If it wasn’t meant for you (I don’t assume you are Chassidish), why do you see it as trying to impose anything on you?
The reason I asked, BTW, is because I would like to see how it was presented. I understand how someone would think there is an inyan, but find it hard to believe someone would call it “assur”, and I think you likely misremembered the terminology used. Then again, in some random book, anything’s possible.