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Humble bragging

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Feckingfeck · 03/05/2022 10:45

I have only come across this term on MN but i think I wintessed it first hand... whats it all about?

Family in lemur enclosure at zoo talking to keeper.

Keeper "you can get a little closer if you want"

Woman "we don't need too thanks we honey mooned in Madagascar so we have seen so many lemurs up close"

Keeper "oh okay, bet that was great"

Woman "it was amaaaazing... we could hear them all around our cabin at night aaaaahahahahhaha" (not sure why this was funny- but apparently it was hilarious)

Don't get me wrong I wasn't jealous in the slightest... nothing i would be creeped out by more than animals at night...

It just felt like one up man ship at its finest. I mean why go in there if you only want to belittle the experience Confused

Whats the worst humble brag you have witnessed?

OP posts:
watcherintherye · 03/05/2022 14:34

‘Augusta wrote her name and age on her drawing at nursery today. Am a bit concerned that a year on, she’s still writing the ‘3’ the wrong way round. Don’t know whether to query it with them?’

Sleepyquest · 03/05/2022 14:35

Just to reassure you all as my comment has sparked a lot of quotes 😂 the baby was 10 months and not a newborn

Sheilaroundthefountain · 03/05/2022 14:42

My eldest was late to be toilet trained. A friend always told me how lucky she was with her son as he used a potty from the day he was born or some bollocks. However almost every time I went round, he would do a poo in the corner of the room. She’d make a big thing about how he was showing off, but I was quite pleased my daughter was in nappies.

not really a humble brag, just pure lies.

A better one - my youngest was very badly behaved at school and I was talking to a neighbour about it. She said ‘It’s such hard work isn’t it. Our problem is we just can’t stop Amelia working. She’s such a swot. It does worry me.’ Grrr. Fuck off with your perfect daughter.

Blossomtoes · 03/05/2022 14:42

50ShadesOfCatholic · 03/05/2022 13:51

Because it is very concerning, no new baby should be sleeping for 12 hours!

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You inserted the word new, the post you responded to just said baby. Mine did from about three months. He was 47 in March. 🤷‍♀️

Easilystartled · 03/05/2022 14:43

Sleepyquest · 03/05/2022 14:35

Just to reassure you all as my comment has sparked a lot of quotes 😂 the baby was 10 months and not a newborn

Are you humble bragging about how popular your post was? 🤔🤣

10HailMarys · 03/05/2022 14:47

Kind of weird to book a meet-the-lemurs experience at the zoo if you're bored by lemurs, isn't it?

I don't think it's a humblebrag, though, just a flat-out brag.

Some of my favourites that I've heard/seen on social media from people in real life:

"Ugh, what is it with young guys constantly chatting me up this week? All these stunning young girls everywhere so why are they pestering me when I'm old enough to be their mum?"

"Oh, I know what you mean about kids embarrassing you! Mine are terrible! We took them to the aquarium the other week and there was a man doing a talk on sharks, and all the other children were asking normal questions like how fast can they swim and do they eat people, and then Jacob put his hand up and told the man he'd got one of the answers wrong, haha! The poor man was mortified to be corrected by a four-year-old and of course we wanted the ground to swallow us up, hahahaha."

"I think we just have to come to terms with the fact that we're that one family on the street that everyone thinks is weird and eccentric. The kids decided to act out half of Midsummer Night's Dream in the front garden the other week, the nutters.'

Easilystartled · 03/05/2022 14:48

10HailMarys · 03/05/2022 14:47

Kind of weird to book a meet-the-lemurs experience at the zoo if you're bored by lemurs, isn't it?

I don't think it's a humblebrag, though, just a flat-out brag.

Some of my favourites that I've heard/seen on social media from people in real life:

"Ugh, what is it with young guys constantly chatting me up this week? All these stunning young girls everywhere so why are they pestering me when I'm old enough to be their mum?"

