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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I commiserate. A coworker did this to me. It was the lawyer in the office across the hall from me, and it got really weird. At first it was glasses; I got glasses for reading and for looking at the computer screen. She got the exact same glasses -- with zero prescription. She always wore ugly loafer type shoes, but then she started wearing high heels that looked just like mine, and she couldn't walk in them to save her life. Then it was my bag, she got the same one. Then she started ordering the same Boden dresses I was wearing. It creeped me the hell out. I never said anything -- what was I going to do? Cry out "You're copying me!" like an 8th grader? No longer at that job.

My sister has done some of this as well. A few years ago at Christmas my niece was holding a bottle of perfume and saying how "We get it for mom every year! It's her signature scent! She's always been known for it!" ... and... it was my signature scent. From about 20 years ago. I love that perfume and I was known for it, not her. I don't wear it anymore, it's very out of date. Super irritating anyway.

To the people who think it is flattery and say people shouldn't be annoyed -- I say it is more like IP theft. It annoys the hell out of me.  [/quote]

Oh boy, I could be that co-worker. I look around for styles and sometimes I will buy something I like that I've seen on another person. I fully admit, I have a co-worker who is super stylish and me, being a middle aged millenial who feels like I don't know what's stylish anymore, I've definitely mimicked a few of her styles because I liked them. Not like, the exact same pattern or anything though. That would definitely be too far. But then it keeps going - I have another co-worker who admired a few things I (and some other co-workers) wore and then went an ordered them herself! We were just flattered though. We all get along and don't see this as a big deal.

My MIL does some irritating things like folding my laundry, etc, redoing kids drawers, but not copying what I wear. I still view that as flattery, it wouldn't bother me![/quote]

DP to add, having a "signature scent" seems kinda weird/controlling - nobody else can have that scent? [/quote]

PP here with the perfume story. I didn't object to my sister wearing the perfume; I objected to her having passed off part of my life story as hers. It was big weird lie. Not cool. [/quote]

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