I've had conversations with my teenage children the past few
months about that loathsome word "braggart". One of them was becoming a braggart and
needed a reality check and the other was tired of listening to a fellow
classmate brag endlessly while trying to impress everyone around them.
No one likes to listen to people who continuously toot their
own horns. Come on peeps don't act like
you don't know anyone who fits the bill.
IF by chance you don't work or go to school with any, all you have to do
is scroll through your Facebook news feed or Twitter and you'll find an
abundance of them. We all have plenty of
friends who appear to be having the 'best day evah' 24 hours a day, 7 days a
week, 365 days a year.
Don't get me wrong. Good things happen to all of us and there are
times we want to share those things with our family and friends via
Facebook or other social media venues. I do it and I'm sure you do it
as well. But that's not what I'm talking
about. I'm not referring to someone who genuinely
shares their joy and excitement of an experience, award, relationship, etc. I'm referring to the people who make it their
sole purpose to let everyone know how wonderful their life is in contrast to
ours.
People that brag just remind me of the 'boy who cried wolf'. They brag so much that most people tend to
shake their head, roll their eyes or not even read their posts and statuses. So when they actually do have something
significant to say none of us will know because we'll just think "it's just
another day in their wonderful existence", IF we haven't already hidden
their posts completely.
I said all that just to say that I really think some people
need to take an extra 30 seconds and question themselves BEFORE posting to
social media. Are they sincere or just
seeking approval and boasting?
