Man, I hate show-offs! KINDA ranting here...

[Chick1043]

Gahh!! I know what you mean! At school there's this girl who tries to show off, but really she just looks like an idiot...No offense..lol She has THE SAME skinny jeans as me! Were sitting down for lunch with some friends and somehow clothing got brought up. And she says "Yeah, these jeans are $120 jeans"....And Im thinking "LOL LIAR!! I got those same jeans at Ross for $20!!" LOL

THEN a friend was joking around and put up an ugly picture of a random person on her phone and says "This is my boyfriend" sarcastically! LOL (it was funny) and she say "Yeah...I don't know if I have a boyfriend or not..." No offense but I don't think she could get a boyfriend..Of course, you'd be surprised...LOL That's my show off rant! lol I think maybe she's insecure and knows she has nothing to show off about and that's why she tries to find something to show off about..LOL It's funny though!

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

$20 at Ross could have been $120 at a department store. One of the reasons I rarely shop at department stores. But seriously...taking offense at what makes someone else happy is ridiculous.

 

[Chick1043]

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I'm not taking offense, and she got them at Ross too..They weren't on sale.

 

[punk-a-doodle]

If someone shares a portion of their life, even if you preceive it as bragging, take a moment and share their joy--let them know you are happy for them. And even if they had all the worst intentions, you've changed it all around by your response.

I disagree. Bragging is often easy to detect from tone, context, and wording. When you respond in a very enthusiastic way to a brag, it reinforces that behavior, and is exactly the response bragging is meant to evoke (well, that or jealousy since those who brag are often still geared to view jealousy as something desirable to evoke in others). In addition, often a brag is *not* a portion of someone's life. Or at least, when it has root in reality, it is often is inflated, edited, or altered to appear more favorable. For instance, there is a huge difference between a friend telling another friend, "hey, guess what?! I won the competition" (which is probably something they are genuinely excited about and that happiness should be shared), and that same person telling a group of people, "I just won the competition. I am the top of the top 1 percent of people in the nation. I won 500 dollars, and now people are just begging me to apply to their colleges".​

 

[eenie114]

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Or maybe they are really excited about what they are telling you? Or maybe they don't know you well enough to feel comfortable telling you when things go wrong? Becuase they sense that you are judging them?

If someone shares a portion of their life, even if you preceive it as bragging, take a moment and share their joy--let them know you are happy for them. And even if they had all the worst intentions, you've changed it all around by your response.

Assuming positive intent is a powerful thing.

 

[debilorrah]

What kills me is people that complain about "this economy" and still manage to have money to get their nails done, hair dyed, put gas in an SUV and go out for steak once a week. Yeah, that's broke - in the Hamptons.

 

[Chick1043]

It's one thing if they wanna share something but it's another when you KNOW they're bragging. She did it again today!! LOL I was trying to think of a store in the Karcher mall (that's a smaller mall for those who don't know (

and I went up to her and asked if she knew the store I was talking about and she says "Well I don't shop at the Karcher Mall. I shopat the Boise Mall" (Boise mall is a huge mall) LOLOL And I'm thinking WOOOOW I only asked a question!! I wonder what this girl would do if she knew I'm laughing at her this hard!! lol

 

[Chick1043]

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LOL agreed!

 

[KenK]

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I hate it when people smack their gum and chew with their mouth open.

 

[cassidy22]

My husband has been trying to teach me for 6 years on how to let stuff go. Thankfully, I don't really know any braggards, so this isn't an issue for me right now, but I tend to be a grudge carrier. My daughter, however, is only 2.5, so I imagine I'll be dealing with this before too long. Hoping to let it slide off. I'm generally not interested in "stuff" more interested in having a happy life. I hope I can rub that off on my daughter, because I know she won't be the girl in school with the nicest clothes and the fanciest toys. I am hoping she will understand that there are more important things in life than "stuff"