https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 28 Jun 2026 13:04:54 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/stereotypes-how-do-you-compare/page/2#post-144441 Wed, 02 May 2012 00:45:28 +0000 HLK208 144441@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't really fit the Seattle stereotype--I try to recycle but...DH's work completely pollutes the entire PNW :-/ !! We do own about 30 northface items between the 3 of us. We would probably be into hiking and biking but DH is a workaholic since I'm a SAHM. I did work as a barista for awhile so I know about coffee.<br /> Most of our extended family think we have a Canadian accent but I don't hear it at all. I do say "house" like a Canadian but I watch a lot of House Hunters on HGTV. What else...my family is from California and they all fit the California stereotype! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/stereotypes-how-do-you-compare#post-144403 Tue, 01 May 2012 22:29:15 +0000 Mrs. Pink 144403@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>hmm...</p> <p>I'm from Northern California-- I say "Dude" "Totally" and "Like" a lot. I wear flip flops OFTEN and have been known to wear shorts with a sweatshirt (something a lot of people I grew up with in CA did) and started drinking/smoking/partying at a young age, which is also a stereotypical "California Girl" thing.</p> <p>I'm a "typical girl" in that I hate math and science-- but rocked English and History! I also put a lot of focus on my looks when I was younger-- "not a hair out of place"-- and I am obviously into pink.</p> <p>I do not fall into the "Mormon" stereotype (aside from the fact that I got married at 18-- to a man I'd known for 5 months or so) because I'm not sheltered, a conservative, nor am I planning to be a SAHM to several kids... which isn't "typical"!</p> <p>I can't think of any others off the top of my head! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/stereotypes-how-do-you-compare#post-139720 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 04:49:56 +0000 Rosie Girl 139720@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I fit the stereotype of a MT girl, or at least what I think it would be! I hunt, fish, ride 4-wheelers, camp, hike, love being outside, drink beer, wear cowboy boots, love rodeos... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/stereotypes-how-do-you-compare#post-139717 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 04:34:27 +0000 Andrea 139717@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: yes, twinkie or banana. hehe. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/stereotypes-how-do-you-compare#post-139010 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:26:15 +0000 SleepyMonkey 139010@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i'm a twinkie too, and so is DH! i guess that is why we fit together well. neither of us ever had a lot of asian friends because we grew up in areas that were predominantly caucasian. </p> <p>but, i do fit the asian stereotype of being good at math and science, i'm good at taking tests, i'm pretty quiet and i'm a bad driver (although i wasn't always this way. i've lived in 2 big cities for 13 years so my driving skills are really rusty). i don't speak chinese, i was never good at piano or violin, and i don't work in a science-related field. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/stereotypes-how-do-you-compare#post-138949 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:41:41 +0000 eeh 138949@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm a pretty typical small town Kansas girl. We have a slow paced, easy going lifestyle. Will stay at home with the baby once she's born, nice but protective of my family, family first always, love comfort foods, 4-h'er, enjoy cooking and baking. Pretty stereotypical I guess. My husband is too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/stereotypes-how-do-you-compare#post-138935 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:11:45 +0000 Running Elley 138935@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was homeschooled through 8th grade and I don't fill most of those stereotypes. I did feel more advanced in HS than a lot of my peers academically but I don't think I was anything special!</p> <p>I fit a few California girl stereotypes…I'm blonde and I'm an aggressive driver. However, I do not surf, I go to the beach maybe once or twice a year, and I am not rich by any means. We live in an agricultural community and the closest beach is a few hours away. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/stereotypes-how-do-you-compare#post-138933 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:07:58 +0000 BSB 138933@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea: I consider myself a twinky. Yellow on the outside; white on the inside! </p> <p>@mrsjyw: I don't have a ton of asian friends either. I think I had 2 in high school and 3-4 in college. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/stereotypes-how-do-you-compare#post-138822 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:46:16 +0000 banana 138822@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think think I really fit the stereotype.