Bragging friend

[moonpig7564]

So my friend of 10 years is constantly bragging property, cars, designer clothes , showing off about everything, we will be having a conversation and she's putting a price tag on everything , it's getting really boring , me and my partner shop in primark for clothes and like a bargain, we live comfortably and could afford , but choose not to have fancy cars , clothes etc , does anyone else have a friend like this , how did you deal with it , I don't want to fall out but I'm getting really bored of the constant bragging

Don't be her friend. She's insecure and boring.

Sil is like this. Its boring.
Call her pit on it. Say you find talking about money boring.

Just because you've been friends for a long time, doesn't mean you have to stay friends. People drift apart and you're no longer compatible.

Tbh it annoys me that people who could afford to buy ethical clothing, sustainable clothing choose to shop in Primark.

Every time she mentions how much things cost tell her, straight faced, what you've bought and how much it cost. Do this over and over again.

Maybe shop somewhere a little more ethical as you can afford to.

I have a friend like this too.
Her messages give me the biggest eye rolls. Especially when a message crops up from out of nowhere. No hello, just "I've just bought this. Look"

I dont think its a brag as such to try and rub in my face, more so a brag as in she has always wanted to be in the position to get the things she brags about.

I wouldnt mind it so much, but it seems that's the only reason she ever messages me.

I shop in primark because I like there clothes as well as other places , when I say comfortable, I'm by no means rich, I have 4 children , I just choose to be more sensible with money and don't live off credit which I suspect my friend is doing

Yeah but you can find the same clothes from somewhere non exploitive. That’s not a real reason. WRT your friend, you’re obviously not friends so cut contact and move on.

Primark is not totally without ethics - more to be done but it has made some important commitments goodonyou.eco/how-ethical-is-primark/

This thread isn't about the ethics around shopping in Primark though is it! 🙄
OP, I have a friend like this, it's really wearing and I've very often told her that material things don't interest me. I make Mmm noises and change the subject. Difficult I know

Just tell her, subtly, that your not really a materialistic person and you don’t give a shit about designer stuff

You don't have to remain friends just because you've known one other for a long time. Eventually, differences between krunker and another person become too great to overcome.

The opposite to your friend I know OP but equally annoying. I have a friend of a friend I see socially. She brags about her clothes being chazza specials (from a charity shop) at a bargain price and how she has brought her kids up properly as they aren’t impressed by brand names and also like chazza specials and hand me downs. Yet she forgets to mention how much some make up was for herself or much she has spent on beauty treatments or on her hair etc.

In your friend or acquaintance’s case I would just say you find it crass and unnecessary how some people find the need to mention money all the time and how much things cost.

I guess either call her out on the bragging or just ignore/zone it out when it happens & see if she gets the message