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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Unpopular opinion :)

I think a lot of this is just perspective. When parents mention their kids skiing blacks, it’s usually pride in something their child worked up to. But almost any accomplishment can sound like bragging if someone is inclined to hear it that way. After all, someone else could just as easily say that mentioning a second home in Jackson or Breck or kids skiing since age 3 could sound like bragging too - it really depends on the listener.
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I think it's more complex than this. Sometimes people are just proud. Sometimes they are proud AND being competitive. Sometimes they are not competitive at all but are being tone deaf or lacking in self awareness. It's really case by case. People with a lot of emotional intelligence will rarely be accused of bragging or competing because they will often just know how to read a room and adjust their conversation accordingly. The people who tend to annoy others and be accused of bragging may not truly be bragging, but they often lack self awareness and haven't made enough effort to think about how their comments will be received, they only think about how they will feel to say whatever it is they have to say.

If people put as much effort into self-awareness and learning to read a room (otherwise known as "manners") as they do into their kids' skiing lessons and earning enough to buy a second home in Jackson Hole, we'd have fewer threads like this. Alas, knowing how to talk to people is increasingly a lost art.[/quote]

Can you explain to me what’s going on in this room that we’re reading where saying my kids ski blacks is such a brag that this room needs to be read.

You realize they’re not doing jumps with double backflips or skiing gates right?

A little kid on blacks just means they are small and they fall a shorter distance.

Tell me an eighty-year-old is on a black that’s impressive. [/quote]

Why are you so defensive?

[b]Some people may not be interested in your kid's skiing ability.[/b] Other people perhaps cannot afford ski trips, have unsporty kids who don't excel in sports, or just don't know enough about skiing to be able to converse on the subject beyond "oh, that's cool." If your goal is exclusively to make sure other people know about your vacation and your kid's skills, then you can talk to them however you want.

But if your goal is to connect with other people and have positive social interactions, you might want to edit a bit.

It is entirely up to you.[/quote]

I'm not interested in your kids' ability at anything, honestly! But I will smile, nod my head in the appropriate way and act interested but inside I am rolling my eyes HARD and making a mental note about how annoying you are. [/quote]

Why ask about someone’s vacation then not care? Just don’t ask. [/quote]

I don't ask! But people brag about their kids all the time without being asked. 
Oh, and a vacation? That I want to hear about. But about some little kid skiing??? Why would anyone other than Grandma even care?[/quote]

You have complete strangers approach you and tell you about their kids?

You have friends and any discussion about their kids drives you over the edge?[/quote]

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