What are proud of and wish you could brag about in real life if bragging wasn’t frowned upon?

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What are proud of and wish you could brag about in real life if bragging wasn’t frowned upon?

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  1. Glass-Status4270 Avatar

    That I’m still alive

  2. Jrsandro Avatar

    My knowledge on contemporary history ish and the one for guns

  3. TesticularPsychosis Avatar

    I grew up poor in a broken family and joined the military at 18 to escape abuse and put myself through college.  I had it worse than most of the kids in my neighborhood and never even thought about my future because I thought I didn’t have one.  That year in Afghanistan was horrific and I’m still living with PTSD 15 years later.

    Today, I’m wildly successful and working on my 3rd masters degree as I transition from teaching to social work.  It took luck, hard work, and mom’s unwavering love, but I made it.

  4. FeelingPractical5655 Avatar

    How I helped a homeless immigrant and he betrayed me but I continued helping him and he continued betraying me. I wish I could brag about the things I did cos it will shock & leave people speechless. Anyway. Nvm.

  5. kmoney1206 Avatar

    That i treat my cats better than most people i know treat their pets or even kids and care about animals more than anyone i know. And i do feel like a better person than everyone else i know for that. Lack of empathy is a defect.

  6. FirstOutcome2365 Avatar

    I gain weight in my butt and boobs. 60 pounds put on in the last year and half, 200 pounds but nobody could tell haha. My body figure is pretty sweet

  7. Always_theNervous Avatar

    I got my dream job and engaged 6 weeks apart. I’m so damn proud of the life I have and it motivates me for the future.

  8. SunnyWildly Avatar

    My degree with the highest vote and distinction in a quiet prestigious university while working full time paid all by myself

  9. QuestionUnlikely9590 Avatar

    I think I’m really good at picking up new skills really quickly. It takes me the same amount of time as anybody to get to actually good, but in the vast majority of things I’ve tried I’ve been able to jump pretty much directly to like, late stage beginner/early intermediate or a little better. This has been quite a consistent pattern across a lot of different things, arts, crafts, baking, cooking, writing, science, building things, I can usually do decently from the get go. Sounds very braggy in my head and I feel bad writing it down lol. I still have to work hard to be actually good at things and that’s my downfall, i have very little dedication and pretty damn good for my first try usually translates into just good enough in the long run. I’m not amazing at anything much.

  10. partsgoddess Avatar

    850 credit score!!

  11. brownkemosabe Avatar

    I can find a way to care about and appreciate people even when most others cannot. And I never abandon my friends.

  12. Worth-Exit3283 Avatar

    Being perfectly happy in life despite living paycheck to paycheck.

  13. FloZZIE9 Avatar

    I don’t give a flying poopoo

  14. Ella_D08 Avatar

    I’m pretty fucking smart, not just smart but I’ve gotten into 3 national science comps since Jan and dealt with school work also. I’m pretty stable mentally and have a lot of friends who know me for who I am, gay, and they don’t judge me and if they did I wouldn’t be friends with them. I’m also pretty strong and a good farmer, I can carry cinder blocks and catch calves, drive tractors, good knowledge on grass and animals.

  15. abqkat Avatar

    I’m middle-aged and stay thin and fit. It seems to passively annoy people and the answer doesn’t sit well with people when they ask my ‘secret,’ which is just moderation and lots of movement.

  16. klever_nixon Avatar

    That I constantly show up for others, even when I’m running on empty

  17. ChuckySix Avatar

    In 2005, someone in our friends group talked openly about their broken washer and dryer. I went to her apartment to see if I could fix the problem. She had six children and there were clothes hanging throughout the apartment. I couldn’t get the appliances working so I left. The next day I sent an email to the entirety of my office and raised $700 in a matter of a couple of hours. I drove straight to Conn’s and anonymously bought a new washer and dryer for her family. They were installed the next day. At a sporting event the following weekend, she looked at me in amazement and started thanking me for my generosity. I never admitted to the gesture and have never mentioned the good deed until today.

