I have!

At work, i told this guy i liked GORILLAZ and the song "Feel Good"...cause he was listening to one of their CD's. He told me he would burn a CD for me if i'd like. ..and so he did. Later, the girl that works there found out about this, and she was like...He made a CD for YOU???? ....i said..yeh...why, is that weird? ..she mumbled something, i couldn't make it out, then she got all quiet.
Then another time, she happened to ask me something and i said..."Hell no"... lol ..then her mouth fell open. she said.. Carolyn, i never heard you talk that way!! ...i said yeh, i've been known to use a few choice words now and then. ..then she kinda walks away....grrrrrrrr...
Another time, my boss asked me what kind of music i like. I mentioned The White Stripes, only because i had just seen them in concert, and had just got their new CD. (Dont worry, i mentioned the Vines and the Strokes too). Anyway, she said she was gonna look up the WS online to see what kind of music it was, cause she wasnt familiar with them. The next day, she told me she looked them up and downloaded a few songs. Well, her mouth dropped open and she started laughing at me and said...You like THAT kind of music? That's so hard!!! I didn't think you were into THAT kind of music!!! ........

And yet another time, back in the late 80's, i had an album by "Vanity"...(i dunno if you all remember her)...anyway, this girl that i knew said to me....This is YOURS?? I didnt think you liked that kinda stuff!!!


See what i'm getting at here? WTF do these people think i am? Why are they so shocked that i like rock music and am able to use off color language? What is it about me that people think that of me?

Pisses me the fuck off!!




This ever happen to anyone else? People getting the wrong impression of you?

One time, this girl thought I was a girl too, but, I whipped my cock out and showed her.

I know what you mean, it's stupid but also very interesting to see.

People think i'm russian
just because when they know my name (nadia) they ask me "from what country is that name?" i tell name that nadia is an russian name so for them the conclusion: i'm russian...
yeah yeah im Ruski

People think I'm gothic. They're shocked to find out I actually like decent music.

People often think I'm some sort of snobby prep/chav. I blame all those effing chavs for copying the "indie" look.

Also, people always think I'm really fucking arrogant. I just have this certain "look" that makes people think I'm bad news. I'm quite nice, really.

I think people tend to assume i'm more "hardcore" than i actually am. I am partly to blame though, all i basically wear is black band shirts. And that=hardcore around here. I really wish to expand my horizons, but i'm too lazy to make my OWN clothes and there are shit stores around.

Was she convinced? or no?


Back on topic now..
I HATE people thinking i'm some kind of conservative prude or something, cause that's what they're making me out to be.
I feel like i'm leading a double life! Can you imagine if they knew how i really am? and what a perve i am here online and stuff? they'd faint down dead!

But WTF! what an insult!!

Maybe its because i'm quiet most of the time...so they think that means i dont like rock music or can swear. I dont know!

IDGITS!

In 8th grade kids on the bus were making fun of me calling me a dyke because i had baggy army pants on. They were my brothers and were the only comfy pants i had. Anyway, their comments made me cry (i was....14?)

So yeah, I get what you mean. I fucking hate people who form utterly ridiculous concepts about others when they dont even know the person.

Exactly! We need to show them how wrong they are.

hahaha yes yes, violence if necessary people. Malcolm X style. that is, until he changed his views...

Oh, very good.

That's good. I was worried.





At work i must put off an ultra conservative persona or somethin...i dunno..but it sure pisses me off.

A couple of people think Im a crackwhore bu-
..wait.


Just kidding.
But some people with me always really do think I am like the biggest junkie ever.
Im not though, at all.
Im not into hard drugs.
But I guess its the way I dress and act I guess?
Like Im too crazy and dress differently than everyone else so I guess people suspect Im on drugs..which bothers me because Im just being myself.
Stereotypes drive me crazy. Plus the fact that my favorite artist is Courtney Love, people are like OMG T0TALLII. SHES SOOO ROCKLAND GIRL.
(I live in a town called Rockland, and a rockland girl is an example of a crackwhore going no where in life.)

I dont want to be compared like that.
I do decent in school.
I have a lot of friends.
I dont live in the projects.
I dont have melted makeup to the floor with heavy eyeliner.
Hah. I dont know.
It just goes to show you, you cant judge a book by its cover.

People in turkey think I am yugoslavian...
People in school think I am depressed...
People assume my name is spelled Niamh...
People in school think I am not into different genres of music...

well what kind of clothes do you wear? If its all pink, yellow, and girly im sure that could be a reason...but then again, some people are just too stupid

Yes they are! Stooopid stereotypes~!
I never dress girlie anyway, so that aint it. But i dont dress like i dress at home or when i go to concerts and stuff..lets put it that way! ..and i always wear my hair in a ponytail there.
I let my hair down when i come home...in more ways then one....fer shure!
I think its more the way i act. I'm like a different person at work. Quiet the vast majority of the time, and when i do talk, i never usually talk about my own interests or nothin. It's all just basic generic stuff. They know ZERO about me. this other lady knows a little more, like she knows i like paranormal type stuff, but thats about it.
All tho my boss knows i go to concerts and stuff. like sometimes she'll ask me...sooo..anymore concerts lined up?
Oh yeah! And they all know i'm an artist!

