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Friend who boasts

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Neco · 13/06/2024 09:11

I have a friend, used to be very close, not so close now but still catch up now and again mostly in friend groups. I’ve noticed after spending time with her lately I feel irritable and something doesn’t sit right. She lies/exaggerates and boasts about herself. An example is she got a 3rd class degree (her attendance was poor and she did little work herself) but she tells everyone she got a 2:2. Lately she’s been working as a TA but tells everyone she is a teacher. She tells stories about how she is transforming children’s lives. I’m a teacher and it annoys me. I have never called her out on it, I don’t want to embarrass her. It feels strange and I’m left feeling irritated. I feel horrible because I have these negative feelings towards her. How would you approach this, I probably should try to have empathy as she must have low self esteem but when she starts talking about work (which she does often) I find it difficult to be around her.

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Hazyjaneishere · 23/06/2024 19:00

This totally makes sense and I’m sorry she put you through that. As a recurrent miscarried myself I can appreciate how painful that must have been. It’s a seagull thing to crow about motherhood in such circumstances but it just lends further weight to the argument that she’s a deeply insecure person and not at all comfortable with herself.

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