do you sometimes boast? or you are always humble?
By ckyera
@ckyera (17331)
Philippines
July 12, 2009 2:28am CST
me, yes i do boast sometimes! but to my immediate family members only (husband, parents and brother) and to some chosen friends! hehehe but don't get me wrong, i just boast in a funny way and its not something that i always do...for example, i achieve something and they notice it and gives me appreciation...well i really sometimes do boast my achievement to them and tell them how really good i am! hahaha
but that was just a funny thing for the family only...hehhe
my husband also do boast on me, and when i told him "hey, you are so boastful...stop it that's not good..." he will then said to me 'let me do it coz i just boast in front of you...and this is my only chance to boast!and you are and my mom are the only people i can boast to..."hehehe
i can't boast to any other people coz i myself gets annoyed if someone is boastful...i mean boastful in a way that it looks like they are the only good people in this world and that nothing can beat them...for me it is always good to be humble at all time...
how about you? do you sometimes boast? how do you feel when someone boast at you? or when you talk with someone who is so boastful?
can you share?
thanks and have a good day!
but that was just a funny thing for the family only...hehhe
my husband also do boast on me, and when i told him "hey, you are so boastful...stop it that's not good..." he will then said to me 'let me do it coz i just boast in front of you...and this is my only chance to boast!and you are and my mom are the only people i can boast to..."hehehe
i can't boast to any other people coz i myself gets annoyed if someone is boastful...i mean boastful in a way that it looks like they are the only good people in this world and that nothing can beat them...for me it is always good to be humble at all time...
how about you? do you sometimes boast? how do you feel when someone boast at you? or when you talk with someone who is so boastful?
can you share?
thanks and have a good day!3 people like this
10 responses
@janebeth (2032)
• Philippines
13 Jul 09
actually boasting for me is such a bad attitude, specially you have nothing to boast.. i had this friend that really talks a lot and boast a lot about her status and not knowing that we really knows her status in life, she just always lies and i hate it. in my own perspective in life i prefer to be humble rather than boasting your life to a lot of people. you can have a lot friends if your attitude will be like that.!!
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@ckyera (17331)
• Philippines
13 Jul 09
yes i agree and that kind of boasting like what your friend does...is the kind that's really irritating...as in...telling lies just to boast something?whew!
well the fact that you know that what she's telling is a lie and that you know the truth...well i think that makes her look like a fool...
boasting is really a bad attitude specially if it is done in front many other people and making lies...
but in? yourself, don't you boast even a little when you got something or achieve something, even just for your parents or brothers or sisters...even just for a little fun?
thanks and have a nice day!
well the fact that you know that what she's telling is a lie and that you know the truth...well i think that makes her look like a fool...
boasting is really a bad attitude specially if it is done in front many other people and making lies...
but in? yourself, don't you boast even a little when you got something or achieve something, even just for your parents or brothers or sisters...even just for a little fun?
thanks and have a nice day!
@kun2349 (23381)
• Singapore
13 Jul 09
HEllo babe, it's me again appearing at every of your post.. lol =D Hopefully, i wont bored u with my name again.. lol =D
I do boast at times too, depending on who's the person.. I dun boast to my close frenz or any humble frenz.. INstead, i will only be doing that to those boastful ple.. I will see how far stretched they can go, so as to make sure expose themselves.. lol =D A boastful person will never back down and admit defeat, thus i will make them embarass themselves instead.. haha =D
It's just like paying them back using their own coin.. hehe ^_^
@kun2349 (23381)
• Singapore
13 Jul 09
hehe ^_^ Thanks for your nice words though ^_^ Then, i shall not be humble anymore, and continue to 'bomb' all your discussions with my name and casper in it.. lol =D
Yeah, u are right in saying that.. BEcause that's the best way to deal with such ple.. I hate such ple as they tend to become arrogant after some time when nobody is able to out-boast them.. haha =D However, it needs the right knowledge about that certain topic in order to out-boast them so as to prove them wrong.. haha =D
Well towards family members and close frenz, it's more like having fun.. It's just like being too happy about our own achievements that we keep talking about it.. It's not like being boastful, rather, it's a once in a lifetime experience whcih we just wanna keep sharing.. haha =D
Everybody is boostful by nature, and it's how we keep it under control.. hehe ^_^ For every negative, there's bound to be a positive ^_^
Yeah, u are right in saying that.. BEcause that's the best way to deal with such ple.. I hate such ple as they tend to become arrogant after some time when nobody is able to out-boast them.. haha =D However, it needs the right knowledge about that certain topic in order to out-boast them so as to prove them wrong.. haha =D
Well towards family members and close frenz, it's more like having fun.. It's just like being too happy about our own achievements that we keep talking about it.. It's not like being boastful, rather, it's a once in a lifetime experience whcih we just wanna keep sharing.. haha =D
Everybody is boostful by nature, and it's how we keep it under control.. hehe ^_^ For every negative, there's bound to be a positive ^_^
@ckyera (17331)
• Philippines
13 Jul 09
no kun...i never get bored seeing your name here! in fact i think my discussions will be incomplete without the picture of casper the friendly ghost in here!
