The word "me" exists and it is not impolite or uneducated to use it in its proper context.

[UnaCorda]

AIBU?

YANBU

Err you what?

It’s a lot better than “myself” most of the time.

Are we talking about myself when people like myself use myself as every other word in a sentence...myself.

It does annoy me actually.

Is this about people saying "myself", when they mean "me"?

YANBU

YANBU.

Well that seems perfectly reasonable to myself.

‘That would be myself, Lord Sugar.’

From myself to yourselves....

YANBU!

YANBU. Gives me the rage.

I’ve got news for you. “I” is also a word. As in, “The kids and I are going to the park,” rather than “Me and the kids are going to the park.”

Yes! The misuse of ‘myself’ is incredibly annoying. I really hope it dies out soon, it just makes people sound daft when they’re trying to sound educated.

Or people who use “I” when it should be “me”. Even worse is “I’s” when it should be “mine” ( or maybe I should just stop watching Love Island Australia😂😂)

The misuse of 'myself' drives me round the twist.

When I have a conversation with a work colleague and she'll always voice her opinion with the same opening phrase. "Well, for me myself, I think..." don't even know where to start with that one!

Yes, either "myself" or "I".

For example: "She has bought presents for my DC and I..." or "It reminded him of my hubby and I last year..." That sort of thing.

Drives I potty.

I think if you’re going to ‘make a point’, on a forum like this with people from all kinds of backgrounds it’s going to come across as a dig and not terribly pleasant. So, I think the very least you can do is help those people out by giving examples of when me, myself or I should be used.

In my letters I always dictate 'me' and my secretary always changes it to 'myself' it drives me mad.

She clearly hates you Ross

People say 'myself' because they don't know whether to say 'me' or 'I' and it sounds much worse than either. Saying 'I' when you should say 'me' also sounds pretty bad. There's nothing wrong with saying 'me' all the time, even if it's sometimes bad grammar because that's how normal people talk.

Or he

I’ve got news for you. “I” is also a word. As in, “The kids and I are going to the park,” rather than “Me and the kids are going to the park.”

Well yes, of course. But it's a different (grammatical) case, innit?

I have a colleague who insists on using myself instead of me because she thinks it makes her look smarter. I will show her this thread and why we have all tried to correct her for years.

@Baguetteaboutit yes I suspect she probably does