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Anonymous wrote:Something similar happened to me years ago. At a party, I overheard parents talking about my kid is too hyper and out of control.

To be honest, I always felt their kids were boring, incurious, and unimaginative, but each person is unique. I chalked it up to them not being used to having a spirited, curious child.

But after hearing that comment, I would start making low-key references to my children's superior imaginative play and curiosity to the other Dads at the party (I'm a dude)

Things like "DS is so into dinosaurs. He spent hours digging for dinosaur bones yesterday in the yard yesterday. You guys are lucky your kids don't want to get dirty"

Oh, good grief.

I posted that. I literally said in my post "each person is unique".

I never judged their kids for preferring to color over wrestling, or preferring to read a book the explore the woods. Like i said, each kid is unique. But if you bash my kid for preferring to play barefoot (always taking his shoes off in the grass), then trust me, your kid preferring to sit on mom's lap is definitely fair game

You thought their kids were boring, incurious and unimaginative. That’s pretty judge-y!

Thats not judgement. Judgement would be saying they were bad or inferior because they were boring.

Calling a boring person boring is just describing them. Saying they are "less than" because of it is judgement. I specifically went out of my way to shrug it off as "each person is unique". There's nothing wrong with boring people. But they are still boring. So not judging, just describing.

DP.

There is something wrong with your kind of "spirited" people who think they are entitled to creating noise and chaos for everyone. If you are usually the center of attention because you are too loud/obnoxious, you are not spirited; you are rude and badly behaved.

OP's child is only a child so he has some growing to do. You, on the other hand ...

+100 If the other kids seem boring to the PP, it’s probably because they’ve shut down in the presence of his attention-craving kid.

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Anonymous wrote:Something similar happened to me years ago. At a party, I overheard parents talking about my kid is too hyper and out of control.

To be honest, I always felt their kids were boring, incurious, and unimaginative, but each person is unique. I chalked it up to them not being used to having a spirited, curious child.

But after hearing that comment, I would start making low-key references to my children's superior imaginative play and curiosity to the other Dads at the party (I'm a dude)

Things like "DS is so into dinosaurs. He spent hours digging for dinosaur bones yesterday in the yard yesterday. You guys are lucky your kids don't want to get dirty"

Oh, good grief.

I posted that. I literally said in my post "each person is unique".

I never judged their kids for preferring to color over wrestling, or preferring to read a book the explore the woods. Like i said, each kid is unique. But if you bash my kid for preferring to play barefoot (always taking his shoes off in the grass), then trust me, your kid preferring to sit on mom's lap is definitely fair game

You thought their kids were boring, incurious and unimaginative. That’s pretty judge-y!

Thats not judgement. Judgement would be saying they were bad or inferior because they were boring.

Calling a boring person boring is just describing them. Saying they are "less than" because of it is judgement. I specifically went out of my way to shrug it off as "each person is unique". There's nothing wrong with boring people. But they are still boring. So not judging, just describing.

DP.

There is something wrong with your kind of "spirited" people who think they are entitled to creating noise and chaos for everyone. If you are usually the center of attention because you are too loud/obnoxious, you are not spirited; you are rude and badly behaved.

OP's child is only a child so he has some growing to do. You, on the other hand ...

+100 If the other kids seem boring to the PP, it’s probably because they’ve shut down in the presence of his attention-craving kid.

Lol. Sounds like I struck a nerve with all the parents of boring kids.

FWIW, this was 8 years ago and my DS is now 11. And with his creative spirit, he's been featured many places, in print and television, for his comedy, and ventriloquism.

the other kids are still sitting on the couch, but instead of looking at Dr. Suess books, they're playing Among Us.

I'll stand by my assessment.

And once again, I never even judged those kids! I just correctly acknowledged their lack of creativity.

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Anonymous wrote:Something similar happened to me years ago. At a party, I overheard parents talking about my kid is too hyper and out of control.

To be honest, I always felt their kids were boring, incurious, and unimaginative, but each person is unique. I chalked it up to them not being used to having a spirited, curious child.

But after hearing that comment, I would start making low-key references to my children's superior imaginative play and curiosity to the other Dads at the party (I'm a dude)

Things like "DS is so into dinosaurs. He spent hours digging for dinosaur bones yesterday in the yard yesterday. You guys are lucky your kids don't want to get dirty"

Oh, good grief.

