Anonymous
Post 01/26/2023 16:18     Subject: Re:What's something that you get really sick and tired of having to explain to people?
Why I don’t practice law even though I have a law degree.

Why I might prefer not to drink even though, no, I am not sober and fo not have a drinking problem.

Why I actually prefer living in a small home.
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2023 16:13     Subject: What's something that you get really sick and tired of having to explain to people?
Anonymous wrote:It's a macaron, not a macaroon.



Well, unless it’s a macaroon, which is a different thing. But no one ever calls macaroons macaron.
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2023 15:52     Subject: What's something that you get really sick and tired of having to explain to people?
What is a HIPAA violation vs what isn’t.


You telling me about your mom’s surgery isn’t a violation. To be a violation, it requires the person to be a healthcare provider who obtained the info through protected means.

So even though, I’m a healthcare provider, I can tell you about my dad’s long, tangled medical history. It’s just gossip unless I got the information when I read his chart while i was employed as a member of his care team.
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2023 15:03     Subject: Re:What's something that you get really sick and tired of having to explain to people?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Not so much explaining but I’m from a different European country and every time someone hears me speak of the first time they tell me how they lived their in college, were based there in the army, have an Aunt who lives there etc etc……. I have to listen to be polite but I just don’t care…..


Not quite the same… but explaining to people that being from Denmark doesn’t make you “Dutch”. People make this mistake all. the. time.
I have Swedish ancestry and went to Sweden as an exchange student. A friend kept confusing Swedish with Swiss.

I'm tired of explaining why I never wanted to marry and why I'm childless.
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2023 14:45     Subject: What's something that you get really sick and tired of having to explain to people?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It's a macaron, not a macaroon.

unless, it is in fact a macaroon.


You beat me to it. This logic gets fuzzy at Passover.
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2023 14:07     Subject: Re:What's something that you get really sick and tired of having to explain to people?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Not so much explaining but I’m from a different European country and every time someone hears me speak of the first time they tell me how they lived their in college, were based there in the army, have an Aunt who lives there etc etc……. I have to listen to be polite but I just don’t care…..


That because my parents came from one Asian country 70 years ago, that I am still American. I do not need to know about the best sushi or pho restaurant you visited or that you like your Chinese dry cleaner. I don't need to know that a Korean family was kind to you when you had your baby and that your child has the best Filipino teacher. I am an American. I speak English well because it is my native and first language and the one I have been speaking for over 50 years. You don't have to speak lower or louder to me because I have Asian features.


+1000
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2023 13:42     Subject: Re:What's something that you get really sick and tired of having to explain to people?
My invisible disease, why I don't eat out, why I tire easily, why I am always home.

Some think I have heart problems. I go with that because it's exhausting to actually correct people.
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2023 13:37     Subject: What's something that you get really sick and tired of having to explain to people?
Anonymous wrote:It's a macaron, not a macaroon.

unless, it is in fact a macaroon.
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2023 13:34     Subject: What's something that you get really sick and tired of having to explain to people?
Tired of having to explain anti-racism to people.

Either you get it or you dont.
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2023 13:29     Subject: Re:What's something that you get really sick and tired of having to explain to people?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:why my kids can't read menus in restaurants, have to stand so close to the TV, etc.

they all have a degenerative eye condition where they're losing their central vision. It sucks. And no one can see that they're actually disabled.


I feel you so much on this, even though I’m an adult. I may have the same genetic condition as your kids. I’m so sorry for them.

It is frustrating to explain to people that I can’t just treat my vision loss with glasses or Lasik. It is literally not correctable or treatable. I know people don’t understand, but it gets really old.


Stargardt's?


Yes. Hang in there. I know it really sucks.
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2023 13:25     Subject: What's something that you get really sick and tired of having to explain to people?
I know you can do the job, but first you have to GET the job. And you may need to do things outside your comfort zone to GET the job.
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2023 13:21     Subject: What's something that you get really sick and tired of having to explain to people?
Anonymous wrote:It's a macaron, not a macaroon.



Omg! Yes.
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2023 13:20     Subject: What's something that you get really sick and tired of having to explain to people?
It's a macaron, not a macaroon.

Anonymous
Post 01/26/2023 12:29     Subject: What's something that you get really sick and tired of having to explain to people?
Anonymous wrote:That I'm just not a 'food' person. I like what I like and I don't like what I don't like. I am always simply happy to be wherever I am with the people I am with and yes, I'd literally be happy with a bowl of rice.

You ever nuke some cheddar cheese on top? Yum.

I had to have a come to Jesus talk with dh when he asked me for the umpteenth time to “just pick something that looks good” from the butcher. None of it “looks good”. I’ll eat it but plz just tell me what you want.
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2023 12:27     Subject: What's something that you get really sick and tired of having to explain to people?
That light and sound both take time to travel through space