Posted: Jan 14, 2016 3:38 am
Yes, I have some serious suggestions for you.
* you do it as the result of a sort of reverse-context training. That is, you grew up in a family, in which you were NOT the official "leader." You learned the "correct form" for talking about going to the store in that family context, and so by rote, you now use "we" whenever going to the grocery store (or similar tasks) comes up.
* for some reason, you don't feel personally empowered to decide certain things. Whenever you are about to say or do something that you feel needs justification beyond "cuz I wanna," you use the Royal We, in order to shift or share responsibility with imaginary others.
* you are so used to channeling movies and using their dialog to express yourself, that you even do mini-quotes, which happens to include saying "we" in a semi-humorous, semi-serious way, as if you have an audience who really liked series like "Cheers" or "Friends."
* you do it as the result of a sort of reverse-context training. That is, you grew up in a family, in which you were NOT the official "leader." You learned the "correct form" for talking about going to the store in that family context, and so by rote, you now use "we" whenever going to the grocery store (or similar tasks) comes up.
* for some reason, you don't feel personally empowered to decide certain things. Whenever you are about to say or do something that you feel needs justification beyond "cuz I wanna," you use the Royal We, in order to shift or share responsibility with imaginary others.
* you are so used to channeling movies and using their dialog to express yourself, that you even do mini-quotes, which happens to include saying "we" in a semi-humorous, semi-serious way, as if you have an audience who really liked series like "Cheers" or "Friends."