I posted that. I literally said in my post "each person is unique".

I never judged their kids for preferring to color over wrestling, or preferring to read a book the explore the woods. Like i said, each kid is unique. But if you bash my kid for preferring to play barefoot (always taking his shoes off in the grass), then trust me, your kid preferring to sit on mom's lap is definitely fair game

You thought their kids were boring, incurious and unimaginative. That’s pretty judge-y!

Thats not judgement. Judgement would be saying they were bad or inferior because they were boring.

Calling a boring person boring is just describing them. Saying they are "less than" because of it is judgement. I specifically went out of my way to shrug it off as "each person is unique". There's nothing wrong with boring people. But they are still boring. So not judging, just describing.

DP.

There is something wrong with your kind of "spirited" people who think they are entitled to creating noise and chaos for everyone. If you are usually the center of attention because you are too loud/obnoxious, you are not spirited; you are rude and badly behaved.

OP's child is only a child so he has some growing to do. You, on the other hand ...

+100 If the other kids seem boring to the PP, it’s probably because they’ve shut down in the presence of his attention-craving kid.

Lol. Sounds like I struck a nerve with all the parents of boring kids.

FWIW, this was 8 years ago and my DS is now 11. And with his creative spirit, he's been featured many places, in print and television, for his comedy, and ventriloquism.

the other kids are still sitting on the couch, but instead of looking at Dr. Suess books, they're playing Among Us.

I'll stand by my assessment.

And once again, I never even judged those kids! I just correctly acknowledged their lack of creativity.

Wow. I can’t believe you don’t think labeling somebody “boring” isn’t judging somebody.

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Anonymous wrote:Something similar happened to me years ago. At a party, I overheard parents talking about my kid is too hyper and out of control.

To be honest, I always felt their kids were boring, incurious, and unimaginative, but each person is unique. I chalked it up to them not being used to having a spirited, curious child.

But after hearing that comment, I would start making low-key references to my children's superior imaginative play and curiosity to the other Dads at the party (I'm a dude)

Things like "DS is so into dinosaurs. He spent hours digging for dinosaur bones yesterday in the yard yesterday. You guys are lucky your kids don't want to get dirty"

Oh, good grief.

I posted that. I literally said in my post "each person is unique".

I never judged their kids for preferring to color over wrestling, or preferring to read a book the explore the woods. Like i said, each kid is unique. But if you bash my kid for preferring to play barefoot (always taking his shoes off in the grass), then trust me, your kid preferring to sit on mom's lap is definitely fair game

You thought their kids were boring, incurious and unimaginative. That’s pretty judge-y!

Thats not judgement. Judgement would be saying they were bad or inferior because they were boring.

Calling a boring person boring is just describing them. Saying they are "less than" because of it is judgement. I specifically went out of my way to shrug it off as "each person is unique". There's nothing wrong with boring people. But they are still boring. So not judging, just describing.

DP.

There is something wrong with your kind of "spirited" people who think they are entitled to creating noise and chaos for everyone. If you are usually the center of attention because you are too loud/obnoxious, you are not spirited; you are rude and badly behaved.

OP's child is only a child so he has some growing to do. You, on the other hand ...

+100 If the other kids seem boring to the PP, it’s probably because they’ve shut down in the presence of his attention-craving kid.

Lol. Sounds like I struck a nerve with all the parents of boring kids.

FWIW, this was 8 years ago and my DS is now 11. And with his creative spirit, he's been featured many places, in print and television, for his comedy, and ventriloquism.

the other kids are still sitting on the couch, but instead of looking at Dr. Suess books, they're playing Among Us.

I'll stand by my assessment.

And once again, I never even judged those kids! I just correctly acknowledged their lack of creativity.

Wow. I can’t believe you don’t think labeling somebody “boring” isn’t judging somebody.

It's not a judgement. Come on the world needs boring people too.

You can't be serious that you don't get that some people are boring and some are not.

-np

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Anonymous wrote:Something similar happened to me years ago. At a party, I overheard parents talking about my kid is too hyper and out of control.

To be honest, I always felt their kids were boring, incurious, and unimaginative, but each person is unique. I chalked it up to them not being used to having a spirited, curious child.

