Stealth boasts IRL

[Kennyp]

a friend plopped out three in one sentence today, regarding parties her son goes to, what a great family she has and then what a completely wonderful italian cook she is. All unrelated to anything at ALL that we were talking about.

Should i have retaliated with some of my own or just keep quiet as i did but get irritated as i know her pretty damn well and couldn't give a monkey's buttock what delicacy she is having for lunch. Pasta, ffs.

These wretched friends, they are the ruination of e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g... dispense with them all, no more boasting, stealth or otherwise.

I do not :o

It was stealthy as it was totally irrelevant and nothing at all to do with what we were talking about ( which was can you be on the toilet and phone at the same time. So nothing to do with party or what a masterchef she really is.

Hmm. Am going to get a stealth boast recipe book and cook up a few myself.

You have not mastered the meaning of stealth boasting.

Stealth boasting is:

'I'm so annoyed with dh! He just spent £30k on car...we can afford it but that's not the point is it? He didn't check with me'

'God my ds is sooo lazy. He won't do anything round the house. I mean he thinks because he's been predicted 17 A*s in his GCSEs he's okay to just veg out all weekend'

Etcetera

Ohhhhhh, tks proudnscary.

I used to have a friend, always so cross with her ds "he wont stop reading. I am so cross he taught himself". He was two. stealth boasters not at all anonymous.

What proud said - that's just being self-absorbed, there's no stealth involved

Of course you can be on the phone and on the toilet simultaneously.

I agreed with toilet issues too. As long as i am not actually running to loo whilst on phone saying "hang on, i'm touching cloth", etc.

I heard a great S.B. the other day.

Friend: do you find naughty step works with your DS?
Me: yes, hardly ever use it. Only have to mention it and he behaves. Do you find it works?
Friend: no, my DS does things like scribble on wall, poo himself, won't stay on step etc. I spoke to hv about it and she said it often doesn't work with bright children because they realise it doesn't mean anything. She said my DS is far too bright for it to work.

Thus implying my DS was not bright whilst hers was a genius!

snort, fullofregrets

Also, first time I've ever heard pooing on yourself betokens genius status!!!

That is such a slap in the chops!

Must dash. Ds is teaching himself latin and can't find he gcse practice papers. Damn those pesky three year olds.

I knew there was a reason the naughty step never worked!

I knew there was a reason the naughty step never worked!

Aargh bloody iPhone!

Yes, my child is dim but well behaved.
At least he isn't dim and naughty.

Ah, well yes - be grateful for small mercies

I guess it makes a change from the parents who go on about their DCs not sleeping due to genius tendencies. whereas my dc didn't sleep because she just wanted to torture me

I tried a stealth boast myself not so long ago.
I was on the tube when I noticed a woman reading one of my books.
I smiled at her and she smiled back.
Then I said 'Any good?' Obviously hoping to strike up an I wrote that conversation.

'No,' she said. 'It's shit.'

Oh fullofregrets I hate those ones that excuse their children's bad behaviour on them being "under stimulated" and an apparent genius. I have a friend who says things like this. I would rather have a well behaved dim child too I think

I think that, @Honey, is what is known as a stealth boast

Brilliant wordfactory

Absolute ROFL @ wordfactory!

I am shit at stealth boasting, and only realise hours later when someone else has been doing it. I am far too straightforward, a lot of these things are lost on me. So I take everything at face value, which actually is a good way to deal with these types, it foxes them if you completely miss what they are getting at

Well all 3 of my children have always slept like angels so they must be thick as shit! Is that a stealth boast about having good sleepers? Confused you now eh

Do you fancy outing yourself wordfactory? I'll read your book and tell you it's shit give you an honest review :)

Mine is a horrific sleeper. Horrific. But he is still too stupid to realise the naughty step is pointless.
Wonder what that means?