</p> <p>I'm Asian but I suck at math (my verbal SAT score was way higher than math). I'm not a horrible driver. I don't know how to play piano or violin. I didn't go home right after school and study (I was involved in a lot of xtracurricular stuff at school). I have more Western features, as my korean aunts call it, so I don't even look like a typical asian. </p> <p>But I do eat korean food every single day and speak/write/read Korean. I guess maybe I'm a little stereotypical but not fully. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/stereotypes-how-do-you-compare#post-138802 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:35:25 +0000 Andrea 138802@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH always tells me that I am "barely Asian" so I guess I don't fit that stereotype! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/stereotypes-how-do-you-compare#post-138796 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:33:21 +0000 mrsjyw 138796@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I fit the stereotype of an asian girl until college years. Then I started drinking/smoking and was the stereotypical "bad" asian girl. Then I grew out of that, and the one thing that didn't fit the stereotype was that I didn't have a lot of asian friends in college. DH is also white, but I think that in and of itself is a stereotype now.</p> <p>Now? I think I'm the stereotypical MI suburban housewife. </p> <p>My life has usually been conventional, so for the most part I think I am what makes up a lot of stereotypes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/stereotypes-how-do-you-compare#post-138748 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:46:09 +0000 yoursilverlining 138748@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband and I definitely fit the east coast yuppie/DINK stereotypes! Although soon we don’t be DINKS anymore, just yuppies. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/stereotypes-how-do-you-compare#post-138747 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:46:03 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 138747@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Coco Bee: I was only homeschooled until high school (10th grade). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/stereotypes-how-do-you-compare#post-138732 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:38:04 +0000 skibobrown 138732@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I fit the Boston stereotype pretty well. I come off a little reserved at first, but then I warm up once I get to know you. I hate making small talk with people who I don't know -- like cashiers in the grocery store. I drive defensively but fairly aggressively. I'm preppy. DH and I currently live in California, and we really don't feel like we fit in here at all... </p> <p>I also fit some of the Jewish stereotype. I'm thrifty (but definitely not stingy). I did really well in school, and I'm good at numbers. I probably could have been a doctor, but instead I got my PhD in a science field </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/stereotypes-how-do-you-compare#post-138725 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:34:07 +0000 Mrs. Pen 138725@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrsdaredevil: you were all that and homeschooled?! or did you attend high school? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/stereotypes-how-do-you-compare#post-138723 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:33:29 +0000 Mrs. Pen 138723@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I fit the midwest stereotype a bit: "minnesota nice" - I am a nice person, and especially with driving, I always let the other person go first.<br /> Although I'm not in the sense that I am into crunchy green-living. the midwest tends to have a redneck feel in a way, and is very republican so people tend to think environmentalists are whack. But I love and feel it's my duty to recycle, I am into natural parenting, we share one car and DH commutes 2.5 miles to work, and when it's not raining/snowing, he bikes. I buy nearly all of LO's clothes from thrift stores, and some of mine as well. I also buy 95% of our furniture/house wares secondhand. I am more conservative in my thinking though, so that fits the midwest stereotype.</p> <p>I don't fit the homeschooled stereotype though - I am not academically excelled - just average. I dress NORMAL lol, I had tons of friends growing up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/stereotypes-how-do-you-compare#post-138696 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:12:18 +0000 Arden 138696@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well, because I grew up all over the world I don't really have a stereotype. Except by heritage, which is mixed but mostly Scottish. I do have pale skin, a few freckles, and red hair - although mine is very dark red, and long and wavy, not curly, so that's not what people expect.<br /> I'm very NOT what my extended family and most friends are though - I'm kind of 'crunchy', vegetarian, organic, fairly green, love alternative living, etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/stereotypes-how-do-you-compare#post-138649 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:39:07 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 138649@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>In high school I think I really fit into a stereotype....much more than I do now. I was cheerleading captain, senior class president, editor of the newspaper, homecoming queen....all that crap. Now looking back its kind of embarrassing and I wish I didn't try so hard.