"Oh, I know what you mean about kids embarrassing you! Mine are terrible! We took them to the aquarium the other week and there was a man doing a talk on sharks, and all the other children were asking normal questions like how fast can they swim and do they eat people, and then Jacob put his hand up and told the man he'd got one of the answers wrong, haha! The poor man was mortified to be corrected by a four-year-old and of course we wanted the ground to swallow us up, hahahaha."

"I think we just have to come to terms with the fact that we're that one family on the street that everyone thinks is weird and eccentric. The kids decided to act out half of Midsummer Night's Dream in the front garden the other week, the nutters.'

These are brilliant!

Rikitikitardis · 03/05/2022 14:52

All the bloody time on education / academic twitter:

”Over the moon to have been told by OFTED inspector I’m the most inspirational teacher he’s ever met”

”Thrilled to announce I am the new Professor of Cunning at Oxford University”

”Honoured to be among such incredible people as a Nobel Prize 2022 nominee”

Pukety puke.

Rosehugger · 03/05/2022 14:54

I don't see the first example as a brag even, just making conversation about life experiences. I'd be delighted and interested to hear about someone going to Madagascar and seeing lemurs in the wild. It's not like they just announced it in the pub, it was quite relevant to what was actually going on at the time.

fossilsmorefossils · 03/05/2022 14:57

CounsellorTroi · 03/05/2022 12:20

Something I heard “a client gave me a helicopter ride as a thank you. I’m worried I’ll be scared and won’t enjoy it”.

That could be something I'd say. That seriously is not a fun oresent to get if you're scared of heights and wild rides!

Rosehugger · 03/05/2022 14:58

On reading the example back in the OP it does seem dickish, the way they said it. 😶

NippyWoowoo · 03/05/2022 14:59

10HailMarys · 03/05/2022 14:47

Kind of weird to book a meet-the-lemurs experience at the zoo if you're bored by lemurs, isn't it?

I don't think it's a humblebrag, though, just a flat-out brag.

Some of my favourites that I've heard/seen on social media from people in real life:

"Ugh, what is it with young guys constantly chatting me up this week? All these stunning young girls everywhere so why are they pestering me when I'm old enough to be their mum?"

"Oh, I know what you mean about kids embarrassing you! Mine are terrible! We took them to the aquarium the other week and there was a man doing a talk on sharks, and all the other children were asking normal questions like how fast can they swim and do they eat people, and then Jacob put his hand up and told the man he'd got one of the answers wrong, haha! The poor man was mortified to be corrected by a four-year-old and of course we wanted the ground to swallow us up, hahahaha."

"I think we just have to come to terms with the fact that we're that one family on the street that everyone thinks is weird and eccentric. The kids decided to act out half of Midsummer Night's Dream in the front garden the other week, the nutters.'

All from the same person? 😂 it's insufferable

tomatoandherbs · 03/05/2022 15:00

FiveNineFive · 03/05/2022 12:07

None of these things seem like humble bragging

Agreed
you’d think the keeper may have asked her a question

Dogmum40 · 03/05/2022 15:00

An acquaintance on my social media posted a photo of her daughter dressed in her dance costume saying “competition day, nail it like normal baby girl” whilst her daughter was lent against their brand new BMW 4 wheel drive which they picked up an hour early on new reg day (with the new reg on show)

what drove me nuts more on this brag is a fellow acquaintance is struggling to pay her mortgage and her family are helping them to pay their bills and the acquaintance knew this as we all met up a day or two before to help her, I just thought it was really insensitive and the photo of her daughter could have been taken inside their house, garden or driveway minus the car in fact anywhere! It was totally obvious why it was done 🙄

Daddydog · 03/05/2022 15:00

Happened yesterday, was out for dinner in a nice restaurant when a couple on a date sat near our table. At the end of the meal the man announced for half the restaurant to hear...

"Is it alright if I pay in cash?"

Silly man - doesn't he know everyone is this part of town only pays with magic beans and cows?

