I've gotten so tired of Indian Uber drivers asking me 10K questions about my background that I've started telling them I'm Venezuelan & that my grandma was Indian, which explains my name. Works! 😏

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The story gets bigger and more detailed every time, but "my mom is Irish and my dad is half Indian-half Venezuelan bc my Indian grandma married a venezuelan man" all the racial mixing does indeed get me the disapproving nod, but it also gets me silence 😜

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I am Pakistani and always get "Miss you were born here?" No I wasn't damn it. It took me a decade to get a freaking green card. And none of your business.

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Haha "But, where are you really from?" *disapproving Indian nod*

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Haha you are really interesting. A/S/L?

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Ah! Just rolled off a Chicago project a month ago.

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I've also been asked if I'm married, which cascades into "why not? Are you dating? You seem nice, you should be dating. Do you have a boyfriend??" OH MY GOD 😤😤😤

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Try saying you're a lesbian next time, that should either dampen the mood really quickly, downside being rating dings 😂

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@SA1 exactly! None of your damn business! 🙄

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