But after hearing that comment, I would start making low-key references to my children's superior imaginative play and curiosity to the other Dads at the party (I'm a dude)

Things like "DS is so into dinosaurs. He spent hours digging for dinosaur bones yesterday in the yard yesterday. You guys are lucky your kids don't want to get dirty"

Oh, good grief.

I posted that. I literally said in my post "each person is unique".

I never judged their kids for preferring to color over wrestling, or preferring to read a book the explore the woods. Like i said, each kid is unique. But if you bash my kid for preferring to play barefoot (always taking his shoes off in the grass), then trust me, your kid preferring to sit on mom's lap is definitely fair game

You thought their kids were boring, incurious and unimaginative. That’s pretty judge-y!

Thats not judgement. Judgement would be saying they were bad or inferior because they were boring.

Calling a boring person boring is just describing them. Saying they are "less than" because of it is judgement. I specifically went out of my way to shrug it off as "each person is unique". There's nothing wrong with boring people. But they are still boring. So not judging, just describing.

DP.

There is something wrong with your kind of "spirited" people who think they are entitled to creating noise and chaos for everyone. If you are usually the center of attention because you are too loud/obnoxious, you are not spirited; you are rude and badly behaved.

OP's child is only a child so he has some growing to do. You, on the other hand ...

+100 If the other kids seem boring to the PP, it’s probably because they’ve shut down in the presence of his attention-craving kid.

Lol. Sounds like I struck a nerve with all the parents of boring kids.

FWIW, this was 8 years ago and my DS is now 11. And with his creative spirit, he's been featured many places, in print and television, for his comedy, and ventriloquism.

the other kids are still sitting on the couch, but instead of looking at Dr. Suess books, they're playing Among Us.

I'll stand by my assessment.

And once again, I never even judged those kids! I just correctly acknowledged their lack of creativity.

Wow. I can’t believe you don’t think labeling somebody “boring” isn’t judging somebody.

It's not a judgement. Come on the world needs boring people too.

You can't be serious that you don't get that some people are boring and some are not.

-np

Thank you.

It' really isnt judgemental at all. Boring people are boring people. I don't care if they are boring or not, but I'm not going go criticize them for being boring. It's who they are. Its like calling someobody short. That's not judgemental; its just who they are

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Anonymous wrote:Something similar happened to me years ago. At a party, I overheard parents talking about my kid is too hyper and out of control.

To be honest, I always felt their kids were boring, incurious, and unimaginative, but each person is unique. I chalked it up to them not being used to having a spirited, curious child.

But after hearing that comment, I would start making low-key references to my children's superior imaginative play and curiosity to the other Dads at the party (I'm a dude)

Things like "DS is so into dinosaurs. He spent hours digging for dinosaur bones yesterday in the yard yesterday. You guys are lucky your kids don't want to get dirty"

Oh, good grief.

I posted that. I literally said in my post "each person is unique".

I never judged their kids for preferring to color over wrestling, or preferring to read a book the explore the woods. Like i said, each kid is unique. But if you bash my kid for preferring to play barefoot (always taking his shoes off in the grass), then trust me, your kid preferring to sit on mom's lap is definitely fair game

You thought their kids were boring, incurious and unimaginative. That’s pretty judge-y!

Thats not judgement. Judgement would be saying they were bad or inferior because they were boring.

Calling a boring person boring is just describing them. Saying they are "less than" because of it is judgement. I specifically went out of my way to shrug it off as "each person is unique". There's nothing wrong with boring people. But they are still boring. So not judging, just describing.

DP.

There is something wrong with your kind of "spirited" people who think they are entitled to creating noise and chaos for everyone. If you are usually the center of attention because you are too loud/obnoxious, you are not spirited; you are rude and badly behaved.

OP's child is only a child so he has some growing to do. You, on the other hand ...

+100 If the other kids seem boring to the PP, it’s probably because they’ve shut down in the presence of his attention-craving kid.

Lol. Sounds like I struck a nerve with all the parents of boring kids.

FWIW, this was 8 years ago and my DS is now 11. And with his creative spirit, he's been featured many places, in print and television, for his comedy, and ventriloquism.

the other kids are still sitting on the couch, but instead of looking at Dr. Suess books, they're playing Among Us.

