What is the one thing about you that surprises people?

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  • DWBalboa
    DWBalboa Posts: 37,259 Member
    That I have a terrible temper. I hide it and manage it but when something pushes me past the break, I'm like a really F'd version of the Taz.
  • USAFProud
    USAFProud Posts: 1,293 Member
    I’m Italian and I absolutely HATE cooking
  • mattig89ch
    mattig89ch Posts: 2,648 Member
    your_future_ex_wife wrote: »
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    jmobes wrote: »
    I don’t drink alcohol. Never acquired the taste for it and I don’t like the feeling of being drunk. Always happy to be a DD before uber 😏

    Same here.

    When folks learn that I don’t drink, they typically think one of two things; either that I have had a drinking problem or that I’m a bible thumper..... I’m neither.

    People who don’t drink sometimes make me nervous. Like, I expect that they’re judging me. Are you judging me?

    Lol, I can't imagine judging someone for drinking. So long as your not trying to pressure me into drinking, then idc if you drink or not. Though I would laugh at you, if you got drunk and started acting silly.
  • your_future_ex_wife
    your_future_ex_wife Posts: 4,278 Member
    mattig89ch wrote: »
    your_future_ex_wife wrote: »
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    jmobes wrote: »
    I don’t drink alcohol. Never acquired the taste for it and I don’t like the feeling of being drunk. Always happy to be a DD before uber 😏

    Same here.

    When folks learn that I don’t drink, they typically think one of two things; either that I have had a drinking problem or that I’m a bible thumper..... I’m neither.

    People who don’t drink sometimes make me nervous. Like, I expect that they’re judging me. Are you judging me?

    Lol, I can't imagine judging someone for drinking. So long as your not trying to pressure me into drinking, then idc if you drink or not. Though I would laugh at you, if you got drunk and started acting silly.
    I am silly stone cold sober so ...
  • mattig89ch
    mattig89ch Posts: 2,648 Member
    edited August 2019
    your_future_ex_wife wrote: »
    mattig89ch wrote: »
    your_future_ex_wife wrote: »
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    jmobes wrote: »
    I don’t drink alcohol. Never acquired the taste for it and I don’t like the feeling of being drunk. Always happy to be a DD before uber 😏

    Same here.

    When folks learn that I don’t drink, they typically think one of two things; either that I have had a drinking problem or that I’m a bible thumper..... I’m neither.

    People who don’t drink sometimes make me nervous. Like, I expect that they’re judging me. Are you judging me?

    Lol, I can't imagine judging someone for drinking. So long as your not trying to pressure me into drinking, then idc if you drink or not. Though I would laugh at you, if you got drunk and started acting silly.
    I am silly stone cold sober so ...

    Even better! More laughs to be had! :D

    Edit: Back on topic, I don't cook. I can follow simple directions, but I don't get any enjoyment out of it. So I don't cook *shrug*
  • WSOX37
    WSOX37 Posts: 1,614 Member
    I hate spiders
  • DWBalboa
    DWBalboa Posts: 37,259 Member
    That I am rather shy in person.
  • your_future_ex_wife
    your_future_ex_wife Posts: 4,278 Member
    forestfreek wrote: »
    That I’m a convicted felon.
    That I was once married to a celebrity.
    That I’m a pathological liar.
    Two of these are true
  • forestfreek
    forestfreek Posts: 5,770 Member
    In all seriousness....
    That I’ve been with the same organization for 24 years. Longevity in the work place seems to be a dying concept.
  • forestfreek
    forestfreek Posts: 5,770 Member
    your_future_ex_wife wrote: »
    forestfreek wrote: »
    That I’m a convicted felon.
    That I was once married to a celebrity.
    That I’m a pathological liar.
    Two of these are true

    Yes. But which 2?😜

  • nighthawk584
    nighthawk584 Posts: 2,023 Member
    forestfreek wrote: »
    In all seriousness....
    That I’ve been with the same organization for 24 years. Longevity in the work place seems to be a dying concept.

    Nice! I was with my company for 31 years
  • slimgirljo15
    slimgirljo15 Posts: 269,456 Member
    nighthawk584 wrote: »
    forestfreek wrote: »
    In all seriousness....
    That I’ve been with the same organization for 24 years. Longevity in the work place seems to be a dying concept.

    Nice! I was with my company for 31 years

    So you started when you were 10? 😁
  • nighthawk584
    nighthawk584 Posts: 2,023 Member
    slimgirljo15 wrote: »
    nighthawk584 wrote: »
    forestfreek wrote: »
    In all seriousness....
    That I’ve been with the same organization for 24 years. Longevity in the work place seems to be a dying concept.

    Nice! I was with my company for 31 years

    So you started when you were 10? 😁

    haha! Nope, 18, right out of high school
  • mattig89ch
    mattig89ch Posts: 2,648 Member
    oh, I got one. I don't like bacon very much. That always kinda surprises people.

