I don't have much tolerance for people who are one-uppers like these:
Oh, no. A basketball net thingie just fell on Checkered's car!
Well, that's nothing. We had a basketball thingie and the child attached to it fall on our car!
We have ADD living in our house.
Too bad, but we have ADHD living in ours!
I can't believe I came in here for a gallon of milk and just spent $127.
I only came in here to use the bathroom and it cost me $289.
Pepper the puppy ate a Lego set.
How much was it worth?
I don't know. $10?
Okay, that's good because our dog ate my glasses. That was a $400 snack.
I have a crazy student in my class this term.
I'm sorry, but I have a crazy student and I'm crazy, too.
My butt is getting bigger.
Yes, it is.
(Sometimes they take a little one-upping break...)
It was a dark day recently when someone said to me,
"I see that your son has a lazy eye."
And I simply couldn't stop myself:
His eye is NOT lazy. It's called Duane Retraction Syndrome and it's a disorder for which there is no surgical intervention. It's sooooo much more than a lazy eye.
Perhaps spurred by the stricken look on the face of the other person, I had an epiphany. I had become one of THEM!
Gag.
Oh, no. A basketball net thingie just fell on Checkered's car!
Well, that's nothing. We had a basketball thingie and the child attached to it fall on our car!
We have ADD living in our house.
Too bad, but we have ADHD living in ours!
I can't believe I came in here for a gallon of milk and just spent $127.
I only came in here to use the bathroom and it cost me $289.
Pepper the puppy ate a Lego set.
How much was it worth?
I don't know. $10?
Okay, that's good because our dog ate my glasses. That was a $400 snack.
I have a crazy student in my class this term.
I'm sorry, but I have a crazy student and I'm crazy, too.
My butt is getting bigger.
Yes, it is.
(Sometimes they take a little one-upping break...)
It was a dark day recently when someone said to me,
"I see that your son has a lazy eye."
And I simply couldn't stop myself:
His eye is NOT lazy. It's called Duane Retraction Syndrome and it's a disorder for which there is no surgical intervention. It's sooooo much more than a lazy eye.
Perhaps spurred by the stricken look on the face of the other person, I had an epiphany. I had become one of THEM!
Gag.
14 comments:
I got overconscientious about trying NOT to do that because some people just want to tell you something, get it off their chest, and not hear any story at all.~Mary
ps the butt one. OH THAT IS BAD.
LMAO!!!!!!!!! I dont have any of that, heck no not me... by the way did I tell you
Yeah, I've fallen into one-upping mode, especially when socializing with people I don't know very well. Then on the way home, I berate myself for having such a big mouth. That ol' competitive human nature....
Okay, I had to laugh at this post (although I'm sorry to read about your son's eye.)
Oh dear, I think I know that person.
funnee!
This is funny. You are FUNNY.
Oh God I sincerely hope it wasn't me. I do find myself doing that from time to time and don't realize it till done. Sorry if it was me.
You did good on this one girl!
Helen
I think people mostly just try to relate. I don't know that they try to one up. And in the case of what you said, if you had said it to me, I would probably think you were just explaining.
Ha Ha Ha! I love this post, cause it is so true!
I liked your "My butt is getting bigger". Too bad it didn't work! (It would have with me...I'm slow), and like some of the other commenters, I fall into that category once in a while, even though I try really hard not too.
Your blog is good, but mine is even better!!
Ok, I am so kidding, but that one up stuff drives me nuts! Of course it probably drives you nuttier! :)
So true! And this makes me want to pay better attention to others who do this.
Because I sure don't.
Much.
Lucy
Yeah well I have been one of them longer lol jk.
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