Life would be pretty boring if we were all the same, and our differences should be celebrated.
But one woman says her in-laws look down on her because she isn't as "posh" as they are.
After marrying into the family, her husband's brothers have all been "lovely" to her.
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The women in his family, however, like to remind her she is "wrong".
Asking for help on Mumsnet, the woman said: "Posh people [of Mumsnet], help me!
"I have married into a very posh family. Not titled posh, but public school. My husband and his brothers are all lovely, but his sister, mum and sister-in-law clearly look down on me."
The woman said she "knows she shouldn't care" and that it's "their problem" but she "feels so embarrassed" around them.
Her post continued: "My sister-in-law in particular will never correct me but will quite often say 'I could never do X, it's so tacky, or common', knowing full well it is something I do.
"Most recently I have learnt that I say garage 'wrong'.
"Wherever we go, they always dress so similar and I get it 'wrong'.
"Obviously the easiest tip is not to care, but any advice from posh [Mumsnet users] would be so gratefully received."
In a follow-up post she added: "They are very 'people like us' and I feel like an outsider."
A number of forum users urged the woman not to change who she is to suit her in-laws.
One said: "It’s not ‘not caring’ you’ve ‘got it wrong’ it’s having the confidence to say/think that you’re doing it right.
"You’ll never win if you try to second guess and emulate their way of doing it."
Another said: "They are rude and unpleasant. They are the ones who need to change their behaviour, not you."
A third added: "Please don’t change who you are to fit in with these people. The standards they set for you will be impossible to live up to. They sound awful."
One woman who admitted being "not posh" but said she "does have good grammar" said: "People talk in all kinds of ways, a Yorkshire accent (or a Geordie one, or a Cumbrian one, or a Derbyshire one) doesn't make you any better or worse than the next person.
"What does is how you behave, how you treat others, how inclusive and accepting you are. You are worth much more than them and please believe that.
"I'm not posh but I do seem it (it's my job to have good grammar so I tend to use it in speech too, and I have a fancier accent than people in my area) and I would never think less of someone because of what they wore or how they spoke."
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