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[quote=Anonymous]I don't know this particular person, obviously, but I generally think people who do this kind of thing are not bragging, they are just talking about their own lives. Sometimes that can hurt, just b/c it emphasizes how different your life is. Like, my child is non-verbal, so often those "funny shit my kids said" conversations with other parents are painful to me. But I know they are not trying to hurt me; of course they should not have to avoid mentioning that their kids can speak just b/c mine can't.

The way I deal with it is to figure that in the same way they shouldn't have to censor themselves around me, I will also not censor myself in talking about my child. So sometimes I will pipe up saying how it is hard to figure out how to talk to my child about X because he can't respond with any type of nuance so it is a one-sided conversation. Or something like that.

I think the analogy in OP's case might be to say "I can see how that must be hectic with all those parties, but DD rarely gets invited to parties and I sometimes so wish that she had too many parties to attend." Depends how close you are to the person, of course.[/quote]

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