I don’t mind people who brag about themselves given whatever they brag about is worth bragging about. What I don’t understand is some people love to brag about their “rich” friends. Should I be happy for this friend of yours? Should I be jealous? But why would I feel jealous or happy towards someone I don’t even know about or have never met in the first place? I don’t even know their names!
I wonder why these people brag about their “rich” friends instead of bragging about themselves. I rather brag about myself than bragging about my rich friends or acquaintances.
Friend: You know, one of my friends has a Bugatti! I met him today and it looks awesome!
Ren: Oh, okay. Interesting.
Friend: Oh, I wanna tell you about this friend of mine. He is the grandchild of a former prime minister of [insert country here]. He is [bla.. bla.. bla]
Ren: Oh, yeah. Pretty cool. *Spacing out, big time!*
Friend: My other friend has [insert some so-called cool stuff here] and [that and this and that]
I should have been more specific on that dialog. However, I spaced out a lot whenever she started talking about her friends. So, I forgot most of the things that she told me about her friends. Sometimes, I could tell that these people are just using their friends to upstage me or my friends. For example,
Friend 1: Yay! I finally got a car!
Ren: Congratz! So, when will you take me on this new ride of yours?
Friend 2 (the dumb one): What car is it?
Friend 1: Nothing fancy. Just a Honda Accord.
Friend 2 (the dumb one): Honda is boring! My friend recently got a car and it is a Porsche Cayenne!
I wonder why these people use their friends’ stature or achievements in order to upstage other people’s personal achievements. Is it because they do not have their own significant achievements to brag about? I am not pissed at these types of people. I just want to understand them more since I have encountered many of them and I find them rather pathetic because they seem like they do not have any personal achievements to be proud of.
If the dialog had ended this way instead,
Honda is boring! I recently got a Porsche Cayenne! It is definitely better than your new car! *prance around*
It sounded more tolerable and less pathetic.
Oh yeah there are people like this.. I guess the they brag for many reasons. First of all they might lack self-confidence and brag about their rich friends to make themselves feel better. By projecting they have rich friends, they are uplifting their own demented spirits, they begin to feel that they actually are something important in this world. Bragging also occurs because they might not know their place amongst their peers. By bragging, they feel that they will get attention and will feel they belong somewhere. They might be under the wrong assumption that by bragging, people will like them better and they will make more friends. STUPID RIGHT?!?
Haha, good point! But I have never actually encountered such kinds of people, probably because most the people I have known are poor and have poorer friends. I haven’t met any spoiled brats either even though now I go to a rich school.
I think I’ve done something similar though. I complained to my mom about how my ex-roommate said our room was the size of her walk-in closet back home. But that’s not exactly bragging.
I think that your mommy is probably right. Except that in my case, people who brag about rich friends too much would actually irritate me a lot. And knowing how connections and networking works, having a rich friend would probably up your social status a little bit.
My experience with rich people, especially their kids, is that their kids are extremely spoiled and don’t actually appreciate what they have. So when someone says that their family and friends are rich and is really proud of it, then it’s instantly less respect for them from me. People should be proud of what they did to get rich, not of being rich themselves.
Bragging in general is annoying enough, but bragging about your friends? Seriously? What’s it to you that your friend has a Porshe (which I actually think is overrated and not the best looking car around) or that they have a rich grandfather?? Seriously, these people need to find something to make their lives more meaningful -_-
LOL. Oh lawd. Do I deal with this almost all the time…yes, especially where I live. Bragging is bull in general. Bragging about your “friends” …like, I don’t know your friends…how is it that I’m supposed to care? At all?
The human race.
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I have cousins who are like that bragging about their rich friends. It’s really annoying and my usual reaction is: so what?