What things do people ASSUME you like...

[Robinrs]

Because I was in madrigals + musicals in high school, and am a huge musical buff, everyone assumes I'm a huge Glee fan. Never seen the show, never care to. (Still mad it beat Modern Family for Best Comedy at the Golden Globes. Hmph.)

LOL!!! I have a degree in theatre and have been in musical theatre most of my life and I've NEVER seen it (nor care to!). Shocks people!!

 

[starrzone]

Oh I am WITH you on the chick flicks. Last Friday a co worker asked me if I'd like to go see "Dear John" with her.... I told her "you don't know me at ALL, do you????"

ME TOO!!! I am EXACTLY like this. I despise movies like this, and most of all Nicholas Sparks's books. Yuck!

 

[Robinrs]

Yes, it makes it really difficult to just, you know, be.



I'm brown and live in Oklahoma, but when I'm in Texas, guys will come up to me and start speaking Spanish. I'd love to see what I look like with the blank stare that comes over my face.

I'm a fair skinned black and live in Atlanta... I get the spanish speak ALL OF THE TIME. I'm short and wear a long ponytail, my sister said it's time to get a new hairdo.

Funny thing is I DO understand it but don't speak it fluently. I spoke it in NY because I was engaged to a Cuban AND a Puerto Rican and spoke it all the time. Here I barely use it but they will assume I know it without asking. The blank stare usually comes from them when I go !

 

[starrzone]

I'm brown and live in Oklahoma, but when I'm in Texas, guys will come up to me and start speaking Spanish. I'd love to see what I look like with the blank stare that comes over my face.

Sort of on a related note- I live in an area of Canada where French is quite predominantly spoken. I have a friend whose first and last names are very French-sounding, yet she can't speak a WORD of the language! She told me that many, many times, once people see her name they start speaking French to her (DMV, school, etc.), and they are surprised and sometimes even shocked that she can't speak French back!

 

[PolyndianPrincessJes]

Sort of on a related note- I live in an area of Canada where French is quite predominantly spoken. I have a friend whose first and last names are very French-sounding, yet she can't speak a WORD of the language! She told me that many, many times, once people see her name they start speaking French to her (DMV, school, etc.), and they are surprised and sometimes even shocked that she can't speak French back!

And, while I may look like I should understand and speak Spanish...I speak French!

 

[monkeybug]

Just because I like to make things from scratch, plan parties, and am quite crafty, does NOT mean I'm Martha Stewart, or mommy stewart as my family likes to call me!
If Martha saw my laundry pile she would drop dead.
My house get's messy, we eat chicken nuggets sometimes (I'm actually eating mickey mouse shaped ones from Costco right now. They are kinda' gross.), and I have no problem going to bed with a sink full of dishes! (sorry grandma!)

 

[WDWRocksMySocks]

Just b/c I'm 6' tall doesn't mean I shouldn't wear heels. I have no qualms wearing 4" heels.

Just b/c I'm girly doesn't mean I can't enjoy my sports. I'm fully aware who the starting rotation is for the Cubs WITHOUT the help of my DH.

Just b/c I'm LDS doesn't mean I have ten kids and am Suzy Homemaker.

Oh, and just b/c I'm 6' doesn't mean I played basketball in college. ::eye roll::

 

[monkeybug]

Just b/c I'm 6' tall doesn't mean I shouldn't wear heels. I have no qualms wearing 4" heels.

Just b/c I'm girly doesn't mean I can't enjoy my sports. I'm fully aware who the starting rotation is for the Cubs WITHOUT the help of my DH.

Just b/c I'm LDS doesn't mean I have ten kids and am Suzy Homemaker.

Oh, and just b/c I'm 6' doesn't mean I played basketball in college. ::eye roll::

OK but if you are LDS you bring green jello to every potluck right?

 

[WDWRocksMySocks]

OK but if you are LDS you bring green jello to every potluck right?

HA!!! No...I bring red.

 

[SydSim]

Just because I work at night, doesn't mean that I sleep on the job. Umm, I sleep when I get home so that I can do my job at night

 

[monkeybug]

HA!!! No...I bring red.

