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To think some people try really hard to appear 'chaotic' ?

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AmandaPleaseDotCom · 24/10/2024 09:11

Sounds nuts but I swear this is a thing around my area.

Examples include making a big deal about how late/disheveled their kid is at pre school (when they are 4 mins past start time and the kid looks fine).

Saying how they never clean their house, don't have time for housework etc but the house always seems clean and tidy.

Trying to appear disorganised with things like school tours (all our kids will start school next year) and booking events, yet we always see them at these things lol.

I'm naturally quite disorganised and messy but I try quite hard to disguise this, despite always feeling like the flustered flappy mum. Luckily my DH is Mr Organised so as a family we don't miss out but I just find it so odd how many people seem to almost 'gloat' that their lives are chaotic when they totally aren't?! Am I mad?!

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Edingril · 24/10/2024 09:20

So if people talk about how together they are it's smug of bragging and if they talk about how chaotic they are it's the same

Is there a check list to complete on what is acceptable or not?

KimberleyClark · 24/10/2024 09:19

I think I know what you mean. People who deny that they put any effort into anything. But still everything they do turns out perfect. They look perfect even though they “just threw some clothes on”. Their cooking is perfect even though “it’s just something they knocked together”. And I remember them at school saying they’d done hardly any revision for the exam but passed with top marks anyway.

TreesWelliesKnees · 24/10/2024 09:15

I don't think it's that they want to appear chaotic necessarily. I think they just want to downplay how organised they are so they don't come across as too smug or put-together. They probably realise that would be off putting.

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