</p> <p>I guess I am kind of a typical "northwesterner." HUBBY and I are big on recycling, composting, eating organic and local....we ride bikes and go hiking a lot. We also start to wear flip flops as soon as it hits 60 degrees...that is definitely a Seattle stereotype!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/stereotypes-how-do-you-compare#post-138583 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:10:17 +0000 regberadaisy 138583@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PastaAndPotato: haha that is sooo cute!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/stereotypes-how-do-you-compare#post-138576 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:08:30 +0000 PastaAndPotato 138576@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: i can't wait to buy this one: <a href="http://irishbabystore.com/irish/product_info.php?products_id=374" rel="nofollow">http://irishbabystore.com/irish/product_info.php?products_id=374</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/stereotypes-how-do-you-compare#post-138569 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:04:22 +0000 mediagirl 138569@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Uh, I'm not sure what stereotype I could fall into. I'm from a middle state - not southern, not northern. I drive like a northerner, though and am certainly not a sweet southerner. </p> <p>I guess I have a fiery Irish temper and a love for drinking good beer. On that note, with my Irish background, I am not pale nor a redhead. I tan really easily. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/stereotypes-how-do-you-compare#post-138558 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:59:40 +0000 regberadaisy 138558@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PastaAndPotato: oooh you should totally find him/her a "carb loving" onesie! haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/stereotypes-how-do-you-compare#post-138557 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:59:06 +0000 heffalump 138557@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm Jewish. I have fair skin and dark hair. I have a bump on my nose. My dads a doctor, but I am not. I wouldn't say I'm cheap, but I am thrifty. I am spoiled, but I'm not a brat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/stereotypes-how-do-you-compare#post-138553 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:57:29 +0000 PastaAndPotato 138553@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: thank you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/stereotypes-how-do-you-compare#post-138549 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:55:55 +0000 regberadaisy 138549@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PastaAndPotato: aww I think that is so cute! the pasta and potato </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/stereotypes-how-do-you-compare#post-138545 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:54:52 +0000 PastaAndPotato 138545@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rachel: hahaha i didn't even think of that! but yes, just a little ;) - the hubs is irish, and we always say our babies will be made of pasta and potatoes hahaha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/stereotypes-how-do-you-compare#post-138543 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:54:01 +0000 Shutterbug 138543@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PastaAndPotato: Your username is sort of a stereotype, right? haha :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/stereotypes-how-do-you-compare#post-138540 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:52:50 +0000 PastaAndPotato 138540@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i think i fit a "real" jersey girl stereotype, but not the "jersey shore" one. i'm a bit mouthy, a lot loud, pretty out-going, will defend my family and those i love fiercely, and love nothing more than a day at the beach</p> <p>but i am definitely NOT jersey shore "guido" - despite being italian and living on a barrier island haha - we go to our bars in flip flops, not those fuzzy ridiculous boots ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/stereotypes-how-do-you-compare#post-138536 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:50:45 +0000 regberadaisy 138536@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: haha as you were describing it my first thought was oh so like a LI stereotype! hahha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/stereotypes-how-do-you-compare#post-138530 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:46:03 +0000 lilteacherbee 138530@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I fit in the Southern stereotype. Definitely NOT redneck- there's a difference :) I've been told that I'm sweet and kind-hearted, I value manners a lot, and I'm so thankful that DH is a "Southern Gentleman." I like to take things in slowly and I prefer small towns to big cities.</p> <p>I'm a Christian, but I'm also very liberal, so in some ways I don't fit that stereotype. There's an amendment that is on the ballots here right now banning gay marriage (which is already illegal), but it will also have many harmful effects to hetereosexual unmarried families. The fact that I'm a Christian and against this amendment is gasp-worthy in my small, southern, conservative town. </p>