Things people are sometimes proud of but shouldn't be

[Anonymous]

Not because there is anything wrong with any of these but because they are either totally random (and do not matter at all) or actually do matter but not something you can earn:

Being tall
Being super tiny (if you are a woman)
Being born in the 70s
Having traveled extensively as a child
Having a doctor as a parent

[Anonymous]

Bragging about not knowing how to cook.

[Anonymous]

Giving their child a cell phone.
Putting their child on birth control.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not because there is anything wrong with any of these but because they are either totally random (and do not matter at all) or actually do matter but not something you can earn:

Being tall
Being super tiny (if you are a woman)
Being born in the 70s
Having traveled extensively as a child
Having a doctor as a parent

I don't think people are proud of these things they just come up in conversation. You don't value any of these things, or want them and do not have them, so hearing about them irritates you that is all.

[Anonymous]

Being born in whichever city/state/country

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not because there is anything wrong with any of these but because they are either totally random (and do not matter at all) or actually do matter but not something you can earn:

Being tall
Being super tiny (if you are a woman)
Being born in the 70s
Having traveled extensively as a child
Having a doctor as a parent

I don't think people are proud of these things they just come up in conversation. You don't value any of these things, or want them and do not have them, so hearing about them irritates you that is all.

As a woman who is 6’2… it always comes up in conversation (and not initiated by me).

[Anonymous]

Being workaholics.

[Anonymous]

Having a kid at a prestigious college.

[Anonymous]

What is special about being born in the 70s?

[Anonymous]

Stealing credit from coworkers to get ahead

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is special about being born in the 70s?

We are a small cohort

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Having a kid at a prestigious college.

I would be proud of that too and not see it as something "not" to be proud of.
This sounds more like the poster with the answer has a terrible case of envy.

[Anonymous]

Football. Bonus points for parents who live through their kid via their football.

[Anonymous]

I was born in the 70s. Yay! I didn’t know I should be so proud of that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is special about being born in the 70s?

We are a small cohort

Why is that?