    I much prefer sausage
  • Teenybudda
    Teenybudda Posts: 206 Member
    When I was a kid I used to live on the streets.
  • your_future_ex_wife
    your_future_ex_wife Posts: 4,278 Member
    mattig89ch wrote: »
    oh, I got one. I don't like bacon very much. That always kinda surprises people.

    I much prefer sausage

    This does not surprise me.

    Also, breakfast sausage is underrated.

    My long lost breakfast order: Two eggs over easy, corned beef hash, rye toast, two sausage, and a Pepsi.
  • ghudson92
    ghudson92 Posts: 2,061 Member
    Teenybudda wrote: »
    When I was a kid I used to live on the streets.

    Wow I'm sorry to hear that
  • forestfreek
    forestfreek Posts: 5,770 Member
    @Teenybudda - I can relate 🤗🤗🤗
  • ghudson92
    ghudson92 Posts: 2,061 Member
    Teenybudda wrote: »
    ghudson92 wrote: »
    Teenybudda wrote: »
    When I was a kid I used to live on the streets.

    Wow I'm sorry to hear that

    It wasn't actually that bad! (Better than being at 'home' anyway) and was only for a short while.

    Well I'm glad it was only temporary!
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    forestfreek wrote: »
    In all seriousness....
    That I’ve been with the same organization for 24 years. Longevity in the work place seems to be a dying concept.

    I've been at my current job for 6 years, which to me is a chunk of time. A lot of people here have been on the job for 15, 24, 33 years! My coworker is only 36 and has been here for 15 years. I've never seen that anywhere else I have worked. You're definitely right about it being a dying concept.
  • ythannah
    ythannah Posts: 4,371 Member
    forestfreek wrote: »
    In all seriousness....
    That I’ve been with the same organization for 24 years. Longevity in the work place seems to be a dying concept.

    31 years for me. My employer has changed its name twice, and the organizational structure several times, but it's been the same job.
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    mattig89ch wrote: »
    I don't like bacon very much.


    post reported.
  • nooshi713
    nooshi713 Posts: 4,877 Member
    Hmm many people have assumed over the years that I always had an easy life when it is the exact opposite, grew up poor and with a lot of problems.

    I’m not Latina.

    I’m sweet. My face is kind of serious so before they get to know me people have told me they thought I wasn’t friendly.
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    nooshi713 wrote: »
    Hmm many people have assumed over the years that I always had an easy life when it is the exact opposite, grew up poor and with a lot of problems.

    I've had this too. I didn't grow up poor (though certainly not rich, either). But my twenties were a time of debt, living in a moldy trailer for years, driving cars I prayed would make it to my next payday, saving up to get a tooth pulled, etc. Because I have a college degree, no kids, pretty nice life now at 42...a lot of people assume that I went from a sorority to an accounting job in a seamless happy life.

    Come to think of it, most of the same people also assume that my figure now is the heaviest I've ever been which is hilarious since I was over 300 lb in the past.
  • BasedGawd412
    BasedGawd412 Posts: 346 Member
    Highschool dropout, never stepped foot into a college, no technical skills, all I have is my GED.

    I was 27 when I got my driving license.

    My kids were planned at 19.

  • kam26001
    kam26001 Posts: 2,794 Member
    I remember when I was in 7th grade I walked into my 5th period class (the one after lunch, a rambunctious group) and this girl named Cynthia jumps up and says, "Oh my god- I saw you at church yesterday!'

    Then her friend sitting next to her was like, "For reals? He goes to your church?"

    Next thing I know everyone is chattering like it's a Salem witch trial. The teacher quieted the class down and then adds her 2 cents-- "Well that was a shocker! Okay everyone, open your books to...."

    I remember feeling really disappointed that day. I used to dish out jokes, now I felt like I was a joke. You try to better yourself as a person (a 13 year old one at that) and your own peers just can't fathom that. It was a side of darkness I wasn't ready to see.
  • mattig89ch
    mattig89ch Posts: 2,648 Member
    Teenybudda wrote: »
    When I was a kid I used to live on the streets.

    I used to work with someone who claimed to live on the streets for a couple years. He said he mostly stole from convenience stores to get by. Tbh, I never really put much stock in what he said. But that still pretty neat, if it was by choice.
    your_future_ex_wife wrote: »
    mattig89ch wrote: »
    oh, I got one. I don't like bacon very much. That always kinda surprises people.

    I much prefer sausage

    This does not surprise me.

    Also, breakfast sausage is underrated.

    My long lost breakfast order: Two eggs over easy, corned beef hash, rye toast, two sausage, and a Pepsi.

    Yes! Thank you!
  • iMago
    iMago Posts: 8,714 Member
    big fan of hanging out near the grocery store and catcalling women

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