I'll stand by my assessment.

And once again, I never even judged those kids! I just correctly acknowledged their lack of creativity.

Wow. I can’t believe you don’t think labeling somebody “boring” isn’t judging somebody.

It's not a judgement. Come on the world needs boring people too.

You can't be serious that you don't get that some people are boring and some are not.

-np

Thank you.

It' really isnt judgemental at all. Boring people are boring people. I don't care if they are boring or not, but I'm not going go criticize them for being boring. It's who they are. Its like calling someobody short. That's not judgemental; its just who they are

I agree... some kids are followers some are leaders, some are extrovert some are introvert, some are athletic some are not, some are artistic some are not, some are funny some are not

These are not judgements.

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Anonymous wrote:Something similar happened to me years ago. At a party, I overheard parents talking about my kid is too hyper and out of control.

To be honest, I always felt their kids were boring, incurious, and unimaginative, but each person is unique. I chalked it up to them not being used to having a spirited, curious child.

But after hearing that comment, I would start making low-key references to my children's superior imaginative play and curiosity to the other Dads at the party (I'm a dude)

Things like "DS is so into dinosaurs. He spent hours digging for dinosaur bones yesterday in the yard yesterday. You guys are lucky your kids don't want to get dirty"

Oh, good grief.

I posted that. I literally said in my post "each person is unique".

I never judged their kids for preferring to color over wrestling, or preferring to read a book the explore the woods. Like i said, each kid is unique. But if you bash my kid for preferring to play barefoot (always taking his shoes off in the grass), then trust me, your kid preferring to sit on mom's lap is definitely fair game

You thought their kids were boring, incurious and unimaginative. That’s pretty judge-y!

Thats not judgement. Judgement would be saying they were bad or inferior because they were boring.

Calling a boring person boring is just describing them. Saying they are "less than" because of it is judgement. I specifically went out of my way to shrug it off as "each person is unique". There's nothing wrong with boring people. But they are still boring. So not judging, just describing.

DP.

There is something wrong with your kind of "spirited" people who think they are entitled to creating noise and chaos for everyone. If you are usually the center of attention because you are too loud/obnoxious, you are not spirited; you are rude and badly behaved.

OP's child is only a child so he has some growing to do. You, on the other hand ...

+100 If the other kids seem boring to the PP, it’s probably because they’ve shut down in the presence of his attention-craving kid.

Lol. Sounds like I struck a nerve with all the parents of boring kids.

FWIW, this was 8 years ago and my DS is now 11. And with his creative spirit, he's been featured many places, in print and television, for his comedy, and ventriloquism.

the other kids are still sitting on the couch, but instead of looking at Dr. Suess books, they're playing Among Us.

I'll stand by my assessment.

And once again, I never even judged those kids! I just correctly acknowledged their lack of creativity.

Good for your son! I hope your child outgrew his childish behavior. You certainly did not outgrow yours.

And in case you were wondering, a child can be rude/obnoxious and creative at the same time. A "boring" child can be very creative too. Don't be fooled (who am I kidding- you are incredibly obnoxious and completely unaware)

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Anonymous wrote:Something similar happened to me years ago. At a party, I overheard parents talking about my kid is too hyper and out of control.

To be honest, I always felt their kids were boring, incurious, and unimaginative, but each person is unique. I chalked it up to them not being used to having a spirited, curious child.

But after hearing that comment, I would start making low-key references to my children's superior imaginative play and curiosity to the other Dads at the party (I'm a dude)

Things like "DS is so into dinosaurs. He spent hours digging for dinosaur bones yesterday in the yard yesterday. You guys are lucky your kids don't want to get dirty"

Oh, good grief.

I posted that. I literally said in my post "each person is unique".

I never judged their kids for preferring to color over wrestling, or preferring to read a book the explore the woods. Like i said, each kid is unique. But if you bash my kid for preferring to play barefoot (always taking his shoes off in the grass), then trust me, your kid preferring to sit on mom's lap is definitely fair game

You thought their kids were boring, incurious and unimaginative. That’s pretty judge-y!

Thats not judgement. Judgement would be saying they were bad or inferior because they were boring.

