To ask for the question you always get asked, when the person saying it thinks they're the first person to say it.

[GetMeOffThisCycleOfMisery]

Light-hearted.

Examples. As a teen I worked in a shop, sometimes something doesn't scan and the customer (if paying attention) without fail would say, "Oh, that's free then?" Followed by a chuckle.

I wear very high heels a lot, I get told all the time, "How you don't break your neck in those, I'll never know!"

The latest one, my DP is a head chef, people always say, "Oooh, I bet you get loads of lovely meals cooked for you!" I bloody wish, it's a Busman's Holiday for him, he doesn't want to cook after a day in the kitchen. 😆

@GetMeOffThisCycleOfMisery

Is he not not really tempted to respond “funny you should say that because it’s given me a heightened sense of other people’s stupidity”.

Where are you from?

I don’t live in my country of origin, so I get asked this almost every day. To say it’s wearing is an understatement!

People who see me taking painkillers: 'Don't they just mask the symptoms?' Er, yes, that's kind of the point. If you have an actual cure, I'm interested.

@voddiekeepsmesane

I often feel like donning an actual sign round my neck saying :

Just because you've looked at me and made your assumption, does not make me intellectually impaired, address all questions to me I am a fully competent adult.

The worst offenders in all honesty are healthcare professionals and receptionists who in all seriousness should know better

In the actual moment it is hard to say without sounding aggressive or chippy, but it grates every time.

Some of these are awful and I'm sorry people are so stupid/thoughtless/rude/nasty.

This isn't in the same category as it's said by people meaning well and just trying to make conversation but it does drive me a bit mad that people tell me constantly that DS is big/tall for his age, like I might not have noticed. They often point that I'm tall too, which I'm even less likely to have failed to notice!

@HeretoThereandBackAgain sorry but your experience did make me chuckle. I've a friend who's lovely, but whenever we go out, if she meets someone who's got a non-British accent, she asks where they are from. Fair enough, but her voice changes and she speaks in a bizarre, hammy English accent. Dropping some words so as to 'obviously' be understood better.

She sounds like a 70s 'comedian' doing a forced Chinese accent. She goes, "Ohhh, where you from?"

We take the piss no end out of her after the poor recipient walks off having discussed their family tree with this overly-invested stranger.

I had an appointment with a doctor at the sleep clinic a couple of weeks ago. I have ME / fibromyalgia / chronic pain, am still recovering from two surgeries one year on. My energy is limited. My sleep is shot. I explained I had tried all sorts including winding my sleep forward (I go to bed incredibly early unless I’ve had a daytime sleep and often awaken for the day 2-3 am).

She gave me a very low dose prescription of melatonin. Apparently I need to lose weight, move more and start going to bed later and pay for CBT. I explained my energy issues and collapsing. She told me I wasn’t doing myself any favours by telling her all my issues. According to her, where there’s a will there’s a way. I wanted to rip her head off.

Are you from Australia/Canada/America/South Africa.
No, I’m from NZ

Are you married to Scot?
No, he’s Czech.

On a few occasions, Couldnt you get a Scottish guy?
Nothing against Scottish guys (plenty of good looking guys, lovely accent), but my DH makes me weak at the knees after 10 years... I’m happy with my luck

When I say I have lived in this country since 1992:
"Do you like it here?"
answer: "Yes, do you?"
"Do you go home often?"
answer: "Yes, every day"
Said hopefully in a thought-provoking way, these answers often seem to blow people's minds :)

I don't actually mind being asked where I'm from. I live in a place where many people just label you "foreigner" and ignore you, so actual interest is better. And few people are into small talk here, so when someone does ask where I'm from it's a sign that they are ready for a chat - nice.

I have a rescue dog who came from Romania.

People ask me quite seriously if he understands me telling him to sit or stay or whatever in English. It is truly truly amazing how often that happens.

@BahMooQuack my dogs, I found while on holiday in Crete. They were starving street dogs. Been with me a decade now, my world. I get asked loads if I have to speak to them in Greek. I say no, they ignore me in any language, little sods. 🤣💕

People ask me quite seriously if he understands me telling him to sit or stay or whatever in English.
Well presumably you had to teach him the commands in English?
My dog knows some in German and some in English; she wouldn't know them in French, for example.

My two youngest are identical twin boys. As babies you could not tell them apart, they were always dressed the same/similar.
They would be sitting side by side in the double buggy, and people would still look at them and say "Are they twins?"

When they cried when we were out I would get "Ha, ha stereo"

I have the same first name and second name as a famous sportswoman. Never ending "jokes" about where is my item related to that particular sport (think tennis racket but not).

‘Say something in French’ (because I speak French). Umm, what would you like me to say, exactly? And what’s the point if you don’t understand it anyway?

This, totally! I have a degree in German and French and am always getting this, like speaking a language is some sort of party trick. Sooo irritating.

Also before I got married, because my surname happened to be the name of a town, 'oh, are you from [insert name of town] then?' No. Next question.

Probably the most irritating, though: 'Oh, but there's still time,' on hearing that I've chosen not to have kids. Swiftly followed by an embarrassed look when I tell them that actually, there isn't, given that I'm 52.

I have a twin brother (I'm female).
95% of the time I get asked 'are you identical?'

I am a twin, when people find this out 'what's it like being a twin', as I've never experienced anything different it's not an easy one to answer. I usually counter with 'what's it like NOT being a twin?'.

@sellMySoulForMoreSleep, that's usually the next question I get, but more understandable as we are the same sex!

cheeseislife8 - exhausts: "You look exhausted!"

I had an appointment with a doctor at the sleep clinic a couple of weeks ago. I have ME / fibromyalgia / chronic pain, am still recovering from two surgeries one year on. My energy is limited. My sleep is shot. I explained I had tried all sorts including winding my sleep forward (I go to bed incredibly early unless I’ve had a daytime sleep and often awaken for the day 2-3 am).
She gave me a very low dose prescription of melatonin. Apparently I need to lose weight, move more and start going to bed later and pay for CBT. I explained my energy issues and collapsing. She told me I wasn’t doing myself any favours by telling her all my issues. According to her, where there’s a will there’s a way. I wanted to rip her head off.

OMG I don't blame you. I have CFS too, more or less directly caused by a diagnosed sleep disorder, and yet I get this crap from medical 'professionals' too. Feeling your pain.

Ds is disabled. You would be amazed how often people ask “what’s wrong with him?” My favourite responses is “nothing he probably just doesn’t like you”.

Always get asked where I'm from. My response 'England'. Normally shuts people up or they have to spell it out and make the conversation awkward. Or the best one a man asked me really slowly 'do you speak English?' Turns out his from an island very close to where my family are from what a fuckwit.

"Have you tried ginger?"

When you have hyperemesis!

"WOW!!! Your boobs are massive aren't they!!!" [or similar!]

Are they?! I wondered why I have constant back and neck ache.