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A big peeve of mine is when someone says they did something, "I remodeled my floors, I painted the walls, I fixed my car, i put in a fence", when they really mean they hired people to do these things. It's straight up taking credit for other people's work and it's normalized.
I grew up poor where hiring help was rare so when someone said they did something, they always said it proudly and they meant they did it themselves.
Now I always ask and point out they didn't do anything. I'm really fun that way. But honestly i think the language matters. For big jobs i personally say I had the walls painted or I got the car fixed since that implies getting someone else to do it.
Normal people work to earn the money in order to pay professionals for the work they aren't able to do themselves, there is no shame in that.
I agree, I also pay pros for work I can't/won't do. But I don't tell people that I did it. It's just something that bugs me.