Indylady
Ideal_Rock
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Yes. I was at my university's library with a girl that I used to be friends with, who struck up a conversation with a guy sitting at the next table.
She said, "What are you studying?"
He said, "Engineering"
She said, "I'm going to be a dentist. I'm going to make more money than you." She has yet to apply or be accepted to dental school, at this time we were undergraduates.
He said, "I'm going to make money faster than you."
I was so mortified. She used to do it all the time with me, but I never thought she' do it with a stranger. I mentioned that I ate out 3 times a week; she immediately said she ate out 4 times a week. I bought my fave dress on sale for $13; she has it in 4 colors and paid full price $70 for each. I distance myself from people like this--life is too short.
Since you can't OUP, how about the same wide-eyed, one word answer, "Wow!" Maybe she'll cut it down once she realizes that's the only thing you'll say?
She said, "What are you studying?"
He said, "Engineering"
She said, "I'm going to be a dentist. I'm going to make more money than you." She has yet to apply or be accepted to dental school, at this time we were undergraduates.
He said, "I'm going to make money faster than you."
I was so mortified. She used to do it all the time with me, but I never thought she' do it with a stranger. I mentioned that I ate out 3 times a week; she immediately said she ate out 4 times a week. I bought my fave dress on sale for $13; she has it in 4 colors and paid full price $70 for each. I distance myself from people like this--life is too short.
Since you can't OUP, how about the same wide-eyed, one word answer, "Wow!" Maybe she'll cut it down once she realizes that's the only thing you'll say?
There is a lady in my office who you can't tell anything because she will always have done it better/quicker/or whatever. I don't know how to handle her!! We have a very open door policy but she just walks in and puts her hands on my shoulders and starts talking. I stopped talking to her when she does that because she won't stop one-upping me once I start.. Even if it's just that I had a good morning.. She had a GREAT morning and her husband made her lunch. I just sit there typing away, turn around and say hi and then go back to my screen. I can avoid her most of the day but not at lunch. No one can talk because she's so busy talking about how something she did was better than what we can do. UGH!!!! I try to sit on my phone playing a game but I feel so rude...
thanks! I would love to avoid her or conversation with her, but we are a very small business. I don't have a desk to retreat to or a way to close conversation. I normally just nod and make fun of her in my head..
, but I dunno, there is some stiff competition here. Like "my son has a great body". 
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