A question about a nuance.
When somebody's boasting about something, do you feel they are annoying? Or boasting about something is not necessarily in annoying way?
Thank you in advance!
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A question about a nuance.
When somebody's boasting about something, do you feel they are being annoying? Or boasting about something in not necessarily an annoying way? (if I have understood you?)Thank you in advance!
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Thank you so much both of you for answering my question :)
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I think it depends on the situation and on the person, and there's a fine line between "boasting" where everyone wants to celebrate with you or congratulate you and "boasting" where you're just being annoying, but Erin's way of explaining it is good enough I think. :)
I think another factor is if the person boasts after receiving a complement. TOO MUCH can get really annoying, but accepting the complement and saying what they did to get there is usual American cultural behavior in my opinion. :)
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I think a short answer would be this -- if it is someone you care about, like a friend or family member, you will listen and sometimes even celebrate their successes with them. But if it is someone you do not know well and they are boasting, your lack of background knowledge of that person (i.e. what sacrifices it took to gain success) makes it pretty irritating.
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