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Anonymous wrote:- people who appropriate the ethnicity/culture of their spouse and preen around promoting every cliche of said culture. FYI: your in-laws don’t like you.
- people who think their spouse’s profession somehow makes them the same profession. “As the wife of a surgeon…”

I have three of these in my family (spouse's culture appropriators) and their in-laws seem to love them because they have completely "gone native."

Thinking of the sister in law on Mrs maizel who is always going to Israel

Btw, my crazy mother used to give people medical advice based on the fact that she was a dr’s wife and this is sorta mean but after I got my phd we made a point of referring to my husband as “a doctors husband” and every time she told us she was a doctors wife my husband went on about being a doctor’s husband. He offered a lot of opinions about Chinese politics since that was the subject of my dissertation

That show is very broadly drawn and super stereotypical about Jews, but this is a real thing. I have known several women who married into Jewish families and became more outspoken/observant than their Jewish husband. In one case it was extra weird because she didn't covert, but was very into posting about Jewish holidays and culture on social media and would often interject "as a mother of Jewish children" into conversations and I found it very irritating. It borders on fetishism, like those men who marry much younger Asian women (not Asian-American, just they go to China or Thailand or Singapore and find a wife) and then go on and on about their interest in orientalism. It gives me an icky feeling.

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Anonymous wrote:- people who appropriate the ethnicity/culture of their spouse and preen around promoting every cliche of said culture. FYI: your in-laws don’t like you.
- people who think their spouse’s profession somehow makes them the same profession. “As the wife of a surgeon…”

I have three of these in my family (spouse's culture appropriators) and their in-laws seem to love them because they have completely "gone native."

Thinking of the sister in law on Mrs maizel who is always going to Israel

Btw, my crazy mother used to give people medical advice based on the fact that she was a dr’s wife and this is sorta mean but after I got my phd we made a point of referring to my husband as “a doctors husband” and every time she told us she was a doctors wife my husband went on about being a doctor’s husband. He offered a lot of opinions about Chinese politics since that was the subject of my dissertation

Anonymous wrote:Being "not like other girls"

Laughing so hard. I just had a dozen flashbacks of cheesy pick up attempts from college. “You’re not like other girls…”

Being "a mom" by which I don't mean people who are actually moms, but people who try to mother everyone and view themselves as "the mom" of any office or friend group. Sometimes these people have kids and sometimes they don't. Universally, they are controlling and manipulative (after all, you wouldn't want to disappoint "Mom", right???).

My first real job in my 20s, the director was like this and I really think she thought it made her good at her job. It was sooooo toxic.

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Anonymous wrote:People in therapy

OMG! Yes! Most people do NOT need to go to therapy. Going to therapy is not something to be proud of and is not something that should be talked about publicly. I have several friends who go to therapy and I have to try not to visibly cringe when they talk about it. Sometimes I want to scream at them, "Stop talking about your therapist!"

Going to therapy IS something to be proud of. It means people are being proactive about their mental health which is a good thing. People should talk about it publicly because in the past there was stigma about such things and there shouldn’t be. It is in the public interest to encourage and normalize therapy for those who need it.

DP yes, but when it’s their main personality trait it’s immature and self-centered

Being "not like other girls"

Gardening

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Anonymous wrote:Pregnant women on social media!

We get it, you’re pregnant! We don’t need daily belly pics complete with dramatic belly rubs. We see your belly, you don’t need to point it out.

I’ll give a pass for first time moms. But for the moms who are pregnant with baby #4, you’re annoying as all hell.

I think a LOT of influencers and influencer-wanna-bes have a lot of kids because they become addicted to the very specific brand of attention they get from being pregnant and having babies. There are a lot of people who will like/comment on every.single.photo that features a pregnant woman or baby. So if your whole thing is "look at me!" then getting knocked up and having a kid is a surprisingly easy way to keep some eyeballs on you.

I am not sure who is weirder -- the people having kids because they so enjoy the attention, or the people who are obsessed with babies and give them the attention. It's all strange. And I'm a mom.

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Anonymous wrote:Loving Disney
Newlyweds

You mean Disney Adults? Childless 35-year-olds that wear Winnie the Pooh gear? Yeah, weird.

Disney Adults, Harry Potter Adults, Nightmare before Christmas adults....I have multiples of these in my workplace. Mid-to-late 30s, coupled with no kids, and this is their #1 personality trait.

Anonymous wrote:Social justice warrior
Girl boss
Vegan
Autism

Autism is literally a personality disorder. so, sorry, it is literally a whole personality

Anonymous wrote:- people who appropriate the ethnicity/culture of their spouse and preen around promoting every cliche of said culture. FYI: your in-laws don’t like you.
- people who think their spouse’s profession somehow makes them the same profession. “As the wife of a surgeon…”

I have three of these in my family (spouse's culture appropriators) and their in-laws seem to love them because they have completely "gone native."

Being liberal / democrat

Anonymous wrote:Having a child with a peanut allergy

That is a whole personality. Tree nuts are everywhere. They gotta stay on top of that

Anonymous wrote:Coffee!

Tea

At different points in my life Ironman and CrossFit have been major parts of my personality. I got better, though. (Better at not making them my personality, that is. I haven’t really gotten better at either sport).

I wasn’t trying to be annoying. It was just really fun to think and talk about them when I was into the hobbies.