hahaha...so you are the type that "if you are boastful...i am more boastful than you..." hehehe
and you are just fueling the fire of the boastful person making him say more and more til he lacks of word to say...hahaha
well yes, sometimes we can be boastful also in front of boastful people...like in our house...hehehe, there are times that we all are boasting with one another...hahaha and that's a funny thing for us in the family...in the family alone (me, hubby, mom, dad, brother...) but with other people we are of course humble...
no one wanted to be tagged as boastful...but i think all people have a boastful part in their personality...even just a little. they might not say and admit it, but i think there is...
hahaha...so you are the type that "if you are boastful...i am more boastful than you..." hehehe
and you are just fueling the fire of the boastful person making him say more and more til he lacks of word to say...hahaha
well yes, sometimes we can be boastful also in front of boastful people...like in our house...hehehe, there are times that we all are boasting with one another...hahaha and that's a funny thing for us in the family...in the family alone (me, hubby, mom, dad, brother...) but with other people we are of course humble...
no one wanted to be tagged as boastful...but i think all people have a boastful part in their personality...even just a little. they might not say and admit it, but i think there is...1 person likes this
@mobhomeir (7558)
• Philippines
13 Jul 09
For me I never heard myself boasting to my relative, maybe, I boasted already to them but I can't remember because I am not used of boasting even to my friends, I mean sometimes maybe specially if like what you said you have a great achievement and being appreciated. But, generally I seldom boasted to anybody because that's one of my hated attitudes,being boastful...Nice topic..
@mobhomeir (7558)
• Philippines
17 Feb 10
Thanks for the compliments..iloemi...hope you're doing good with your macros....
unlike the others! hehe and i like you for being like that...
@GADHISUNU (2162)
• India
11 Feb 10
Being around a boastful person is the most sickening feeling there is. I feel a person's achievements or attainments must speak for themselves. In original Indian Culture why boasting, even a slight indication that "this is my work" was so much frowned upon, esp among the learned. The boastful were only those people who lived by their physical strength. But then times have changed and the "strength" of a person has shifted from physical to the intellectual(I mean knowledge based.) So, the area of boasting has also shifted. Further, the hollowness of "knowledge" takes time to be discovered, whereas one could easily find someone to chsllenge physical strength.I feel people who have ascended to power are the most boastful.
@WilliamC87 (163)
• United States
13 Jul 09
for the most part i am mostly a humble person....once in a while you will catch me on a boast if somene is mouthing off about something they dont know about, that i do....but for them most part i am humble...and i dont really talk about myself much...except on here because thats the point...i do know alot of people who do tho...and in the long run it makes them look foolish....i hope i dont offend anyone by saying this.....BUT YALL KNOW ITS TRUE....lol...jk
@ckyera (17331)
• Philippines
13 Jul 09
haha, TRUE.
well i guess most people have a little boast lying within...hehehe
but yes being humble is still the best thing to do for too much boast is irritating and can cause troubles...and yes it makes someone looks foolish!
well to those who mouth something they do not know and pretend that they know so much...then i think they are losers!
thanks for sharing!
thanks for sharing!