Calling a boring person boring is just describing them. Saying they are "less than" because of it is judgement. I specifically went out of my way to shrug it off as "each person is unique". There's nothing wrong with boring people. But they are still boring. So not judging, just describing.

DP.

There is something wrong with your kind of "spirited" people who think they are entitled to creating noise and chaos for everyone. If you are usually the center of attention because you are too loud/obnoxious, you are not spirited; you are rude and badly behaved.

OP's child is only a child so he has some growing to do. You, on the other hand ...

+100 If the other kids seem boring to the PP, it’s probably because they’ve shut down in the presence of his attention-craving kid.

Lol. Sounds like I struck a nerve with all the parents of boring kids.

FWIW, this was 8 years ago and my DS is now 11. And with his creative spirit, he's been featured many places, in print and television, for his comedy, and ventriloquism.

the other kids are still sitting on the couch, but instead of looking at Dr. Suess books, they're playing Among Us.

I'll stand by my assessment.

And once again, I never even judged those kids! I just correctly acknowledged their lack of creativity.

Wow. I can’t believe you don’t think labeling somebody “boring” isn’t judging somebody.

It's not a judgement. Come on the world needs boring people too.

You can't be serious that you don't get that some people are boring and some are not.

-np

BS. Boring is completely subjective. Loud is measurable in decibels. Calling someone boring is way worse than calling them loud.

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Anonymous wrote:Something similar happened to me years ago. At a party, I overheard parents talking about my kid is too hyper and out of control.

To be honest, I always felt their kids were boring, incurious, and unimaginative, but each person is unique. I chalked it up to them not being used to having a spirited, curious child.

But after hearing that comment, I would start making low-key references to my children's superior imaginative play and curiosity to the other Dads at the party (I'm a dude)

Things like "DS is so into dinosaurs. He spent hours digging for dinosaur bones yesterday in the yard yesterday. You guys are lucky your kids don't want to get dirty"

Oh, good grief.

I posted that. I literally said in my post "each person is unique".

I never judged their kids for preferring to color over wrestling, or preferring to read a book the explore the woods. Like i said, each kid is unique. But if you bash my kid for preferring to play barefoot (always taking his shoes off in the grass), then trust me, your kid preferring to sit on mom's lap is definitely fair game

You thought their kids were boring, incurious and unimaginative. That’s pretty judge-y!

Thats not judgement. Judgement would be saying they were bad or inferior because they were boring.

Calling a boring person boring is just describing them. Saying they are "less than" because of it is judgement. I specifically went out of my way to shrug it off as "each person is unique". There's nothing wrong with boring people. But they are still boring. So not judging, just describing.

DP.

There is something wrong with your kind of "spirited" people who think they are entitled to creating noise and chaos for everyone. If you are usually the center of attention because you are too loud/obnoxious, you are not spirited; you are rude and badly behaved.

OP's child is only a child so he has some growing to do. You, on the other hand ...

+100 If the other kids seem boring to the PP, it’s probably because they’ve shut down in the presence of his attention-craving kid.

Lol. Sounds like I struck a nerve with all the parents of boring kids.

FWIW, this was 8 years ago and my DS is now 11. And with his creative spirit, he's been featured many places, in print and television, for his comedy, and ventriloquism.

the other kids are still sitting on the couch, but instead of looking at Dr. Suess books, they're playing Among Us.

I'll stand by my assessment.

And once again, I never even judged those kids! I just correctly acknowledged their lack of creativity.

Good for your son! I hope your child outgrew his childish behavior. You certainly did not outgrow yours.

And in case you were wondering, a child can be rude/obnoxious and creative at the same time. A "boring" child can be very creative too. Don't be fooled (who am I kidding- you are incredibly obnoxious and completely unaware)

Listen you are taking it too personally.

Most fun people are not sitting in a corner quietly. They might be cool and creative, but fun... i don't think so.

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Anonymous wrote:Something similar happened to me years ago. At a party, I overheard parents talking about my kid is too hyper and out of control.

To be honest, I always felt their kids were boring, incurious, and unimaginative, but each person is unique. I chalked it up to them not being used to having a spirited, curious child.

