A BURST OF PRIDE

Oh the joy when this is for the right reasons. There is just no better feeling than knowing you are good at something and did it successfully.

On the other hand if you are bragging just to impress and making the whole thing up, it is really stupid. I treat it as stupid because the only thing that comes out of such situations is you end up embarrassing yourself. Which is fine if you enjoy looking like an idiot, but I personally am not thrilled by that option.

Besides, the other big problem is you might start shooting your mouth off to impress somebody who is better at whatever than you are. Bragging without knowing who you are talking too is definitely not a wise option.

So the first rule is to be sure you are totally aware with whom you are having a conversation. If you aren't sure, then best to wait to you are.

There are also a few suggestions in terms of talking to the person. Like ask his or her opinion on whatever.

That way if you find out the person is an expert on something you think you are great at, you can spare yourself any grief or humiliation. Course if you are talking to a member of the opposite you are scamming on then you have even more reason to want to be careful.

Because proving yourself to be a first class clown will not make the ladies fall for you. That is pretty much a guarantee.

Then too you also have to be careful if you are going to claim something to impress that special gal you just meant then you best not claim anything you have to prove. That can definitely not be a good choice.

It can be so awkward if you stand there sucking in your gut and claim you exercise all the time and she says, so does she. Then in order to not let her know you were bluffing, you have to agree to meet her at the gym.

Can I hear an ouch to that one? Honestly, it can be so silly if you let your mind drift to only thinking of getting lucky.

I have to admit to being guilty of that at times. I'm not proud of the fact, but one hopefully learns from these big set backs.

And if you work it right, then the last disaster doesn't intrude upon the next effort. You can just be sure you don't get seen by the same person.

The nice thing is when we are talking about going to different bars, then between the booze and dim lighting you can generally manage to not meeting the same person. If however you do run into that person, well you can always claim to have a twin.