  18. SaveTheCrow Avatar

    I got to play my favorite Rise Against song with the band on stage in August 2021, San Francisco.

  19. JealousOlive1996 Avatar

    Money money money 💰💰

  20. super_mega547 Avatar

    Down from 345lbs to 200lbs. I feel fucking brand new.

  21. Alt-health Avatar

    Never lost a physical fight

  22. Kithsander Avatar

    I haven’t let capitalism ruin my morals which seems to become an increasingly rare situation.

  23. Opihikao_Now Avatar

    My combination of genetics and upbringing usually results in some version of prison and I’m proud to say that I’m stronger than the totality of my circumstances.

    I watch the court tv sometimes and when the defense brings up mitigating circumstances I just want to scream because I have way more excuses than these crybaby murderers and rapists and fiends and yet I’m here on the couch not bothering anyone even though the justice system tells me I have all the excuses to do the opposite.

    Just saying, I’m not a repeater and the buck stops here.

    ‘Nuff Said.

  24. Chogiwah_9397 Avatar

    My life, how I live it and how I’m happy how I live. My family can’t fathom the fact that I’m happy being at home and doing house chores for a man that does everything for me and then has to come home to a clean house, clean clothes, food and a loving wife 🤷🏼‍♀️ I’d say my hobbies of making my own bags, clothing and even gear for him make me happy, building stuff with wood and making our cats a little home is fun and fulfilling and tending to our garden makes me happy too. Selling what I make to make that Xtra money or reselling stuff, they seem to think that it’s not a good thing for me but I’m happy and we’re happy and they can’t seem to get that. Sometimes they’re happy for me but others it’s like the switch goes back to off and it’s hate this, hate that , do this, do that, all over again… what did I do wrong? Nothing. I’m just living.

  25. Inner-Dimension-3595 Avatar

    Looking amazing in my 40s. I was blessed with very good genes. I’ve never been a show-off about it, but I have a supermodel build and a very pretty face…which is starting to show my age, but not in a bad way.

  26. CauliflowerNearby569 Avatar

    I’m proud that no matter what tried to kill, traumatize, hurt, dehumanize me through my journey on this dimension/life, I never gave up and I’m still standing. I recently found out that I am an alchemist. My soul was placed here in this timeline to turn pain into wisdom, alchemize negative into positive, darkness into light! I am enough. I’m grateful for all the lessons even the hard challenging ones!

  27. Embarrassed-Drop-987 Avatar

    My jump in rec volleyball leagues. Going from a no one 10 years ago and to now a player everyone must pay attention to on court. I used that fuel to get better and better and now I feel I am more recognizable in the league. All the good players that are years ahead all give me that respectable nod I was going for and it feels great!!

  28. oce_pedals Avatar

    My day job is making Spongebob.

  29. Cheetodude625 Avatar

    I’m currently the strongest physically I’ve ever been in my life thus far due to me going to the gym consistently.

    Cardio is still average, but I got muscle gains though.

  30. StereoSabertooth Avatar

    I’m a gifted individual with traits that can help in many needed situations but unfortunately most gifted were taught that we’d be seen as threats and should attempt to hide our abilities. Most of us live privately, keeping our achievements and love for learning private in hopes of not intimidating others.

    Silently, I’ve been helping with mental health research for years due to my extreme neurological awareness and quick ability to understand, problem-solve, and adapt. Being used in consensual experimentation and data collection to assist psychologists with finding cures for mental illnesses. I’m only 23 years old and not even my parents know about this since they’ve never been fond of my abilities.

  31. moonnie_magik Avatar

    That I built multiple businesses from scratch with no connections, no big money, and zero handouts. Just hustle, brains, and balls. But no one claps unless you’ve got a college degree hanging on the wall.

