Does this sound dismissive?

[Milya]

At work a colleague asked where my sister went to uni. I said “Oxford — she’s the smart one out of us two” (meant self-deprecating).

Later realised the colleague’s daughter went to the same uni as me. Now worrying it sounded like I was implying Oxford > LSE and therefore dismissing their daughter, even though I didn’t mention her at all.

AIBU to overthink this?

Definitely overthinking!!

Yabu yes - quite apart from the fact LSE grads are likely smarter anyway

No I know, it was meant to be a silly dismissive comment aimed at myself. I do overthink often and it’s been a long week!

Is this a humblebrag because you went to LSE?🤣

Well stop being self-deprecating. It’s not a great way of communicating. I get that people think it’s humble and modest. But when you’ve gone to Oxbridge and LSE it comes across a bit, disingenuous is probably the euphemism.