I am too intelligent, too demanding, and too resourceful for anyone to be able to take charge of me entirely. No one knows me or loves me completely. I have only myself

    A recent meeting at work brought up the idea that I am "too irritable." That didn't sound like me, to me. However, it did make my mind start wandering on the idea of being too ... something. Do boys grow up with this, too, or is it just girls? Throughout my life I've heard so many "you're too..." phrases, and taken them to heart. 

    The disturbing thing is that they're often contradictory. So does this mean I really am too irritable? Or am I actually too mellow? Hmmmmmm

    Here are some others, off the top of my head. Submissions welcome!

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Too demanding 

Too quiet 

Too loud 

Too smart

Too intelligent

Too thoughtful

Too independent

Too needy

Too clingy

Too sensitive

Too emotional

Too cold

Too logical

Too explosive

Too aloof

Too esoteric

Too academic

Too exacting

Too thoughtless

Too shy

Too giggly

Too silly

Too sexual

Too deferential

Too boring

Too dull

Too loopy

Too excitable

Too forgiving

Too demonstrative

Too inconvenient

Too prickly

Too arrogant

Too humble

Too weird

Too lazy

Too unique

Too obtuse

Too stubborn

Too flexible

Too reliant

Too reliable

Too quirky

Too traditional 

Too compliant

Too individual

Too focused

Too scattered

Too internal

Too mercurial

Too sad

Too curious

Too trusting

Too skeptical

Too judgmental

Too withholding

Too frugal

Too extravagant

Too liberal

Too conservative

Too unfriendly

Too easygoing

Too forthright

Too direct

Too presumptuous

Too unassuming

Too sneaky

Too secretive

Too obvious

Too blatant

Too fiery

Too detached

Too considerate

Too inconsiderate

Too selfish

Too contradictory

Too immature

Too transparent

Too ordinary

Too backwater

Too provincial

Too verbose

Too dreamy

Too bland

Too fat

Too thin

Too good

Too bad

Too light

Too dark

Too unrealistic

Too contained

Too pale

Too neurotic

Too blunt

Too uncaring

Too forthcoming

Too hot-tempered

 

[the title quotation is from Simone de Beauvoir]