But after hearing that comment, I would start making low-key references to my children's superior imaginative play and curiosity to the other Dads at the party (I'm a dude)

Things like "DS is so into dinosaurs. He spent hours digging for dinosaur bones yesterday in the yard yesterday. You guys are lucky your kids don't want to get dirty"

Oh, good grief.

I posted that. I literally said in my post "each person is unique".

I never judged their kids for preferring to color over wrestling, or preferring to read a book the explore the woods. Like i said, each kid is unique. But if you bash my kid for preferring to play barefoot (always taking his shoes off in the grass), then trust me, your kid preferring to sit on mom's lap is definitely fair game

You thought their kids were boring, incurious and unimaginative. That’s pretty judge-y!

Thats not judgement. Judgement would be saying they were bad or inferior because they were boring.

Calling a boring person boring is just describing them. Saying they are "less than" because of it is judgement. I specifically went out of my way to shrug it off as "each person is unique". There's nothing wrong with boring people. But they are still boring. So not judging, just describing.

DP.

There is something wrong with your kind of "spirited" people who think they are entitled to creating noise and chaos for everyone. If you are usually the center of attention because you are too loud/obnoxious, you are not spirited; you are rude and badly behaved.

OP's child is only a child so he has some growing to do. You, on the other hand ...

+100 If the other kids seem boring to the PP, it’s probably because they’ve shut down in the presence of his attention-craving kid.

Lol. Sounds like I struck a nerve with all the parents of boring kids.

FWIW, this was 8 years ago and my DS is now 11. And with his creative spirit, he's been featured many places, in print and television, for his comedy, and ventriloquism.

the other kids are still sitting on the couch, but instead of looking at Dr. Suess books, they're playing Among Us.

I'll stand by my assessment.

And once again, I never even judged those kids! I just correctly acknowledged their lack of creativity.

Wow. I can’t believe you don’t think labeling somebody “boring” isn’t judging somebody.

It's not a judgement. Come on the world needs boring people too.

You can't be serious that you don't get that some people are boring and some are not.

-np

BS. Boring is completely subjective. Loud is measurable in decibels. Calling someone boring is way worse than calling them loud.

There is nothing wrong with loud and there is nothing wrong with boring.

Stop ranking kids by their personalities.

You are the one judging.

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Anonymous wrote:Something similar happened to me years ago. At a party, I overheard parents talking about my kid is too hyper and out of control.

To be honest, I always felt their kids were boring, incurious, and unimaginative, but each person is unique. I chalked it up to them not being used to having a spirited, curious child.

But after hearing that comment, I would start making low-key references to my children's superior imaginative play and curiosity to the other Dads at the party (I'm a dude)

Things like "DS is so into dinosaurs. He spent hours digging for dinosaur bones yesterday in the yard yesterday. You guys are lucky your kids don't want to get dirty"

Oh, good grief.

I posted that. I literally said in my post "each person is unique".

I never judged their kids for preferring to color over wrestling, or preferring to read a book the explore the woods. Like i said, each kid is unique. But if you bash my kid for preferring to play barefoot (always taking his shoes off in the grass), then trust me, your kid preferring to sit on mom's lap is definitely fair game

You thought their kids were boring, incurious and unimaginative. That’s pretty judge-y!

Thats not judgement. Judgement would be saying they were bad or inferior because they were boring.

Calling a boring person boring is just describing them. Saying they are "less than" because of it is judgement. I specifically went out of my way to shrug it off as "each person is unique". There's nothing wrong with boring people. But they are still boring. So not judging, just describing.

DP.

There is something wrong with your kind of "spirited" people who think they are entitled to creating noise and chaos for everyone. If you are usually the center of attention because you are too loud/obnoxious, you are not spirited; you are rude and badly behaved.

OP's child is only a child so he has some growing to do. You, on the other hand ...

+100 If the other kids seem boring to the PP, it’s probably because they’ve shut down in the presence of his attention-craving kid.

This. And I have one introvert bio kid and one extrovert bio kid. I never allowed the extrovert to exhaust or annoy other people.

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Anonymous wrote:Something similar happened to me years ago. At a party, I overheard parents talking about my kid is too hyper and out of control.

To be honest, I always felt their kids were boring, incurious, and unimaginative, but each person is unique. I chalked it up to them not being used to having a spirited, curious child.

