Bragging

[JVKn'CVO 11]

Insecurity. "Dime de que te jactas y te dire que te falta" (Tell me what you brag about and I'll tell you what you lack)

Saludos,

Caro

[brnidokiegurl 0]

Insecurity. "Dime de que te jactas y te dire que te falta" (Tell me what you brag about and I'll tell you what you lack)

Saludos,

Caro

exactly, its usually the thing they are lacking in

[Nagishkaw 510]

Brag about what you don't have and what you can't get.

[Sprailenes 47]

I tend to be a cloud buster, meaning when someone brags and brags I'll say something to bring them back down to planet Earth.

[Jasman0717 8]

For example a couple of my co-workers just love to brag aout how much money they have.Their car,house,etc.

and your point is

[Mikkel 0]

It's so personal what "bragging" constitutes, it's really difficult to say. Some people will consider even the slightest mention of personal fortune as bragging, while others like to mention certain things that they take pride in, like their family, their home, their car, their boat, or whatever else. I'd say that expressing envy negatively over what others take pride in by blaming them of bragging about it is just as bad as bragging just to feel above other people.

I take a lot of pride in my relationship, my job, and my income, as they all represent the fruits of my labour, and the accomplishment of my dreams. I have no trouble expressing this pride, but I would never talk about it for the sole purpose of putting other people in a worse light.

[Cherry&Ed 4]

Deyyyyyym! Bragging Rights? Hmmmp!

[#@!!* 0]

Brag about what you don't have and what you can't get.

Does this mean that if I brag that "I have a big butt" that I really do not have a big butt, and I won't ever get one? If this is true, then why am I going to the gym and fighting the good fight again the battle of the butt?

[one...two...tree 2,762]

It's so personal what "bragging" constitutes, it's really difficult to say. Some people will consider even the slightest mention of personal fortune as bragging, while others like to mention certain things that they take pride in, like their family, their home, their car, their boat, or whatever else. I'd say that expressing envy negatively over what others take pride in by blaming them of bragging about it is just as bad as bragging just to feel above other people.

I take a lot of pride in my relationship, my job, and my income, as they all represent the fruits of my labour, and the accomplishment of my dreams. I have no trouble expressing this pride, but I would never talk about it for the sole purpose of putting other people in a worse light.

[Jenn! 918]

It's so personal what "bragging" constitutes, it's really difficult to say. Some people will consider even the slightest mention of personal fortune as bragging, while others like to mention certain things that they take pride in, like their family, their home, their car, their boat, or whatever else. I'd say that expressing envy negatively over what others take pride in by blaming them of bragging about it is just as bad as bragging just to feel above other people.

I take a lot of pride in my relationship, my job, and my income, as they all represent the fruits of my labour, and the accomplishment of my dreams. I have no trouble expressing this pride, but I would never talk about it for the sole purpose of putting other people in a worse light.

I don't agree. I don't think it's polite to talk about things that you have around people who don't have it, especially if you know it will make them envious.

Like in school when you got an "A" and all your friends got a "C". You just keep your mouth shut. What is the point?

Of course, it also depends on how close you are to the people you are mentioning these things to. You have to know your audience.

And I think it's common sense that mentioning that you have a house does not consititute bragging. Mentioning how much your house is worth is not necessary.

ETA: It's quite possible I'm just weird. People have commented that I can be tight-lipped about personal things to the extreme.

Edited February 21, 2009 by Jenn!

[one...two...tree 2,762]

It's so personal what "bragging" constitutes, it's really difficult to say. Some people will consider even the slightest mention of personal fortune as bragging, while others like to mention certain things that they take pride in, like their family, their home, their car, their boat, or whatever else. I'd say that expressing envy negatively over what others take pride in by blaming them of bragging about it is just as bad as bragging just to feel above other people.

I take a lot of pride in my relationship, my job, and my income, as they all represent the fruits of my labour, and the accomplishment of my dreams. I have no trouble expressing this pride, but I would never talk about it for the sole purpose of putting other people in a worse light.