NippyWoowoo · 03/05/2022 15:03

Dogmum40 · 03/05/2022 15:00

An acquaintance on my social media posted a photo of her daughter dressed in her dance costume saying “competition day, nail it like normal baby girl” whilst her daughter was lent against their brand new BMW 4 wheel drive which they picked up an hour early on new reg day (with the new reg on show)

what drove me nuts more on this brag is a fellow acquaintance is struggling to pay her mortgage and her family are helping them to pay their bills and the acquaintance knew this as we all met up a day or two before to help her, I just thought it was really insensitive and the photo of her daughter could have been taken inside their house, garden or driveway minus the car in fact anywhere! It was totally obvious why it was done 🙄

If you're saying the photo was intentionally posted to 'rub it in' the face of the struggling acquaintance then that's just awful (but I don't know how you'd know her motivation).

But I don't think that people should refrain from posting something that might make others feel bad. It's cringe, but she isn't responsible for the circumstances or feelings of another

KimikosNightmare · 03/05/2022 15:04

fossilsmorefossils · 03/05/2022 14:57

That could be something I'd say. That seriously is not a fun oresent to get if you're scared of heights and wild rides!

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Agree. I don't think that counts.

Chikapu · 03/05/2022 15:05

That's really not humble bragging.

BowerOfBramble · 03/05/2022 15:07

I'm a real fan of the "grumble-brag" e.g. "urgh I just want to go home and watch Bake Off but I've been nominated for this stupid work award and my boss says I HAVE to go to the [free, fancy] ceremony. FML."

tomatoandherbs · 03/05/2022 15:07

Rosehugger · 03/05/2022 14:54

I don't see the first example as a brag even, just making conversation about life experiences. I'd be delighted and interested to hear about someone going to Madagascar and seeing lemurs in the wild. It's not like they just announced it in the pub, it was quite relevant to what was actually going on at the time.

This is how I see it.
It is always quite a shock to me to see how many posters seem to occupy quite a dark world - where they see this kind of thing.

I would be too busy looking at the lemurs or I’d say “wow, Madagascar, what an experience that must have been”

tomatoandherbs · 03/05/2022 15:08

Daddydog · 03/05/2022 15:00

Happened yesterday, was out for dinner in a nice restaurant when a couple on a date sat near our table. At the end of the meal the man announced for half the restaurant to hear...

"Is it alright if I pay in cash?"

Silly man - doesn't he know everyone is this part of town only pays with magic beans and cows?

Wtf

this isn’t a humble brag

since covid loads of establishments went card only

KimikosNightmare · 03/05/2022 15:09

Daddydog · 03/05/2022 15:00

Happened yesterday, was out for dinner in a nice restaurant when a couple on a date sat near our table. At the end of the meal the man announced for half the restaurant to hear...

"Is it alright if I pay in cash?"

Silly man - doesn't he know everyone is this part of town only pays with magic beans and cows?

Eh?

For various odd reasons I ended up with over £200 in cash in my purse over lockdown which I couldn't spend because nobody would take cash. I've asked in several places now if they accept cash because I can finally use it.

HollowTalk · 03/05/2022 15:10

MangosteenSoda · 03/05/2022 13:38

Someone is currently asking for advice about what to do with a spare 150k 😀

Not really, though. She's downsizing her house and will have that money left over and she was in the Investments section of MN to ask how best to invest it.

Tryhard40 · 03/05/2022 15:10

a client gave me a helicopter ride as a thank you. I’m worried I’ll be scared and won’t enjoy it”.

Some of these don't seem braggy to me at all - this is something I'd say as I'd be terrified too. Surely it's just having a conversation about something that's happened in your life recently?

methinks there is a good bit of projection going on here.

a humble brag imo is something like "it's so hard being as pretty as I am - I'm constantly getting chatted up and it's annoying having to constantly bat away men!"

or
"It can be awful speaking 10 languages such as I - I overheard two Italian men talking about how peachy my arse is the other day and obviously I understood every word - they were so shocked when I told them to "Vaffanculo"!

KimikosNightmare · 03/05/2022 15:13

Yes, I spotted a splendid one on here last week but it's not the done thing to refer to other threads.