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

[desertdarlene]

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Or, people complain about paying their bills (or what they owe you) in one breath, and in the next they're bragging about all the customizing they're having done to their car or some other extravagant thing that they don't need.

 

[OwlLover]

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Or, people complain about paying their bills (or what they owe you) in one breath, and in the next they're bragging about all the customizing they're having done to their car or some other extravagant thing that they don't need.

x2. If you think about it, its hypocritical.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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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".

I didn't say you had to enthuse all over them. Simply smiling and saying a genuine "that's nice" and moving on to whatever else the conversation could be guided to will serve to both be kind and still change the focus to something that is more interesting to all. FOr example "That's nice, it sure will help a lot with costs; have you started working on your applications yet? I have and it's really hard to decide whether I want to major in archeology or in business--they both really appeal to me. What majors are y'all considering?" (direted to the whole table so that everyone gets a chance to provide conversation)

 

[kuntrygirl]

I think that many people brag and "show off" and really don't know that they are doing it because they do it so often. They really think that most people want to hear them brag about this and that.

 

[chickened]

I do not allow my boys to show off for various reasons, I find it better to let others do the bragging for them.

 

[Fierlin1182]

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I found this post quite funny

Especially the nose... Yes, I know a few big red noses around.

Thanks for the responses everyone, there have been some good ones. Maybe I haven't thought about it this way, that perhaps they're clinging onto what little they have to show off about because things are hard at home or something?

 

[Fierlin1182]

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

Ohhh my goodness, especially when they're doing that in the library! I can never turn my headphones up loud enough when that happens. Thank heavens I'm now in the seniors and can use the quiet study area upstairs!

 

[Chick1043]

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

lol I know, right!?

 

[kuntrygirl]

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

lol I know, right!?

I have a co-worker that eats/chews her lunch with her mouth WIDE OPEN. I just wanna

her!!!!!

 

[cassie]

People who brag and show off are really insecure. Everytime I have had to listen to someone go on and on telling me how great their spouse is, I find out later that the spouse is a scumbag and/or there is something big time wrong in the marriage.