One Uppers

• Fab4Runner

  

  They suck. My little brother does this all the time but it's more comical than annoying because we get to make fun of him. I do know some who are quite obnoxious about it, though.
  
  How do you handle a one upper?
• Con_Alma

  I let them have their glory. It's must be pretty important to them to think they have bettered me. It's flattering.
• thavoice

  Yeah..but i have TWO brothers AND a sister who always try to one up me.
  
  
  (yyeah....that was sarcastic way to try and one up ya)
• gorocks99

  

  I make up stuff and see if they try to one up with made-up knowledge. Makes for great entertainment.
• GoChiefs

  

  Depends on who it is and how often it happens. If they are one to do it ALL the time...I'll call them out on it.
• Fab4Runner

  

  thavoice wrote: Yeah..but i have TWO brothers AND a sister who always try to one up me.
  
  
  (yyeah....that was sarcastic way to try and one up ya)

  Well I have five brothers and a sister! (That is actually true but luckily only one does this, lol).
• THE4RINGZ

  

  Nothing beats a great game of Topper.
• thavoice

  Fab4Runner wrote:

  thavoice wrote: Yeah..but i have TWO brothers AND a sister who always try to one up me.
  
  
  (yyeah....that was sarcastic way to try and one up ya)

  Well I have five brothers and a sister! (That is actually true but luckily only one does this, lol).

  Well i also have 6 neices and nephews who also try to one up me all the time.
  
  So THERE.
• Fab1b

  

  I know a few and they drive me nuts! Usually goes in one ear and out the other! If I am really annoyed I will interrupt them mid story and completely change the subject/story.
• baseballstud24

  My girlfriend's twin brother is a big time one upper...He's done everything you have...but more extreme...I always look at her younger brother and laugh because we both know he does it bad.
  
  Have you guys ever seen that commercial with the one uppers? I can't think of what it's for, but there's this one "one-upper" who is like "Oh you think this is good salsa? Well obviously you've never been to Guam."...I laugh every time because it reminds me of her brother.
• Upper90

  I also let them have their glory, for the most part, unless the angle they take is incredibly ridiculous.
• Drums of War

  I am also not a fan, however this topic is reminding me of the reoccuring character on SNL played by the skinny chick with no chin (Target Lady). It is so stupid, yet I laugh every time.
• Devils Advocate

  

  Yeah...well I have made several threads better than this!
• darbypitcher22

  

  they're just people you have to deal with I guess in life
• Fred Flintstone

  There used to be a guy that I worked that was a notorious one upper. He would invite himself to lunch with us about once a month and we would always see who could come up with the most outlandish story that he was going to one up. It got to the point where the first one to laugh had to buy the rest of us (excluding the one upper) lunch.
• sleeper

  

  Don't know any one uppers, but I know several two uppers.
• Jughead

  

  Devils Advocate wrote: Yeah...well I have made several threads better than this!

  This