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to be getting annoyed with this long running joke?

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FireflyChild · 18/03/2015 19:56

Around 5/6 months ago I was out for dinner with a friend and her friend (the other friend is someone I like and get on with but we wouldn't go out for dinner just the two of us)

The friend of a friend (will call her Lauren) said that I looked like a certain celebrity, my friend Sarah agreed and yes I could sort of see what they were talking about.

Then there were a couple of posts on fb which I laughed along with just because I can take a joke and laugh at myself.

But then it got to Lauren commenting on photos of me and Sarah saying things like "wow can't believe you met a celebrity!" etc and then when I didn't answer she tagged me in a comment a couple of days later trying to get me to respond.

They added me to a whatsapp group with a really unflattering picture of the celebrity as the main photo.

And just now I've been tagged in a video and its getting the point where I'm finding it 100% unfunny. They seem to find it hilarious, and I just feel after 6 months it's gone on far too long.

(I would never want to call someone ugly but lets just say they aren't exactly calling me Megan Fox)

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innerturmoil · 18/03/2015 20:02

Which celeb is it? Or give us someone in a similar vein?
Personally I'd ignore it and eventually it'll go away. If you make a song and dance then it'll add fuel to the fire. But I understand you are feeling got at. Not that pleasant - they may not realise you don't like it however - can you have a quiet word with your friend to say you'd rather it stopped?

turquoiseamethyst · 18/03/2015 20:14

YANBU. How bloody annoying. One thing if you looked like Michelle Keeghan but as you say it's unflattering that isn't on.

I do think you have to say something - 'look, I can see a slight resemblance but that's it and given she isn't megan fox I have to admit I'm finding it a wee bit hurtful'?

I'd hope they would be ashamed and apologetic.

WorraLiberty · 18/03/2015 20:16

Ask them if they're familiar with the word 'overkill'

Or tell them to bore off

RedCrayons · 18/03/2015 20:18

Someone did something similar to me. Kept posting comments and thing me in.
I untagged myself and deleted any posts that appeared on my timeline about it. It stopped.

desperate to know who it is

RedCrayons · 18/03/2015 20:20

Thing = tagging

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FireflyChild · 18/03/2015 20:22

I've untagged myself now, hopefully that will be a realisation to them that they've taken it too far.

Ask them if they're familiar with the word 'overkill'

I do love this comment though Grin

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CallMeExhausted · 18/03/2015 20:50

My DS looks quite like a young Russell Crowe. It drives him around the bend.

We don't bring it up, and now that Crowe is getting old, hairy and a bit podgy, the comments from those outside our family and his circle of friends aren't so frequent any more. It still happens, though.

In light of the fact that my DS is 16, and I am assuming "Lauren" is an adult, it is time for her to grow up. Clearly she is incapable of coming up with anything novel to talk about.

The "overkill" comment might be a good one to keep at hand...

RedCrayons · 18/03/2015 21:49

If they start talking about it when your out next, just look completely blank like you've no idea what they're talking about. Cut the conversation stone dead.

RJnomore · 18/03/2015 21:51

Is it Vanessa feltz? I could see how that could get wearing.

turquoiseamethyst · 18/03/2015 21:52

Mine has dark hair and glasses. We get a LOT of 'you're a wizard, Harry!' comments but DS feels this is a huge compliment! Grin

mayaknew · 18/03/2015 21:57

I'd comment something like "omg dog with a bone" or "obsessed much" with laughing emoticons . Make it a joke but clear that it is annoying .

And please tell us who the celebrity is . Or at least give us a hint GrinGrin

SurlyCue · 18/03/2015 21:58

I would initiate a conversation about something that was "funny the first time" and how cringey it is when someone doesnt realise a joke has passed its use by date and hope they get the hint. If they dont then i would say "you know like that celeb thing you go on about? YAWN hahaha" and make them feel like idiots for overplaying the joke.

TRexingInAsda · 18/03/2015 22:53

I'd avoid any 'hahaha' - don't confuse them, or give them the excuse of 'we thought you thought it was funny too'. Something like 'Yeah, it was funny 6 months ago, the millionth time 6 months later, not so much'. Something that clearly shows you're bored of it - not pissed off (even though you are).

trashcanjunkie · 18/03/2015 22:57

I am quite regularly told I am like Miranda Hart. It comes from totally unconnected sources.

I was even mistaken for her at a party by someone's batty mother once.

It drives dp to distraction.

I can see the resemblance though Grin

Your friends are being twats by the sound of things though. Sad

OddBodkins · 18/03/2015 23:03

When I was about 20 and had very short red hair I was mistaken for Jimmy Krankie! I hope I've made you feel better op!

MissFenella · 18/03/2015 23:08

when I was young my Aunt used to say every time she saw me that I looked like the darts player Keith Deller.

In my adult life I realise that my Aunt is a bitch and she didn't like me very much.

People are odd

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