@zhou1977lu (31)
• China
13 Jul 09
in china there is an old proverb. "boast make people behindhand, humble make people forward."
in the Bible, there is "wherefore he saith, God resisteth the pround, but giveth grace unto the humble."
so ,u see whatever the west or east. boast is not good.lol
@AndrewFreyne (6281)
• United Kingdom
12 Jul 09
I hope I don't come across as proud or conceited or anything like that but, I think it's ok to talk about what you have achieved if you have worked hard towards something. There's nothing wrong with humility just as long as you are not looking down on yourself or anything like that. I love to boast!!!! I love to boast that I am doing quite well with my studies now!!! I came out of school with no qualifications whatsoever but things have changed now, I have started gaining some IT qualifications and this really makes me proud of myself for having achieved that. I guess it's good to boast just as long as there is a little sense of humour hidden underneath!! Andrew
@ckyera (17331)
• Philippines
12 Jul 09
yeah! there are times that its a good feeling to boast some of our achievements! sometimes it our way of expressing our happiness..its just sometimes some people misunderstood us! but with me as long as the thing you boast is something with sense, with proof and really deserves to be boast for then that's just fine with me as long as you don't hurt anyone...just like a parent who boast for their children' s achievement...
well with your achievement...congrats! it something that you should be proud of!
just choose the right place and right people to boast for...hehe to avoid some troubles!
thanks!
well with your achievement...congrats! it something that you should be proud of!
just choose the right place and right people to boast for...hehe to avoid some troubles!
thanks!
@fishkingback (430)
• China
12 Jul 09
Haha, to be honest, I always boast, but not exaggerate too much, also in a funny was mostly.
For example, when I solved some difficult problems, sometimes I would say ,'hoho, I am a genius.' lol
Actually , I don' think boast is that bad habit, we can have a lot of fun from it.
Of course, if one doesn't boast properly, then it could be very hateful, so ,just think twice before boasting.
@ckyera (17331)
• Philippines
12 Jul 09
hahaha! yes fishkingback! boasting sometimes can be a funny thing especially with close friends or relatives! but too much is not funny anymore!
like what you said in those simple things, those kind of boasting...well that's what exactly i am doing sometimes! heheeh
yes, think twice and choose the people whom to boast! hehehe
to people we are not close to or who do not know us...well its a no no!
and by the way, there are some people who are really just a boastful type and even the way they talk they are boastful...those were the annoying types...hehehe
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@Frazen (27)
• Singapore
12 Jul 09
When i was a child, i tend to boast to my friend, because i felt good when i told me friends about those achievements of mine, be it in studies or in gaming sort of things. I was an above average student, often the top in mathematics and science in my class during my primary education (alright i hope i am not boasting). My friends would often criticise me of boasting my results in front of them although i did not speak about my results to them, the teacher just announced it.
Reflecting upon my childhood, i am still confused whether i am boastful at that time. I am often better than my friends in many aspects such as height, examination results, and gaming "money" or "level", but i would really like to rebuke that i am not really boastful, as that was just part of me, part of my left, and part of my ability. Are they just jealous?
So what is boasting? Achieving results? I believe everyone have the right to achieve something. Just don't ever say that you are good in something, as there might be someone better.
Being humble is the best policy. =)
@ckyera (17331)
• Philippines
12 Jul 09
well sometimes some people misunderstood us and their envious sometimes blame us to be boastful...when good things happen to you or you get an achievement, even you don't really boast about it some people think that you do...coz they actually envy you...i think!
yes its always better to be humble...
thanks for sharing!
yes its always better to be humble...
thanks for sharing!
@tecchigurl (672)
• Philippines
5 May 11
Yeah I do boast but most of the time it's not about myself. I boast about my parents achievements, and how much I'm happy being with them. I'm not sure though if I should called that boasting, because to be honest with you... I don't even know when I am actually being boastful. It's just how I go along with things. Going with the flow of the converation. And to my wonder, it sometimes end up with me talking about my family and some other related stuff. I don't know though if I should consider that as boasting. Is it? Hahahahaha! ANyways, I guess I do sometimes boast in an obvious way that I am aware of it. It's also when during jokes and while chatting with my friends on facebook or something like that.