What??? Your no Molly Mormon/Suzy Homemaker AND you don't bring Green Jello??? OH my Dang, Heck, Fetch!!!!
Next you'll be telling me popcorn doesn't pop on the Apricot tree!!!!

 

[WDWRocksMySocks]

What??? Your no Molly Mormon/Suzy Homemaker AND you don't bring Green Jello??? OH my Dang, Heck, Fetch!!!!
Next you'll be telling me popcorn doesn't pop on the Apricot tree!!!!

Don't be silly...of course popcorn pops on the apricot tree.

 

[ShootingStarMom2]

Just because I have 2 sons doesn't mean I really want a girl next. So many people have asked us are you going to have a girl next? Trying for a girl? Don't they need a little sister? Wouldn't it be fun to have some pink around?

I'd love to have a third child and honestly I think another boy would be fine. I have everything I need as far as toys and clothes, I 'know' boys, and my 2 love their mommy so much! It irks me when people are sad or disappointed that they are having one or the other.

Just because my husband is a mechanic doesn't mean that he can tell you what's wrong with your car from the sound it makes. Or, that I can describe the sound to him and get back to you with a diagnosis.

 

[LiLIrishChick63]

people always assume i like the tv show Six Feet Under. i CONSTANTLY get told "i would think it would be right up your alley!" (which....i really don't know how to take that lol!) and i've tried to watch but i never got into it.

people also always assume i'm "artsy" and i don't know why, but i get it A LOT! no...i don't draw...no i don't write....but people assume i'm doing one of the two. it's weird, i hear "you LOOK like the artsy type" whatever that means.


and a new one...yes i've been married for two years...NO we're not trying for children yet "just because we're married now"...that questions drives me NUTS!!

 

[Mysteria]

The top of my list just because it happens so often. Don't assume that because my last name is Spanish that I am hispanic and/or speak Spanish.

 

[tink_n_pooh]

I don't even know who Tyler Perry is

Just because I am 5'0" doesn't mean I'm 12 - we were on a disney cruise last week and as we were disembarqing the cast member asked me if those were my parents behind me. I had to tell him no but that is my husband next to me in the opposite line

And I may be from NJ but don't ask me "what exit?", I was never even on the Parkway until after I met my husband. No I'm not Italian. No I have never seen the Real Housewives of anywhere and the only line I know from the Godfather is "leave the gun, take the cannolli"

 

[Robinrs]

I don't even know who Tyler Perry is

I just changed the channel and he was being given an award on Fox...

I can't seem to ESCAPE HIM!!

 

[SOnotLayuh]

Just because I was president of the feminist club DOES NOT mean I'm a lesbian, a bra-burner, or have been broken hearted over too many men! To the contrary, I'm married - and I LOVE my husband! And he has no problem driving my car that has a sticker saying "Feminism: The radical belief that women are people!".

Also, I second the whole people assuming we're going to have children just because we're married now! They say "just wait..." or "there could be an accident!", I especially hate this because I'm reproductively challenged! And people who know this still make these comments!

The last is that my name is pronounced Lay-uh and that I wear my hair in cinnamon buns all the time. (The name is spelled Leia, but they call her Lee-uh until Han Solo comes along!) I can't go a single day of my life without a star wars comment!

 

[turkeymama]

I am from the South.....I do not live in a house trailer, I do not own a hound dog, I do not drive a pickup truck (but DH does, LOL!). I am not racist/predjudiced against black people, Mexicans, Asians, or homosexuals.

I do not eat possum, squirrel, raccoon, rabbits or any other form of wildlife that I have killed myself.

I am not missing any teeth!

I haven't read all the responses yet, so I don't know if someone beat me to this one or not. I feel compelled to add to yours since I'm from Louisiana too.

Just because I live in Louisiana (this is to all my out of state buddies) doesn't mean I need a boat to get to the local store and I don't have alligators in my backyard. At least, I don't have them in my backyard anymore.

 

[turkeymama]

Just because I married into a family who thinks the best past time in the world is watching LSU football doesn't mean I agree with them. Football is not my thing and the more you tell me that I'll be "hooked like the rest of us in no time" doesn't change anything. In fact, it might just have the opposite effect on me.