But after hearing that comment, I would start making low-key references to my children's superior imaginative play and curiosity to the other Dads at the party (I'm a dude)

Things like "DS is so into dinosaurs. He spent hours digging for dinosaur bones yesterday in the yard yesterday. You guys are lucky your kids don't want to get dirty"

Oh, good grief.

I posted that. I literally said in my post "each person is unique".

I never judged their kids for preferring to color over wrestling, or preferring to read a book the explore the woods. Like i said, each kid is unique. But if you bash my kid for preferring to play barefoot (always taking his shoes off in the grass), then trust me, your kid preferring to sit on mom's lap is definitely fair game

You thought their kids were boring, incurious and unimaginative. That’s pretty judge-y!

Thats not judgement. Judgement would be saying they were bad or inferior because they were boring.

Calling a boring person boring is just describing them. Saying they are "less than" because of it is judgement. I specifically went out of my way to shrug it off as "each person is unique". There's nothing wrong with boring people. But they are still boring. So not judging, just describing.

DP.

There is something wrong with your kind of "spirited" people who think they are entitled to creating noise and chaos for everyone. If you are usually the center of attention because you are too loud/obnoxious, you are not spirited; you are rude and badly behaved.

OP's child is only a child so he has some growing to do. You, on the other hand ...

+100 If the other kids seem boring to the PP, it’s probably because they’ve shut down in the presence of his attention-craving kid.

Lol. Sounds like I struck a nerve with all the parents of boring kids.

FWIW, this was 8 years ago and my DS is now 11. And with his creative spirit, he's been featured many places, in print and television, for his comedy, and ventriloquism.

the other kids are still sitting on the couch, but instead of looking at Dr. Suess books, they're playing Among Us.

I'll stand by my assessment.

And once again, I never even judged those kids! I just correctly acknowledged their lack of creativity.

Good for your son! I hope your child outgrew his childish behavior. You certainly did not outgrow yours.

And in case you were wondering, a child can be rude/obnoxious and creative at the same time. A "boring" child can be very creative too. Don't be fooled (who am I kidding- you are incredibly obnoxious and completely unaware)

I'm literally cracking up here.

You guys are so triggered.

And for the record, I work with and appreciate TONS of "boring" people. They play incredibly important roles. I don't judge them. My original story was responding to a parent of a "boring" child who was criticizing my child for being different than theirs; so I had a little fun with those other parents.

But holy christ, you guys here on DCUM are so sensitive; everyone has to be the victim

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Be the bigger person. Anyone who is worth their salt would apologize privately.

This is really nice. Probably the most reasonable thing that has been posted here. I would remove the "we love him" part, and replace with "he really enjoys this activity/spending time with your kids/whatever."

I agree. Depending on your relationship with her, maybe even ask her to share her observations. If she apologizes and shares some honest insight into how your son's behavior impacts the group or her kid, it gives you insight into how to help him and opens up a line of communication with her. If she doesn't, well, then, you have confirmed she's a jerk and not worth your time.

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Anonymous wrote:Something similar happened to me years ago. At a party, I overheard parents talking about my kid is too hyper and out of control.

To be honest, I always felt their kids were boring, incurious, and unimaginative, but each person is unique. I chalked it up to them not being used to having a spirited, curious child.

But after hearing that comment, I would start making low-key references to my children's superior imaginative play and curiosity to the other Dads at the party (I'm a dude)

Things like "DS is so into dinosaurs. He spent hours digging for dinosaur bones yesterday in the yard yesterday. You guys are lucky your kids don't want to get dirty"

Oh, good grief.

I posted that. I literally said in my post "each person is unique".

I never judged their kids for preferring to color over wrestling, or preferring to read a book the explore the woods. Like i said, each kid is unique. But if you bash my kid for preferring to play barefoot (always taking his shoes off in the grass), then trust me, your kid preferring to sit on mom's lap is definitely fair game

You thought their kids were boring, incurious and unimaginative. That’s pretty judge-y!

Thats not judgement. Judgement would be saying they were bad or inferior because they were boring.

Calling a boring person boring is just describing them. Saying they are "less than" because of it is judgement. I specifically went out of my way to shrug it off as "each person is unique". There's nothing wrong with boring people. But they are still boring. So not judging, just describing.

DP.