If I wear pink people treats me like I'm spoiled,or like a child, I mean they're TOO nice with me, just because someone dresses nice doesn't mean it's an idiot.My ex friends didn't like that color and they sort of got mad at me because I wore it, I guess they thought that if they dressed all black everyday I was gonna do the same thing,but I've always thought that dressing of one color every single day of the year is boring and monotonous, so I always dressed my own way,the way I like it,and I do that in every aspect of my life,I do my own thing,and sometimes people don't expect that from me,they think I'm gonna go with the flow or something and it's not like that,so when I don't do what they expect from me they get mad at me
oh,and I remember once when I stayed talking all night with my friend at a party and all of his jealous ex-girlfriends and other friends too thought I was going out with him, I mean...can't someone just talk to a friend without being his girlfriend?

I don't really pay much attention
but people do tend to talk to me like a little kid

and I think I come off as stupid to some people

and there was a rumor going around my highschool that I was a lesbian
and yeah

well I surprise people alot I guess
cause I don't talk much and when I actually do talk about my interests I get the "I wouldn't have imagined you were into that" kind of comments

doesn't bug me though
people piss me off for other reasons

like trying really hard to get to know me for one thing

I hate that when its someone who I barely know who I'll probably only see for a couples months max

Yeah! ...like what were thye thinking then? ya know?






I never get that. Unless its a guy i'm NOT interested in, then yeah..i get that..

I think the less you talk the more people get annoying with that stuff

I mean the ones who just have that personality

like last semester there was this girl who came in alot
...fuck I can't even remember her name
but she would corner me all the damn time and talk to me like I was 5 and try to get me to tell her my life story
just cause I was one of the only other girls there

out of no where one day she said "so have a funny sex stories?"
and I said "I'm a virgin"

and after that
Jesus Christ... she went on and on about it and told me about all these nice guys she knows who I could hook up with....

drove me insane

not that I'm not insane enough without her

...I hope she doesn't start turning up again

that happens alot with me though
people freaking out when they find out I'm a virgin
God something must be wrong with 21 year old virgins or something

For me, the less i talk, the more they think i'm a conservative prude! IDGITS!



Maybe its best you dont tell them. People can be so judgemental. Its none of their damn business!
Aint that big a deal. Its better then having sex when you're 12 for cripes sake!

People just get my goat! As you can see, this whole thread just irritates the heck out of me. wonder who started it?

LMAO!
Okay, that made me laugh pretty hard...but I realize your topic is rather serious C. And in fact I think it happens to everyone. Most people think I'm an emo kid, but I don't think I'm like that at all...I couldn't be further from that really. Also, some people have accused me of being a bit of a snob, but I'm not a snob - just a bit shy from time to time. I've also been called a slut (which couldn't be further from the truth). Lol, my senior year of high school I was apparently prego twice and gave someone head behind a McDonald's... I don't thing I did that

Anyway, I don't think people are shocked by the music I listen to...but I think that's cuz it's fairly typical for someone my age to like rock/alternative music...

I have had people go when they see me light up a cigarette cuz they can't believe I smoke. That happens quite often amongst people that I know, but not extremely well...

Hmmm...what else...

I dunno, sometimes people think I'm stupid because I act a bit dorky and air-headed from time to time...but that's just the way I am when I'm relaxed and jokin' around...so I don't think you can say someone's stupid cuz of that.

Oh crap! I forgot! This is a more literal thing...but I always get asked if I'm Mexican just cuz I'm not white. And probably my name makes them think that (full name is Fatimah)...but whatev. Um...yeah I got placed into a Spanish kindergarten class actually and also people assume it cuz I tutor people for Spanish...so maybe it's my fault

Hmmm, I think that's it...

Anyway, what kinda work do you do C? If you don't mind my asking...I don't wanna assume you're a prostitute or something



Yeah...most people actually didn't believe me hen I told them I was a virgin until I was 20...I don't think it's a big deal...mainly cuz I would rather be that than a whore In fact, it's not like any girl has to be a virgin if she doesn't wanna be...so I say fuck the lot of 'em

everyone thinks i am conservative and nice and whenever someone is visitng me and my friends and i say something horrible they say...waht did you just say?!?!?!?!

im actaully awful and i make fun of everyone so its better for me that everyone thinks im nicer than i actaully am its only to people i dont know that i say a quiet hello to and move on

I hate people like that! My best friend was having a fight with this really self consumed bitch ( she was our friend before they started fighting), anyway she started a rumor that my bestie was a lesbian, and got her friend's sister to come up to us at lunch and ask if she was a lesbian. And we're both sitting there like " WTF?" Anyway, I confronted her about it, and she totally denied it, which was such bull shite cause we saw her telling people.... anyway NOW she is engaged to a guy who she dumped to go out with a different hotter guy, but then she realised she still "Loved" her ex, so they got back together, and the dickhead proposed to her Like WTF?
I just hate her whole attitude, and the way she talks to get everyone's attention...
Anyway the point is, she's a slut and a liar. The end.

