Using 'We' when talking about yourself.

[Aquarius1234]

AIBU to do this in a fairly light hearted way?

Is it just going with the modern times.
I like to for whatever reason esp when telling a story.

Also AIBU to be slightly annoyed when the other person doesn't get it? 🙄

It’s not clear what you think the other person ‘isn’t getting’. That you’re just talking about yourself? That you’re actually part of the Borg hive mind? That you’re using the royal ‘we’? That you’re sharing a brain with your husband?

That I'm clearly talking about myself. But I've caught the bug of sometimes saying we.

What bug?

I don't think I've really heard anyone saying 'we' when they mean 'I'?

Apart from idiots who say 'we're pregnant'.

I like to ask them if they've decided on which one of them will be giving birth and breastfeeding.

Are you Margaret Thatcher's ghost? "We are a grandmother".

Yes, I don’t think I’ve ever heard it out of that one specific context.

OP, do you mean you say ‘When we were in Crete last week, we went on a whale-watching trip’, or ‘We went to have our smear’, but you’re only talking about yourself?

I say it in more of a humorous way or self-deprecating way.

Can you give some examples?

Im a bit surprised no one else has done or heard people doing this.

People use it around little kids. 'We are a bit tired today' when talking to Mum about a grumpy kid, for example. I don't know any other context.

Yes, give examples, OP. But I’d have said it was the reverse of self-deprecating, given that monarchs traditionally referred to themselves as ‘We’…?

I’ve seen businesses refer to themselves as ‘we’ when I know they’re a one man band!

Don't do it. You sound ridiculous.
I know someone who uses "we" when he means "I" but he wants to make it seem like him and his partner are in agreement. I don't think the partner has any say. I always want to say "We? Are you sure? Or is it just you?"

"We don't like that kind of food".
"We vote Reform".
"We don't do that".
"We like Joanna Lumley".

I’m sorry op but I’d be cringing. I’ve never heard anyone refer to themselves as we , I would possible say ( about the toddlers )
We are tired so we need a snack .
As they are screaming their heads off .

I understand if you want to talk about yourself in the third person . But referring to yourself as ‘we’ is slightly…. Well…..

Oh right that's interesting.
I'll try and think of examples.

Possibly the demographic you're dealing with are too young to remember Margaret Thatcher (the lucky bastards)?

70s child here but still very confused.

Hard thinking of exact examples

" Well we always try" about myself.

Mate, you're going to have to give some examples of you want anyone to understand how you mean you're using 'we'!

I do this and it doesn’t serve me well. Divorced now, I was so used to ‘we’ that it was hard to say ‘I.’ I also used to to mask my singleness, eg if someone asked about holidays, I’d say ‘we’ to colleagues to not get into the ‘me and the kids’ conversation. At work, even though I was a solo employee, id say ‘we’ to talk about the company. I think it made me minimise the ‘I’ role of MY achievements. I try to not do it now.

Maybe it's a subconscious thing? Maybe using humour or sarcasm is a way of dealing with other issues. Perhaps I say we as I don't like always saying I 🤷
Maybe it stops me feeling isolated. Who knows..

Trump does it all the time. Probably lowest on the list of reasons I hate him but still on the list.

As I said up post, Margaret Thatcher did but you really don't want to be like her, OP. I can't think of anyone else I've heard using the Royal We, though, apparently, Queen Victoria did. It seems a bit affected, to be honest and very possibly quite tedious to listen to.

We have not been making adequate use of the pluralis majestatis. We will attend to this in future communications.

Maybe using humour or sarcasm is a way of dealing with other issues.

It often is, but I don't see how using a plural for a singlar is either humorous or sarcastic.