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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Reminds me a little bit of some folks I know who are "toppers," in that they always have done everything better or more interesting than everyone else in the group. [/b]Those people are super exhausting, but always shut up once you call them out on it.

Not sure how the dynamic is playing out with your kid and driving a wedge, though. We are a family of 3 and so we are super careful about trying not to form bonds with 1 parent and kid against the other parent. This tends to happen with my son and I unintentionally because we are very similar, personality-wise, and my husband can easily feel left out if I'm not careful.[/quote]

Oh, like that Kristen Wiig character on SNL? I can picture that!

OP, my husband often tries to bring the conversation back to himself and his “contributions.”  We’ve been together for decades, so I know it stems from his massive insecurities and (sometimes desperate) need for external validation, which manifests itself in him basically needing EVERYONE to like him, all the time. Me, I don’t have that issue (was raised with caring parents and loving extended family).

I have no advice. Just sympathy. [/quote]

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