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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had a girlfriend once who was really cool, I loved hanging out with her and we got along very well but then she introduced me to a guy from one of her classes she had befriended and when he hit on me and asked me out she lost her mind - she knew he didn’t like her in a romantic way, but she was firm in her conviction that I should not even consider dating any man she was attracted to and had met first so had ‘dibs’ on.

Like owning a brand of perfume, or a designer handbag style, or a clothing brand or style. You main characters who are freaking out over a family member or friend or colleague ‘stealing’ your style have ‘stolen’ all of your own styles from some designer who is far more fashion savvy than you.

Get over yourselves. [/quote]

I hear what you’re saying, truly. But you might just have to accept that you don’t “get it”. Both my mother and a good friend of mine did this to me. It was very single white female for those of us old enough to remember that reference. For example, for years I had used a certain mythical creature as my online name back when we didn’t use our real names as much for that. I talked about why I’d picked it and why I identified with it. I used it for years. Years later, my (now former) bff got a tattoo of said creature and claimed it was her symbol for years. Which was not true. And never acknowledged that it was something I had used in past decades. Is there anything wrong or unethical or illegal here? Absolutely not. But it is WEIRD. Now I highly suspect, after years and years of other observations and patterns, that she is actually bipolar. Just saying that I know it seems petty from the outside, but there is definitely something strange about chronic mimicking behavior, especially when it’s not acknowledged (“Oh wow, I love that bag. I’m totally getting one too. You have amazing style!’”). [/quote]

Oh, FFS. You did not invent and do not own mermaids/dragons/gryphons/ whatever mythical creature your friend got tattooed. The whole point about mythology is that it is shared within a culture. Go read some Joseph Campbell and stop stewing about your friend’s phoenix tattoo. [/quote]

You really are missing the point. And why are you so defensive? Guilty? [/quote]

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