Mary3 Posted October 9, 2004 Posted October 9, 2004 How does everyone feel about having a friend who CONSTANTLY BRAGS about how much money he makes...where he works....kind of car ect.....Seriously if they are a friend and do this excessively , how does this make you feel ? Irriated ? Bored ? Jealous ? After this person does this do you wish you didnt hang around them so much after listening to them for hours ? lol
Orchid Posted October 10, 2004 Posted October 10, 2004 I would feel bored. And see it as a sign of insecurity. People who are rubbery about themselves on the inside constantly need to bragg about all they have on the outside, as a way of compensating.
bicyclejunk Posted October 19, 2004 Posted October 19, 2004 IRRITATED. I had a friend who constantly constantly bragged, yet he would say how much he hated braggers or "Talkers". He would talk about how his dad was a broadway actor and how he grew up around the theatre. I would hear the same stories over and over and over, til finally I snapped. Since he was very opinionated, He said something once that pissed me off and offended me, so i told him how much he sucked and how much he bragged bragged bragged all the damn time. He got super defensive and said it was because of me, because I talk so little, so it made him uncomfortable, like he had to fill in space. That's another thing, He would always tell our mutual friends, how I was QUIET and hardly talk, and that I was SHY, which always pissed me off too. I really think it's an insecurity. People have to brag to build themselves up.
Artifact Posted October 19, 2004 Posted October 19, 2004 If I think about it, the few people that come to mind, I don't really consider good friends! How odd, huh? I do find the constant bragging boring and repetitive. And in some ways it makes me realize how lucky I am to not have all that to talk about! Would I become so boring too??? Some people who have good lives have tact, and some just don't!
Katie-Lou Posted October 19, 2004 Posted October 19, 2004 Hello, To be honest, it really pisses me off. I'm only a 17yr old girl but i have a lot of older mates around the ages of 22-26. Some of them have jobs and some of them don't, some of them have a lot of money but then others don't. We got together a while back, just went around to my mate Jamie's house and chilled. The evening was going great until my friend Leslie started bragging about how much her boyfriend earns and how he's going to buy her all these things and what car he's going to buy and what kind of house and things like that. He had bought her a 'diamond' necklace, which she had on and she was holding it in front of my face and waving it around saying things like ' I bet it'll be a while before your boyfriend will be able to afford to buy you this.' I just smiled at her and said 'Yes, i know that, for one thing we're both younger than you and Dave and we haven't been together as long'. She just laughed. It wasn't the fact that she was bragging that really irratated me, it was the fact that we hadn't seen each other for a while and when we all decided to get together to catch up like, all she did was brag and brag. Yer, my friends really do get on my nerves when they excessivley brag! But i was thinking maybe my friend Leslie is really happy with her boyfriend and is having a great life and maybe she doesn't mean to brag but she just wanted us all to know how happy she was, but eeessh man, it still gets on my nerves. Katie-Lou. x
Naive Posted October 19, 2004 Posted October 19, 2004 Originally posted by Mary3 How does everyone feel about having a friend who CONSTANTLY BRAGS about how much money he makes...where he works....kind of car ect.....Seriously if they are a friend and do this excessively , how does this make you feel ? Irriated ? Bored ? Jealous ? After this person does this do you wish you didnt hang around them so much after listening to them for hours ? lol I tend to avoid these type of people. I think we have all dealt with someone like this in our lifetime. It's okay if it's only once in a while or if you can tell they don't do it purposely, but when it's on purpose or constant it really irritates me
bicyclejunk Posted October 19, 2004 Posted October 19, 2004 In My situation, It was a professional friendship. We worked on some musical projects together. That friendship was destroyed, once i brought up the fact that the dude simply, was a major friggin' Bragger and I went off on him. I try and avoid people like this too. It just iritates me. I'm a very humble guy. But then you got these guys(or gals) who just talk talk talk. You try and be nice, but sometimes enough is enough. This guy would tell me the same stories and bring up the same things over and over, Sometimes forgetting that he had told them to me. Like about how "His dad did this" ...or..."his dad did that"....or..."My Dad was in the Theatre on Broadway so, I grew up around the stage, It's in my blood"... or..."I'm used to the stage, ya know Because My dad performed on Broadway".... WHATEVER. SHUT UP ALREADY.
Adunaphel Posted October 19, 2004 Posted October 19, 2004 I usually feel irritated and I make sure to let them know. "In case you didn't realize it, I am not interested in hearing of all your secret admirers *again*" "so what?" "good for you. now can we get to some more interesting topic?" "I have no doubt you are great at doing your job, but I get the impression that you are bragging, and it's quite annoying" "I think it was very rude to brag about your looks in front of *******" (not really good-looking common friend who has self esteem problems) "So you've got this expensive car? great! will you give me a lift to work? can i drive it?" (excellent way to make people stop talking about their car ) (of course this apply only to people who brag *a lot* and/or in inappropriate moments... bragging once in a while is okay! )
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