  32. Lokcyn72 Avatar

    I haven’t given up.

    Just today, our sole vehicle was quickly and quietly taken from our driveway (repossession).

  33. Any_Wafer_5004 Avatar

    I’ve been able to save a nice chunk of money and have a nice nest egg set up for my family. If I lost my job we’d be ok for a good amount of time while we get back on our feet. Obviously I don’t bring this up because it’s rude and no one gives a sh*t.

  34. Ok-Plenty-1222 Avatar

    I’ve done a lot of stuff I’m not proud of, and the stuff I am proud of is disgusting.

  35. Partly-Peanut Avatar

    Despite all the hardships I went through, I am now truly rich. I live a peaceful life with my wonderful little family, in a home I love, doing a job I love. I’m so appreciative of where I am today. It may not sound like anything special, but it’s my life and because of my efforts I turned it all around. Just bliss.

  36. 360inMotion Avatar

    That I’m really good at making personalized, meaningful gifts at an heirloom quality level starting with humble thrift store finds. A couple of examples:

    Jewelry boxes. I find dated, abandoned, often broken jewelry boxes. Take them home where I clean up, repair, and prep for customization to sell.

    But I’ll also personalize some as gifts for family and friends. I made a couple for my nieces, decoupaging vintage-styled prints I designed incorporating sheet music written by their third grandmother in 1917. Gave each one its own color scheme, painting the trim and lining the insides with new velvet.

    A while back I found a stack finished wooden plaques left blank. Didn’t know what I’d do with them at first but took them home with me anyway, lol. Eventually came up with an idea to create ancestry pieces for some of my family members; I’d recently discovered the house my dad grew up in was built in 1930 on land that had been in our family since 1868.

    Because the house burned down in 1980 and there aren’t any clear photos, I drew up my own artwork of it, making it appear as cozy as I could. I also sourced some leaves to preserve from a tree that my grandfather planted as a new homeowner 95 years ago and is still thriving. So for each one I’ve laser engraved the plaque with our family name, then arranged a print of the artwork and the preserved leaves to permanently decoupage on. I added a little gold paint to accent the leaves and sealed everything in a satin finish. Once it was cured I wrote a few paragraphs on the history of the property and that portion of the family, then printed it out to decoupage onto the back, figuring it was the best way to keep the information from getting lost. Finished up by adding hanging hooks.

    I do hope I come up with some nice-looking, informative pieces for future generations within my family to enjoy.

  37. Acceptable-Access948 Avatar

    Wow everyone has such thoughtful answers and my first thought was “my penis”

  38. FL_dude12 Avatar

    Me and my mom get buy with no help from my dad.and that pisses him off

  39. Several_South7574 Avatar

    I’m a College graduate

  40. ClimbingCritter Avatar

    We’ve got under 90k left on the mortgage, under 6 years. We’re 39 and 40

  41. arrec Avatar

    That semester I took French for Graduate Students (reading knowledge only) and breezed through it, effortlessly finishing every test within minutes while everyone else needed the whole period. I’d never taken French before and it was so so so so easy. It’s really petty, this happened so many years ago, but I still feel good whenever I think about it. I love to be smart.

    It’s a strange thing about people that we often value the things we were born with over the ones we developed.

  42. Love_Virus Avatar

    Survived a total system collapse, nervous system, AI loop, dopamine crash, and came back swinging with insights that people with three degrees still can’t track. But hey, who’s counting…

  43. logdogfog Avatar

    I ate breakfast today

  44. Ok-Fudge-2716 Avatar

    Gamer brag, I was ranked number 1 on Call of Duty MW3 (2011) for accuracy for a few weeks.

  45. Reasonable_Elk3267 Avatar

    During a blowjob, I covered every inch of my wife face in my cum. I think she’s a shade paler than she was before lol.

  46. MzzDolphin Avatar

    The fact that I remember nothing from my past and therefore have nothing to brag about. So humble /s