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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When I boast about my NT child, it has nothing to do with you. I'm not trying to show superiority or rub it in, I'm just excited about MY child. It has nothing to do with you.[/quote]

Yes but...even if it's not done to show superiority or rub it in, boasting is rude.  It's just rude.  Who wants to listen to someone boast about their child?  You don't get a pass from social constraints just because you're not doing it to hurt the listener's feelings or you're super excited.  If you want to boast, you need to own the fact that you are being rude.  Whether or not the listener has a special needs child, has an ordinary child, has a gifted child herself, or has no children at all, nobody wants to listen to boasting![/quote]

So, no one should talk about the parties their kids get invited to or the school concerts their kids play in or the roles they get in school plays or how they did in their recent swim meet or that they are even on the swim team or that their child got into the magnet program to which he applied or that their child got a medal in gymnastics or that their child has a sleepover with a friend or that their child . . .  No thanks.  I want to hear about my friends' kids.  I am proud of them and enjoy hearing about their lives and their accomplishments.  I am happy for my friends and their kids and I don't want to be left out because people can't talk to me because one of my kids has special needs.  
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