I work with another woman in a small team of two.
She's highly competitive over everything. And I mean everything. I can cope with it to a certain extent but lately she's been worse than ever, I get particularly irritated over how she can see no wrong in her kids whatsoever. She has two, one at home around 20 and a 16 yr old about to do her gcses this week.
My kids are a bit younger but she will readily compare mine with hers.
Naturally I chat about my kids day to day stuff but I'm learning not too as hers always eat healthier food, are brainier, are more sporty, more polite, more attractive, even taller ffs. If I say something a bit negative about my kids (as kids are prone to not always be angels) hers would never do/ say / act / that.
In reality the daughter hardly ever seems to be in school - it's never her fault tho as she's ill / has a bad period / injures herself because she's so sporty / aching because she's so tall / tired as she's been out volunteering etc
The boy dropped out of uni as he was Ill over some vital exams in the first year ( again not his fault of course, he was Ill) he's got a temp job now though and he's clearly taking the pee by fleecing her for money at every opportunity but he's in the nhs don't you know and destined to go far.
Final straw today, she came in late, daughter was ill conveniently on the morning of her first gcse - not her fault now if she doesn't do well, also her teacher has been away and she doesn't click with the supply.
Today she's gone on and on just absolutely ridiculous stuff like the school doesn't say anything about the poor attendance of the daughter as she's such a whizz kid and gets top marks In everything that they can't say anything to her - which is balls as my son goes to the same school and they are keen on good attendance.
Don't feel I can tell her to stfu as she's a nice woman in many ways but this obsession in one upmanship over the kids is absolutely ridiculous!!!