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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, you don’t have to respond to every post.

When you ask the question, people are not lying, they simply don’t understand what you are asking as it is a generic question. If you want a specific answer, ask a specific question.

Again, most people are not lying, have insecurity issues, are embarrassed —- they simply don’t know you want to know they’re home town.

What a strange hill to die on.[/quote]

[b]I mean... "where are you from?" is pretty specific. [/b] But like I said, I can shift over to "where did you grow up" if so many people are going to be disingenuous.

But I dont think the real answer is confusion.  It's a simple answer, except for those who grew up in multiple cities (which i totally get)

I think the posters talking about now wanting to be judged for where they're from are the ones actually being honest. And I can at least respect THAT honesty [/quote]

The thing is, as many people have pointed out, it's not.  It's meaning depends on the context.  You refuse to accept this even though every normal person understands it, because it's really important to you, for some reason I cannot begin to imagine, that people be ashamed of not being from a city.  [/quote]

it really is.  And the deliberate "Huh? I dont understand the question" ignorant act is pretty crazy.  Unless you grew up traveling from place to place, you knew where you grew up.

Anyway, i will start asking "where did you grew up" to cut out the BS.  I already said several times I have no problem doing that at all, since that will cut the song and dance [/quote]

My kids thus far have grown up in 2-4 countries each. At different points in their lives, different cultures had an impact on them. So did my culture (from Europe) and their father's culture (from the US). Where is it correct for them to say they grew up, according to you - especially if they don't feel like being vague or telling you their whole life story?[/quote]

As I said, I understand military people or people that moved around a lot might not have the simple answer to this question- I have no judgement for them.  But I think you could easily say something like "They've lived in several countries, the most recent was ___" or "several countries, the longest time being in ____".  Whatever you feel is the most accurate answer for the place that shaped them the most/they spent the most formative years in[/quote]

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