My Pet Peeve- birthday "chapters" whats yours

[JadoreLeFromage]

Am I being unreasonable (AIBU)?

I KNOW this is one of those things that mean nothing in the grand scheme of things, but it really "irks" me.

When people say/write in cards/post on social media "Chapter 40" at their 40th birthdays (or whatever age).

The day you turn 40, you are now in chapter 41!

You are not entering chapter 40; you entered that at 39. 🙄

Why does this annoy me so much? 😅

Same when people write "draws" instead of "drawers." Like nails on a blackboard.

1. AIBU?
2. Share your pet peeves, please!!

I’ve never seen the ‘chapters’ thing, but agree it’s very wanky.

What annoys me hugely about birthday announcements on social media is when people say ‘another trip around the sun’ or something similarly banal.

I also hate this SM affectation of assigning ‘she/her’ to bloody everything. A new dress, a bag, shoes, jewellery…I even saw someone preparing a side of beef yesterday and declaring ‘look at her!’ when it was done, it is SO annoying.

chester draws - instead of a chest of drawers
carnt - instead of cannot

I hate the way people talk about cooking.

Bung it in the oven. Shove it on a tray. Whack it on the hob. Throw it all in.

Why? Why not just use the normal words that describe what you're actually doing? Why all the bunging and shoving and whacking? Why is it so hard to say, 'Cook/bake/roast it in the oven'?

Cringey holiday photos with the caption ...

Summer Lovin' 😬

Pronouns. The incorrect use of “myself” and “yourself” is always mentioned but also: “her and her husband” and “they invited my husband and I” make me want to scream.

I've never seen the chapter thing but I'm finding it quite an interesting pet peeve for that very reason - because one of my own pet peeves is when someone asks for pet peeves and everyone replies with the same old things every time.

I mean, I'm pretty sure everybody knows that a lot of people find the 'making memories' thing annoying, at this point, because it's been complained about on Mumsnet and everywhere else for about a decade. Same with 'Ooh, I hate it when someone says 'holibobs' and 'hubby'' - yes, everyone does unless they use those words themselves; that's not an original observation.

Never heard the ‘chapters’ thing but mine is ‘ could of’ instead of ‘ could have’. Also when did people start saying to someone serving them ‘ could I get’ instead of ‘ could I have’? Also chimdey, hospical, skelington etc. I’m going for a lie down now.

Probably posted by people who call themselves 'mama bear' or 'tiger mum'.

Yes!! The same people who ‘chuck’ things in the oven, and ‘throw’ on an outfit.

It just makes me think of US American Chapter 13 bankruptcy provisions. Not quite the imagery you want for a borthday.

I thought "chapters" were either biblical or the Hells Angels. 🤔

I borrowed to someone
Making core memories
Legends
Effusive expressions if how much you love your hubby, bubba or fur baby . 😡. I am embarrassed for them .

Wrong thread

Omg I always say this as well! It's so annoying. Not hard to do the maths.

It's "may I have".

Can I add ‘itch’ vs ‘scratch’? I scratch an itch. I am very close to a few people who say they ‘itch’ their ‘itch’. Makes my teeth, well, itch. And yes they do say ‘I need to itch my back’ and anywhere else a sane, normal person would use scratch.

Except cats, actually, they’re ok with scratching cats. Although a few of them clap it (Scotland) 🫠

Yes yes yes. I can’t stand it.

Neither have I.

I've never seen this.

I seethe when people write brought instead of bought.

Eg: I brought this in Boots

I do this with my dog.

I taught him "floor" when he was a puppy and jumping up. Floor means all four feet on the floor. If he jumps around outside, I have to say floor as he doesn't understand the difference between floor and ground.

Mine is 'the math is mathing' or whatever variation
My friend told me the other day that the algorithm was algorithming and it made me want to hurt her.
Also anything girly, one of the presenters on radio one is a matcha girly

Someone may have mentioned this already but those who profess to be “low key obsessed”. Usually an influencer trying to flog a cheap bikini. Also, I watch a lot of travel docs on YouTube and appreciate the ones who don’t feel the need to use “super” as their sole adverb. Such and such is super cheap, or super cute, or super fast. It grates a bit when you hear it in every other sentence.

The cooking one, I blame Jamie Oliver for all the whacking and bunging of stuff into bowls and ovens!

Made me smile!! 🤣

"reaching out" for any form of contact is particularly annoying,
as the phrase to "reach out" used to have a specific, useful connotation - when you made contact with someone you perhaps hadn't been in contact with for a while in order to offer them, or maybe request, some form of emotional comfort or support. I saw it as metaphorical - you imagine someone holding their arms out to give or request a comforting hug.....

But now it's often used in professional contexts too - I have seen schools asking parents to "reach out' if they have any questions about an upcoming residential, for example. I don't want to (literally or figuratively) cuddle my daughter's teachers, even if they are kind enough to take her to France...