AITA? Reaction

1. Telling a co-worker I didn't expect her to be a fan of an artist.

AITA for telling my co-worker I didn't expect her to be a fan or her favorite artist?

I (M27) work with a woman (F, late 20s) who is the smartest person I know. She’s incredibly intelligent—fluent in four languages, earned her PhD and she is not even 30. We are work friends, not close outside of work.

A couple of weeks ago, she was out of work for like a week and returned last monday. It came up in casual conversation that she had taken a week of PTO to travel to another country to see her favorite artist, who is on a world tour but not performing in our country. This surprised me because I didn’t know she was a fan of this singer, as most of the fanbase seems to be teenage girls.

It's Taylor Swift, isn't it?

I told her something like, “I didn’t expect you to be a fan of her.” When she asked why, I responded, “I don’t know, you’re so intelligent; it’s not the type of music I’d expect someone as smart as you to listen to.”

Yeah. It's definitely Taylor Swift...

As if someone taste of music is due to their intelligence.

She gave me an odd look and seemed offended by my comment.

I wonder why...

Calling her intelligent it's not an insult. AITA?

But you didn't call her intelligent...

You insulted her and then covered it with a compliment... That's not how compliments work!

YTA. Btw.

Taken from:

r/AmItheAsshole
u/Grand-Violinist9004

Yeah, that's me doing random things instead of continuing my FF.

I actually opened Wattpad with the intention of translating my Zombies FF and I ended up doing this. Lol.