Anonymous
Post 02/05/2016 09:36     Subject: Best humble brag
Anonymous wrote:True for me:

I keep snagging my diamond on my cashmere sweaters! annoying and also I'm destroying them! (7+ carat solitaire)

I have a small etch on my marble counters. Just enough to be annoying, but no other etches enough to be a respectable patina.

The carseats won't fit in the Porche until they are forward facing!

People are always thinking my body parts are fake (breasts, lashes, eye colour, lips and hair!) It's kind of an insult really (but I realize this sounds like a humblebrag)

Anything starting with "My nanny/My Lawn service/My pool" sounds humblebraggy even when it's not, too.


It is probably also true that you are an unlikeable ass.
Anonymous
Post 02/05/2016 09:30     Subject: Best humble brag
Still a classic, "It is so hard to get good help."
Anonymous
Post 02/05/2016 08:11     Subject: Best humble brag
Anonymous wrote:

I would also find that annoying! DH and I (and our kids) like to go on adventures that sometimes include exclusive resorts and sometimes include street food in vibrant (if crazy!) neighborhoods in developing countries. Thank god I didn't marry Mr. Stuffypants.


that's a pretty good one
Anonymous
Post 02/05/2016 06:32     Subject: Best humble brag
As an Asian child growing up in the seventies, I got teased a lot for being Asian.

Other kids would make their eyes slanted around me as well as mock speak "Chinese" to me. And the names were the worst!! Slanted or razor eyes was my nickname.

Fast forward 40 yrs. later and I get the last laugh now.

Looking on Facebook, all the "cool" kids that had so much fun mocking me, now look pretty old in middle age.

While thanks to my Asian background, I have aged much better than them thus enjoying my youth much longer.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2016 23:28     Subject: Re:Best humble brag
Anonymous wrote:Ok,I'm going to try a humble brag...My frugal husband and I are in our 40's and we paid off our mortgage on a SFH in North Arlington as well as prepaid college for our son. So do you think we can stop using coupons and only shopping at Marshalls? Oh and my husband always takes shampoo and toilet paper from hotels!!!!! He is nuts...but he loves to save money. I don't know whether to laugh or cry.


Hah. Im laughing because we are also close to paying off our motgage (37 and 38) and have decent college funds...and we also take hotel toiletries and only shop at Marshalls (or Craigs List). Gotta say though, I would never admit any of this IRL.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2016 20:28     Subject: Best humble brag
Anonymous wrote:A friend who posts on FB about how their kid read the entire harry potter series (in a very low elementary grade). UGH.


So what? That's great--I don't think it's an obnoxious humble brag.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2016 20:24     Subject: Re:Best humble brag
Ok,I'm going to try a humble brag...My frugal husband and I are in our 40's and we paid off our mortgage on a SFH in North Arlington as well as prepaid college for our son. So do you think we can stop using coupons and only shopping at Marshalls? Oh and my husband always takes shampoo and toilet paper from hotels!!!!! He is nuts...but he loves to save money. I don't know whether to laugh or cry.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2016 20:15     Subject: Best humble brag
"Larla got in trouble today for reciting her times tables during quiet time. #preschoolsucks"
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2016 20:12     Subject: Re:Best humble brag
I really want Karla to do that camp to help with her math but we're at our Beach house all summer.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2016 19:21     Subject: Best humble brag
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'm not really a humble bragger but I know a mom who complains that its so hard to vacation with her husband because he will ONLY vacation at a Ritz or Four Seasons and will ONLY dine in fine restaurants. She acts SOOOO irritated by this.


I actually would find that to be incredibly annoying. To never be able to stay in a fun boutique hotel in an interesting new neighborhood you want to explore? And "fine dining" is often really boring, especially if you are surrounded by the sort of stuffy people who would only ever consider eating at the priciest restaurants in town.


I would also find that annoying! DH and I (and our kids) like to go on adventures that sometimes include exclusive resorts and sometimes include street food in vibrant (if crazy!) neighborhoods in developing countries. Thank god I didn't marry Mr. Stuffypants.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2016 19:16     Subject: Best humble brag
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My small children love to sleep in on weekends. We have to set an alarm if we need to be anywhere before 11am.


Is this a humble brag? This might just be true, right? One of my neighbors' kids are like this. They do all get to sleep in.
I wish I was them, but I don't think they are bragging.


I have one of these. It's because she won't go to sleep easily at night- just wants to stay up and party with her stuffed animals. Other mothers mention things they do after the put the toddler bed at 7 and it sounds like bragging to me.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2016 16:56     Subject: Re:Best humble brag
I had a friend once call me and say that she wanted to talk to my mom because she wanted to "learn how to balance being a Christian with being extremely wealthy".
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2016 16:46     Subject: Best humble brag
I ate so much during the storm I just don't under understand how I lost 5 pounds!
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2016 16:38     Subject: Re:Best humble brag
Anonymous wrote:I am sooo exhausted, having to drive my DD to strings lessons, soccer practice, science Olympiad, odyssey of the mind, and math club! I don't know how my DD finds the time to keep straight As with her busy schedule--she amazes me.


Not really a humblebrag. If there's only one child it's easy to fixate on him/her and overschedule. People would feel sad for you both, not envious.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2016 13:51     Subject: Re:Best humble brag
I am sooo exhausted, having to drive my DD to strings lessons, soccer practice, science Olympiad, odyssey of the mind, and math club! I don't know how my DD finds the time to keep straight As with her busy schedule--she amazes me.