody was convinced I was a liar. I always thought she was weird. It wasn’t even worth it to explain to her that I lived in several states when I was a child.

I have a friend who I met thinking she was from the west coast. I learned later she mostly grew up in Canada and was born in another country. I really don’t care where she is from.

I have a friend from California who seems obsessed with WHERE in California someone is from. I have a friend from a suburb of LA. She grew up there and I always thought she was from LA. My friend always corrects me and is not really from CA.

OP, this says more about you than others.

Sounds like she was right though...

n Pittsb

Uh, I don't think she lied. I could say I went to school in Boston, but not be at BU or BC, but Emerson or Tufts. Just because some dummy heard it wrong doesn't mean I lied. Or say I went to school in Pittsburgh, and someone assumes I meant Pitt, not Duquesne.And depending on who I am talking to, I may say I went to school in Austin, where I did my PhD.

She did though. She often tells people shes from NYC when she's not even from the US, let alone Manhattan. She fudges all these details and then acts shocked when people notice it

[Anonymous]

I'm from an UMC part of Long Island. But we never fit in there, and couldn't truly afford the lifestyle. So I just say I'm from Queens, where my grandparents are from.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What, OP, you didn’t get enough engagement last time you started this thread?

Get over it, my obsessed friend.

Came here to say the same thing.

Shut up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What, OP, you didn’t get enough engagement last time you started this thread?

Get over it, my obsessed friend.

Came here to say the same thing.

Shut up.

I dredged up the thread and am not the OP. It's something multiple people notice and are aware of. Get over it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What, OP, you didn’t get enough engagement last time you started this thread?

Get over it, my obsessed friend.

Came here to say the same thing.

Shut up.

I dredged up the thread and am not the OP. It's something multiple people notice and are aware of. Get over it.

Ok then, so then there are more idiots out there than I thought. Unsurprising.

[Anonymous]

It’s just a function of not wanting to explain yourself. I grew up in Bethesda, now I live in NYC. I lived in Philadelphia before that.

When someone asks where I’m from as part of casual conversation, I say some variation of “the DC suburbs - the MD side.” If it’s someone familiar with the DC area I say Bethesda.

When I’m out of town (not in DC or NYC) and someone casually asks where I’m from I say NYC. I’m an adult, I live in NYC, and that’s the context I’m looking for when I ask the question. If they asked where I grew up I’d say MD.

I’m not sure if you consider this lying or not, but it’s just based on context and what makes sense to say. I don’t think people from Duluth or wherever are embarrassed about their origins, it’s literally just easier to say DC if that’s where they live.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was born in another country, immigrated here and moved around a lot as a child. Then I went to college and grad school in different cities, worked in nyc and then moved to dc (Virginia).

Depending on who I’m talking to, I may say I’m from X country since I was born there and identify culturally. Other times I may say I’m from ny since I just moved from there. I got married there, had 2 of my kids there, etc. other times I may say I lived in A or B state if I meet a person from A or B state. I did grow up in A and B state but not my entire childhood.

If I’m overseas or on the west coast, I say I’m from dc. I worked in dc but never actually lived there. We live in VA. I do not think I am lying by telling people I’m from dc. We have lived here for over 10 years. My kids are from here although they were born in nyc.

There was once this nosy busybody who told another friend to watch out for me because I was a liar. I had said I went to college in X. X was the city of the college where my college was located but I went to a different named college. I also went to grad school twice so attended in different cities. The busybody was convinced I was a liar. I always thought she was weird. It wasn’t even worth it to explain to her that I lived in several states when I was a child.

I have a friend who I met thinking she was from the west coast. I learned later she mostly grew up in Canada and was born in another country. I really don’t care where she is from.

I have a friend from California who seems obsessed with WHERE in California someone is from. I have a friend from a suburb of LA. She grew up there and I always thought she was from LA. My friend always corrects me and is not really from CA.

OP, this says more about you than others.

Sounds like she was right though...

n Pittsb

Uh, I don't think she lied. I could say I went to school in Boston, but not be at BU or BC, but Emerson or Tufts. Just because some dummy heard it wrong doesn't mean I lied. Or say I went to school in Pittsburgh, and someone assumes I meant Pitt, not Duquesne.And depending on who I am talking to, I may say I went to school in Austin, where I did my PhD.

She did though. She often tells people shes from NYC when she's not even from the US, let alone Manhattan. She fudges all these details and then acts shocked when people notice it

+1

If she feels it's inaccurate to say she's "from" her country of origin than she could say "I grew up all over." To say you're from a place you have only lived in as an adult is incorrect and everyone knows this. She's being intentionally misleading.

I've lived in DC for 23 years and before that I lived in SF for 5. But if someone asks where I'm from I tell them Colorado, where I grew up, because I know that's what they mean. I will sometimes also say "but that doesn't feel like home anymore" or "I never really felt like a Colorado person" because I know a lot of people have an idea in their head of what Colorado people are like and I'm not it. But I don't try to conceal the fact that I'm from there because I have no reason to. DC and SF are not inherently superior to CO even if I feel like they are more suitable places for me to live. I actually don't think any place is inherently superior to anywhere else. It's just a question of whether it's the right ght place for a particular person.

[Anonymous]

Where are you from?
From Arlington
But your accent is not from Arlington.
How did you get here?
By car
What language do you speak?
English, French, German, Spanish, and the language of love. How many languages do YOU speak?
How long have you been in the U.S.?
Long enough to be a good citizen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What, OP, you didn’t get enough engagement last time you started this thread?

Get over it, my obsessed friend.

Came here to say the same thing.

Shut up.

I dredged up the thread and am not the OP. It's something multiple people notice and are aware of. Get over it.

Ok then, so then there are more idiots out there than I thought. Unsurprising.

There's lots of people judging you for your lies and insecurity. Who see right thru you

[Anonymous]

Do we really need this topic a second time!?!?