There is something wrong with your kind of "spirited" people who think they are entitled to creating noise and chaos for everyone. If you are usually the center of attention because you are too loud/obnoxious, you are not spirited; you are rude and badly behaved.

OP's child is only a child so he has some growing to do. You, on the other hand ...

+100 If the other kids seem boring to the PP, it’s probably because they’ve shut down in the presence of his attention-craving kid.

Lol. Sounds like I struck a nerve with all the parents of boring kids.

FWIW, this was 8 years ago and my DS is now 11. And with his creative spirit, he's been featured many places, in print and television, for his comedy, and ventriloquism.

the other kids are still sitting on the couch, but instead of looking at Dr. Suess books, they're playing Among Us.

I'll stand by my assessment.

And once again, I never even judged those kids! I just correctly acknowledged their lack of creativity.

Wow. I can’t believe you don’t think labeling somebody “boring” isn’t judging somebody.

It's not a judgement. Come on the world needs boring people too.

You can't be serious that you don't get that some people are boring and some are not.

-np

Thank you.

It' really isnt judgemental at all. Boring people are boring people. I don't care if they are boring or not, but I'm not going go criticize them for being boring. It's who they are. Its like calling someobody short. That's not judgemental; its just who they are

I agree... some kids are followers some are leaders, some are extrovert some are introvert, some are athletic some are not, some are artistic some are not, some are funny some are not

These are not judgements.

You are clearly setting up a dichotomy in which your out of control child is supposedly a leader.

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Anonymous wrote:Something similar happened to me years ago. At a party, I overheard parents talking about my kid is too hyper and out of control.

To be honest, I always felt their kids were boring, incurious, and unimaginative, but each person is unique. I chalked it up to them not being used to having a spirited, curious child.

But after hearing that comment, I would start making low-key references to my children's superior imaginative play and curiosity to the other Dads at the party (I'm a dude)

Things like "DS is so into dinosaurs. He spent hours digging for dinosaur bones yesterday in the yard yesterday. You guys are lucky your kids don't want to get dirty"

Oh, good grief.

I posted that. I literally said in my post "each person is unique".

I never judged their kids for preferring to color over wrestling, or preferring to read a book the explore the woods. Like i said, each kid is unique. But if you bash my kid for preferring to play barefoot (always taking his shoes off in the grass), then trust me, your kid preferring to sit on mom's lap is definitely fair game

You thought their kids were boring, incurious and unimaginative. That’s pretty judge-y!

Thats not judgement. Judgement would be saying they were bad or inferior because they were boring.

Calling a boring person boring is just describing them. Saying they are "less than" because of it is judgement. I specifically went out of my way to shrug it off as "each person is unique". There's nothing wrong with boring people. But they are still boring. So not judging, just describing.

DP.

There is something wrong with your kind of "spirited" people who think they are entitled to creating noise and chaos for everyone. If you are usually the center of attention because you are too loud/obnoxious, you are not spirited; you are rude and badly behaved.

OP's child is only a child so he has some growing to do. You, on the other hand ...

+100 If the other kids seem boring to the PP, it’s probably because they’ve shut down in the presence of his attention-craving kid.

Lol. Sounds like I struck a nerve with all the parents of boring kids.

FWIW, this was 8 years ago and my DS is now 11. And with his creative spirit, he's been featured many places, in print and television, for his comedy, and ventriloquism.

the other kids are still sitting on the couch, but instead of looking at Dr. Suess books, they're playing Among Us.

I'll stand by my assessment.

And once again, I never even judged those kids! I just correctly acknowledged their lack of creativity.

Good for your son! I hope your child outgrew his childish behavior. You certainly did not outgrow yours.

And in case you were wondering, a child can be rude/obnoxious and creative at the same time. A "boring" child can be very creative too. Don't be fooled (who am I kidding- you are incredibly obnoxious and completely unaware)

I'm literally cracking up here.

You guys are so triggered.

And for the record, I work with and appreciate TONS of "boring" people. They play incredibly important roles. I don't judge them. My original story was responding to a parent of a "boring" child who was criticizing my child for being different than theirs; so I had a little fun with those other parents.

But holy christ, you guys here on DCUM are so sensitive; everyone has to be the victim

This is gaslighting, right? This HAS to be gaslighting.