I don't agree. I don't think it's polite to talk about things that you have around people who don't have it, especially if you know it will make them envious.

Like in school when you got an "A" and all your friends got a "C". You just keep your mouth shut. What is the point?

Of course, it also depends on how close you are to the people you are mentioning these things to. You have to know your audience.

And I think it's common sense that mentioning that you have a house does not consititute bragging. Mentioning how much your house is worth is not necessary.

I think it depends on how someone says it. If you worked long and hard for that 'A' and you are totally elated to find out you got an 'A', why shouldn't you be able to openly express it as long as you're not rubbing another classmate's nose in it?

It's kind of like those bumper stickers that some parents put on their cars about their kid's achievements...on one hand they are proud of their child, but from another's perspective, it comes across as just bragging. We have a distant relative whose daughter made it into Stanford and of course...they have a license plate cover to prove it.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

It's so personal what "bragging" constitutes, it's really difficult to say. Some people will consider even the slightest mention of personal fortune as bragging, while others like to mention certain things that they take pride in, like their family, their home, their car, their boat, or whatever else. I'd say that expressing envy negatively over what others take pride in by blaming them of bragging about it is just as bad as bragging just to feel above other people.

I take a lot of pride in my relationship, my job, and my income, as they all represent the fruits of my labour, and the accomplishment of my dreams. I have no trouble expressing this pride, but I would never talk about it for the sole purpose of putting other people in a worse light.

I don't agree. I don't think it's polite to talk about things that you have around people who don't have it, especially if you know it will make them envious.

Like in school when you got an "A" and all your friends got a "C". You just keep your mouth shut. What is the point?

Of course, it also depends on how close you are to the people you are mentioning these things to. You have to know your audience.

And I think it's common sense that mentioning that you have a house does not consititute bragging. Mentioning how much your house is worth is not necessary.

I think it depends on how someone says it. If you worked long and hard for that 'A' and you are totally elated to find out you got an 'A', why shouldn't you be able to openly express it as long as you're not rubbing another classmate's nose in it?

It's kind of like those bumper stickers that some parents put on their cars about their kid's achievements...on one hand they are proud of their child, but from another's perspective, it comes across as just bragging. We have a distant relative whose daughter made it into Stanford and of course...they have a license plate cover to prove it.

MY KID JUST BEAT UP

YOUR HONOR STUDENT

[Cdnwmn 0]

We used to have my husband's two family members (husband and wife team) constantly go on and on about their daughter and her soccer accomplishments. We would sit there and say, "Oh yeah, good", etc etc. Haven't heard the bragging anymore. I guess because we weren't being part of putting this girl on a pedestal like her parents were, the novelty of bragging died out.

Don't get me wrong, it was great about what the girl was achieving, we just didn't need to hear it over and over again at every family event. My son even picked up that this girl was embarrassed by the way her parents were behaving.

[Jenn! 918]

We used to have my husband's two family members (husband and wife team) constantly go on and on about their daughter and her soccer accomplishments. We would sit there and say, "Oh yeah, good", etc etc. Haven't heard the bragging anymore. I guess because we weren't being part of putting this girl on a pedestal like her parents were, the novelty of bragging died out.

Don't get me wrong, it was great about what the girl was achieving, we just didn't need to hear it over and over again at every family event. My son even picked up that this girl was embarrassed by the way her parents were behaving.

Reminds me of

[one...two...tree 2,762]

We used to have my husband's two family members (husband and wife team) constantly go on and on about their daughter and her soccer accomplishments. We would sit there and say, "Oh yeah, good", etc etc. Haven't heard the bragging anymore. I guess because we weren't being part of putting this girl on a pedestal like her parents were, the novelty of bragging died out.

Don't get me wrong, it was great about what the girl was achieving, we just didn't need to hear it over and over again at every family event. My son even picked up that this girl was embarrassed by the way her parents were behaving.

Reminds me of