By: Jessica

Jessica — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 22:52:25 +0000

@blg: That’s the best/funniest part. He’s from Chicago I think; the news item was placed by his aunt and uncle. Having said that, if this were my out-of-town niece or nephew, I’d likely pull the same stunt. I can forgive a lot of bragging when there’s a Pulitzer, 2 kidnappings, and extreme handsomeness involved.

By: blg

blg — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 19:54:55 +0000

Is Jeffrey Gettleman from Louisville?

By: Amanda

Amanda — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 15:37:05 +0000

I have that same, vague disquiet about those “my kid is a at so and so school” or have kids’ names and team numbers on the car. Or the people who publish their accomplishments in my college newsletter. I was an honors student. My mother *expected* me to be an honors student, given my level of intelligence (which I fully and readily admit was a consequence of the genetic lottery and not anything in particular I did or deserved). Thus she would never have one of those bumper stickers, as that was what I was supposed to be doing. A greek friend finds this ridiculous, as do I. But then I haven’t been to any one of my own graduations since high school. I think being proud of your kid is great, and you should be if your kid does things to make you proud. But this public, over-the-top (to me) bragging about one’s offspring, or one’s self particularly, seems a little much.

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