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What a sidetrack.

Did OP ever come back?

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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

I agree with you. There’s nothing more boring than a kid who has to act out all the time. And their parents are the most boring of all. Can you imagine a kid who interrupts every adult conversation because they want an audience for their ventriloquist act?

Come on dude.

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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

I agree with you. There’s nothing more boring than a kid who has to act out all the time. And their parents are the most boring of all. Can you imagine a kid who interrupts every adult conversation because they want an audience for their ventriloquist act?

Come on dude.

Bruh, did I ever say that? That my kid interrupts. Didn't even suggest it. In fact, I even said what the initial complaint was, that my kid likes to take his shoes to play in the grass, and gets his feet dirty. That's what the parent was complaining about.

You guys are impossible. Jesus H.

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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

I agree with you. There’s nothing more boring than a kid who has to act out all the time. And their parents are the most boring of all. Can you imagine a kid who interrupts every adult conversation because they want an audience for their ventriloquist act?

Come on dude.

I get that you are overly identifying with your opinion on this subject and therefore taking it personally but the fact is most fun, exciting people are also those that act out. You prefer boring kids, I prefer loud fun exciting kids and people... like comedians, most were off their rocker as kids.

Yes, I can imagine a kid who interrupts a lot, I would love it... but mostly I'm not part of a group of adults so self absorbed that I need a child to be quiet.

Your preference is just that, my preference is just that ... neither is better or worse. I prefer loud obnoxious kids.. you prefer boring ones,... so you are not "interrupted".

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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.

My introvert won a coding prize from Apple and has trophies from many robotics competitions. She doesn’t have to bray like a donkey to get noticed.

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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

I agree with you. There’s nothing more boring than a kid who has to act out all the time. And their parents are the most boring of all. Can you imagine a kid who interrupts every adult conversation because they want an audience for their ventriloquist act?

Come on dude.

or a kids that interrupts all the time... mommy, larlo is being loud, running around, throwing balls... can you stop him.

No kid, go away you bore me.

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Anonymous wrote:What a sidetrack.

Did OP ever come back?

Yes, she texted some nice response, sorry my kid annoys you.

The woman blamed her rudeness on the stress of the holiday and apologized.

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Anonymous wrote:I think I'd go with "Happy holidays, Suzie! -- Larlo's mom"

This. Do exactly this. Please. It’s the only response. You get the opportunity to stay classy while she melts.

Nah, too passive aggressive. I'd go with something funny.

Yea, the poster that suggested: “I always carry Advil in my purse if you need it.”

That's funny and pretty classy.

Only funny because we know she needs it due to her loud-ass kid giving even her a headache.

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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

They didn't say it to you or your kid. Calm down.

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Anonymous wrote:I think I'd go with "Happy holidays, Suzie! -- Larlo's mom"

This. Do exactly this. Please. It’s the only response. You get the opportunity to stay classy while she melts.

Nah, too passive aggressive. I'd go with something funny.

Yea, the poster that suggested: “I always carry Advil in my purse if you need it.”

That's funny and pretty classy.

Only funny because we know she needs it due to her loud-ass kid giving even her a headache.

Only funny because we know her alcoholic friend always needs advil.

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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.

My introvert won a coding prize from Apple and has trophies from many robotics competitions. She doesn’t have to bray like a donkey to get noticed.

Kewl

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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

Boring is subjective, not objective. For example, you likely think you're a fascinating individual, but you're boring the crap out of me. See?

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Anonymous wrote:I’d respond with a big f-u personally, and I would not participate in that group going forward. She’s toxic and verbally demeaned your child. Why would you be around her?

What if it's true?

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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

Boring is subjective, not objective. For example, you likely think you're a fascinating individual, but you're boring the crap out of me. See?

Yup. And I subjectively think that ventriloquism is incredibly boring. PP, if you don't think boring is a pejorative word, then you need a refresher in the English language.

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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

Boring is subjective, not objective. For example, you likely think you're a fascinating individual, but you're boring the crap out of me. See?

Yup. And I subjectively think that ventriloquism is incredibly boring. PP, if you don't think boring is a pejorative word, then you need a refresher in the English language.

Yea... kids plays too ... so boring, and band concerts... god help us all.