Bragging

[dtbog]

You are in a room with five friends. The six of you are having a discussion about personal income and taxes, but no one is directly asking each other for figures.

Somehow during the discussion, each of your friends mentions the dollar amount of his own annual income.... again, without being asked. Your income is four times the largest of your friends'.

Is it 'bragging' to mention your income? ... or are you just stating relevant facts in a harmless manner?

I am using the word 'bragging' here to have a negative connotation. It does.

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My exact answer is brag away. just make sure there isn't a check coming

[Eurotrash]

I would personally be too sheepish to mention it in this situation, unless prompted by somebody else

[dtbog]

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sheepish

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why sheepish?

[yellowjack]

The natural reaction is for others to be jealous and claim you're bragging, but you're not, especially in the way you described it.

[dtbog]

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My exact answer is brag away. just make sure there isn't a check coming

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I have actually seen this sort of thing happen.

It was hilarious.

[chisness]

i wouldn't say a word

[dtbog]

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The natural reaction is for others to be jealous and claim you're bragging, but you're not, especially in the way you described it.

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The car thread made me think about this.

If he posted "I bought my wife an 1988 Ford Taurus", would anyone have accused him of bragging? Absolutely not.

(that's the car I just replaced six months ago [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img])

[tdarko]

yes, it is bragging. now the question is do you have a problem bragging?

[dtbog]

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i wouldn't say a word

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if one of your friends' incomes was 4x yours, would you be upset that he'd mentioned it?