“You seem like you’d enjoy Dubai” what does this mean?

[clarica]

If a colleague said this to you, what would you think they meant?

Based on stereotypes, someone who likes shopping, a ‘big night out’, lying by the pool and designer labels.

Or just someone who said they were after a bit of winter sun

You like blingy things, crystals on phone covers, drinking and shopping, Instagram, tanning etc

You have no taste

They think I'm a consumerist. Or if they'd been themselves and enjoyed it, that they think I have similar tastes to them.

They think that you lack any kind of moral fortitude that couldn't be subverted by a jazzy hotel and shopping mall?

Could mean literally anything…
-You enjoy hot weather
-Your ideal holiday is lying beside a pool
-you’re ostentatious
-you’re homophobic
-You like things that are Modern and New
-You’re a shopaholic

I would assume they meant I was focused on looks, liked shopping and designer labels. And wanted to shop and sunbathe rather than sightsee.

It would depend on what their own opinion of Dubai is.
It could be a genuine holiday recommendation or it could be an insult.

Wouldn't sound like a compliment to me.

I’d think they meant I was either exactly like them or exactly NOT like them

Yep.

Plus fake hair, fake eyelashes, fake nails, filler.

Probably not a compliment anyway.

I wouldn't take it as a compliment. I'd never visit Dubai or any other UAE location for political reasons, but many people (my DSis included) are happy to ignore its poor record on human rights and embrace the shiny-ness and glamour of the built environment. DSis even witnessed a family abusing a nanny by the hotel pool (shouting at her, all eating and drinking on a really hot day, but nanny not offered anything to eat or drink) and she still goes back to visit 🙄

It is, without a shadow of a doubt, an insult.

I'd be mortified if someone said that to me

Homophobic and lacking in good taste, class.

Spends a lot of money to look cheap.

Doesn’t care about modern slavery or the environment.

Maybe wants to be an influencer.

It’s pretty much the harshest insult I could receive.

Either the above, or that you’re the type of authoritarian who thinks it’s ok for 18 year old holidaymakers to be sentenced to a year in prison for consensual sex.

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@clarica its a veiled insult. Do you like this person?

To be honest the double standards of many people on here astound me. They are quick to criticise Dubai for its human rights record but are more than happy to travel to Egypt, Morocco etc. Many people in the UK have no idea about countries human rights records and are just happy for some cheap winter sun. If you look at it closely there are ethical problems with all travel.

Erm, bit of a reach, you have no idea where other posters holiday.

it would depend on the person who said it and your relationship with them I suppose.
They could genuinely love Dubai and are suggesting you visit OR it could be a snide insult from someone who doesn’t like you. Context is everything in this situation.

I think it means they think you like shopping, lounging by the pool, love hot weather, glam person.
Dubai isn't known for culture or sporty activities even though it absolutely has both, Dubai is more about showing off and spending money.

That you look as though you’d enjoy champagne Prosecco brunches, flashy cars, look like a sun worshiper, maybe have lip filler, new build house with grey sofas and mirrored furniture, wears the Zara dupe of Baccarat Rouge, Kids wear Moncler coats.

The last Dubai thread was asking for alternatives as the poster felt Dubai didn’t align with her ethical standards. The responses were to go Egypt or Morocco.

Most of the off the charts hate for Dubai on MN originates from envy of money and a lifestyle most MN’ers could never afford.