(thanks for everyone who read that, I really needed to get it off my chest )

I get emo a lot. I also get slut. and my mum told me I had a big ego.

Wow, it's like we're twins I get all those things as well I think it's cuz we basically effin' own

its consoling to know I'm not the only one

people think i'm a big snob, but i am just extremely shy..

Yeah I get snob too.

I get everything. Most people dont even take the time to get to know me. They just assume things because of the way I look/dress.

I don't know if this is that relevant, but I had a 'Pretty Woman' type experience (yes, the movie). I'd just come from uni to a department store - Myer - wearing a t-shirt, jeans and a pair of Converse hi tops, and blue nail polish, and I went into the clothing section cos I had a heap of money to spend from my birthday. And they all looked at me like I was some kind of lower class drug addict or something.

everyone's a critic

damn right.everyone in school..."why are you a gothic?"and im like "do you even know what a gothic is?"
its so annoyin!!

I just hate that people never get to know me..

Now nadine in OUR school it aint so easy to escape the lesbian/gothic/suicidal label.

Oh, that is a shit. Oh, people are stupid.

I am glad that I haven't talked to twats like that.

Well, there are only a few people who really know me and even less who understand me. I am in the background a lot, I am very active here, but in real life I can't cope. I never get much attention because most of what I say is shit, not relevant, whatever... And I can't listen to people, I just care about myself. I am such a twat, no surprise that everyone is laughing at me. But most of these people have no manners, they are bitchy and... stupid. Yeah.

Sometimes, i ask myself how people think i am. ( not that i care about what they think about me..if you understand)
I mean, for exemple i have a friend, i like him very much, but he's always surprised about the things i do, surprised of things i say ,he's like "i didn't know you were like that " with a little smile..but it bother me because he's even surprised that i go to a friend's house and sleep there, or an other example, i like wearing big boots, with a skirt, and someone said that she likes how i was dressed, and he said after "m^m, no, it's "rebel's boots, that's not your style"... GRRRRRRRRRRR he really bother me when he says that kind of stuff!! what does he think, that he know me enough to know what i like to wear and what is my style???? pfffffff il me fait bien chier plutôt....

He really is the only one who says that , he doesn't see me everyday, so how can he judge me? i like to wear weird things, so some pals know how i am usually, so they don't react the same way..
but i still like him very much. ...but i think he believes i am just a little girl who are stupid....
it's a complicated explanation, but i hope someone will understand

I got called a goth in middle school and high school
and then a punk in highschool too

but
I wasn't
I was just... whatever

kids would ask me what I was and I would say "clearance rack"

haha!!true true
everyiones one of them at least!!!!

I understand you ! I think your friend's too protective with you so don't let him walk on your feet !


"clearance rack" ... well i just can say the same thing as you about me
You know in my classroom there's a boy ( we called him 'the gay' )He called me Punk all the time, he really pissed me off ! Anyway i know i'm not a punk but he's still calling me like that and i hate it I wanna kick him But he's taller than me

too protective ?? do you mean, he wants me to be like he would like me to be ?? sometimes, i ask him why he's always a little stunned, but he doesn't really answer..
i will nerver let someone walk on my feet , (i'm too agressive lol)

Yes that's what i mean ! And You know that's normal if you're agressive sometimes you're a wildkitten sorry i had to say it

yeah but that's true, several peoples say that i am always growling
i even beat someone of my family (don't remember) when i was only a little baby, just becasue she took me in her arms

o god i've just noticed your avatar!! it's my LOOOVE kyô-kun

yes!!!! i love Kyo lol (oups..we get off-topic)

no no NOOOO we are in the off topic section i don't care i've found a kyô fan i'm so glad!!!! i love ya!!!

People often think I'm less intelligent than I am, that I know less than I do, that I'm slower than I really am and just generelly often think I'm not capable of things that I am.

it's the same way from me! just because sometimes i do not understand very fast at times ! LOL

Is there a reason why you're so quiet? Or is it just because you dont feel like engaging with anyone? Sometimes i talk wayyyy too much at work, but thats because i just got out of school and my medicine is still working and giving me tons of energy. They say that ADD medicine is a form of speed?



Thats fucking retarded. I love wearing different colored clothing as well because i've noticed that if i wear black a lot i start to feel depressed...which is a bit weird. But yeah, conformity sucks balls. Its like America tends to express that they want individuality, but when it comes to reality, they all hate it here. You have to go with the flow to be considered for acceptance.



Do you know why they thought you were a lesbian? That happened to me (in middle school) and there was nothing that i ever did to ever bring about that idea. But the girl who spread the rumor was my best friend and she was the one who ended up being bisexual and kissing girls at her jewish camp (lmao, that gets me every time). I myself have never been interested in the same sex nor done anything with them. People are just weird, i guess she was projecting. Bitch. Obviously i dont talk to her anymore.

I think cause I dressed like a boy
and most of my friends were boys
and I never had a boyfriend

so someone started up the rumor