What’s your favourite true stereotype about yourself?

[ProbablyAboutTime]

I’ll start.

I’m a 30-something middle class white woman drinking Pinot and listening to Dido while her DH is working away.

I’m also wearing a Breton-striped jumper and love naice ham.

What have I become?

Your turn

Recently single: been to the hairdressers for a new style and been shopping for "new me" clothes. Might have also briefly considered a nose piercing.

From Essex and blonde....sometimes l am so thick l scare myself. Spent ages once wondering how some ducks got into the back garden at work as there was no access and colleague had to remind me they can fly. Never lived that down.

I’m Scottish and can drink like a fish.

Glaswegian - friendly, great sense of humour, but not to be messed with, challenges injustice, bows to nobody.

Haha - seconded! Red hair and the temper that goes with it too I'm afraid but it's a controlled snarky temper

Army wife... I did sing in the choirs!

Ditto

No longer drink irn bru as I don't do well on caffeine these days

48, single, it's Friday night and I'm doing basically embroidery (cross stitch) - rock and roll!

and I'm incredibly bemused that I cannot find an instruction manual for him on any of these shelves.

Well if you could HE wouldn't have read it

I envy your job, I'm a lit and linguistics grad and would love to still be able to have endless discussions on etymology, favourite works and linguistic determinism etc

Middle class white woman, sipping cherry sour gin and snacking on smoked gouda

Middle aged divorcee due to exh cheating with someone 20 years younger. Angry fat feminist with grey curly hair.

@StoneofDestiny

Glaswegian - friendly, great sense of humour, but not to be messed with, challenges injustice, bows to nobody.

Snap!

I'll add: speaks really quickly, loves Irn Bru and is really defensive of her city.

Like @FolkyFoxFace I'm an academic (different discipline though) and my house is full of books. But my bookshelves are not tidy and I also have piles of books everywhere!

I buy a book for everything and anything - new hobby, got to buy the books; children into something new - more books; cooking - books; I'm a nightmare at car boot sales as if I find an interesting looking book on any topic I'll buy it. DH prefers a kindle

speaks really quickly...and is really defensive of her city.

Yep. Dd sometimes gives me "slow down lorelai* (Gilmore girls, I wonder if the writer is of Glaswegian descent?)

I'm a massive white, professional, middle class mum stereotype.

Nice house decorated by loaf, Cotswolds furniture company, made, scion etc (everyone I know is the same).

Dressed mainly in Hush.

Have a well paid but part-time job. DH worked away a lot in pre-covid times.

Addicted to Ocado and John Lewis.

Drink craft gin or Chablis.

The only deviation is I had kids much younger than the stereotypical mum. Most women with a similar background to me have kids in their mid thirties whereas I'd finished having kids before I turned 30.

Ugh, tempted to get that deleted, comes across as smug and braggy whereas I was aiming for self-deprecating (sorry ).

Maybe that's another middle class mum stereotype to be fair...

I'm a single ma with children with different fathers and have a flat screen tv and they get free school meals as I'm on benefits

Mid forties stressed out career woman. Into running and pilates

Still eating tortillas and the masses of salsa which I made for cinco de Mayo despite not being Mexican. Listening to Despacito and impressed that I can sing five words in the chorus. Am still put out by something minor DP did so might not speak to him for five days but bang pots and pans particularly loudly when he comes home. Gave my kids Spanish names knowing they will be mispronounced forever. I'm a latina. Not Hilaria Baldwin.

I’m Jewish. I’m as neurotic as they come, constantly stressed about money (it works to my advantage - I run a charity that’s about as cost-effective as it can be), obsessed with my child’s educational achievements and like nothing more than a nice mid-90s Mercedes.

@Bramblebutter

A mum to an under 1. Spend my free time looking at photos of him when he's in bed for the night.

This made me smile. So accurate

First time nana, aged 53, she's 5. I was so excited when she was born and it's been nothing but joy and laughter. I act like I'm 25 with her. She's just left but we spent the day playing buses, sweet shop role play, dancing to daft music, rolling around on the carpet then lay on the sofa feeding each other sweets.

Now she's gone, I'm looking at her photos. 😍

I'm a benefit claiming single mother of 2, who is in recovery from alcoholism, and am covered in tattoos.

Mid 50s menopausal crazy cat lady.Bit ratty,gone off sex.
Breton wearing woman who bakes focaccia,olive rolls and grows rhubarb and herbs.
However I'm working class and shop in Lidl and Primark a lot.Live in a naice area though.

Just thought of another one. I'm eating Vegan Ben and Jerries, listening to 6 music, reading the poetry of Maya Angelou to my six year old, we cycle everywhere. We all go do yoga and grow vegetables.
I'm from Bristol.

I'm the blonde, much younger third wife.

My step children love me though and their mum and I get on well (I was not the OW obviously).

@LastOrdersMaura

Just thought of another one. I'm eating Vegan Ben and Jerries, listening to 6 music, reading the poetry of Maya Angelou to my six year old, we cycle everywhere. We all go do yoga and grow vegetables. I'm from Bristol.

Sounds like you’re probably from my part of Bristol, too!

I dress like my mother.

Which I suppose is the answer i should have given when someone asked me once if all Canadians dress like I do.

Irish and could honestly eat potatoes for every meal I love them that much.

I am a post menopausal, unnatural blond with a scrunchie.
Live in shorts and flipflops when I am late 50s,
Not quite mastered the language yet and sometimes buy English brands in the supermarket.
I am partial to the odd glass of Emperado ( cheap plonk) a fishy Friday a Sunday roast and an english breakfast.
Just your typical bargain Brit in the sun!!!