To hate it when people use 'happily'?

[reader77]

It just irritates me so much. It's so smug and defensive and Arghhhhhh

I 'happily' let my dc blah blah

My dc 'happily' eats blah blah

I 'happily' looked after my friends dc until blah blah

Oh shut up you stealth boasting humble bragging moaner.

I don't see what is controversial about that. What word would you use instead?

Exercise is great for stress and bad feeling

I don't see the issue with the word?

No I'm not having a bad day, I just started a thread about something that I find annoying.

I just get the impression you've swallowed a wasp and sat on a rancid, infested nettle and thistle patch.

No...should I have put Lighthearted in the title or something?

'Happily' just gives me a mental image of someone smiling benignly and patting themselves on the back at how gracious hey are.

Don't you have words or turns of phrase that irritate you or give you mental images?

Crikey

It's like when people smile and say shit like 'please' and 'thank you'.

Fucking nice fuckers

I agree with you op

I also hate "playing nicely" or as my MIL says "playing beautifully" when referring to DCs just getting on
And don't like "offering" re breastfeeding or weaning. Don't know why, they just grate on me

But it's a word. When did wordism become a thing? Is it because of Brexit?

id say perhaps you're reading too much into a turn of phrase op

I use "happily" all the time.

I am happy, cheerful and no doubt irritatingly positive in RL.

My DH is wonderful.
My DC are super little people
I love my family
I've got lovely friends
I like my job.

I am fully aware of how tremendously fortunate I am in all of the above. "happily" covers most things quite nicely.

However I was also cheerful and positive person about 15 years ago when:

My DH was ill and daily life was testing.
We suffered years of infertility
I was made redundant twice in 3 years
We had no money
I was far away from all my friends
My lovely Dad was very ill.

It's not "boasting or smug" to be happy. I'm naturally 'up'. There's no virtue in pretending to be miserable.

I can't actually believe some of you are taking this so literally and seriously?!

Don't any words or turns of phrase get on your nerves?

Erm.

It sounds quite serious and aggressive

Yeah ceveebee that's kind of what I meant.

''I'll miserably let my daughter play in the paddling pool'' [grin

lmao sorry OP, YANBU, not your fault if a phrase irritates you. i don't like the word succulent it makes me cringe but i don't care if other people say it. x

I agree with you OP

I agree, OP. It's an anvil word for me. (Drop an anvil on the speaker, Warner Bros. style. )

All these twatty happy campers. wind up.

You mean like 'moist'? That sort of thing...

Ah, Reader, you were trying to be funny...

" shut up you stealth boasting humble bragging moaner."

I see it now, hysterical.

Anna I wasn't trying to be anything. I just started a relatively lighthearted thread that clearly doesn't resonate with you and many others.

Take it as seriously as you want.