>be very young, like 7 or 8 >neighborhood aunty has come

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>be very young, like 7 or 8
>neighborhood aunty has come with her kid to hang out with my mom
>moms are busy, I play with the kids
>he brags about something
>I in return brag about something too
>dad hears me and screams at me later for bragging
>"Anon don't brag about things, it's a bad and useless thing to do. Instead of bragging you should silently work hard, that's better"
>continued frowning at me all my life whenever I boasted about my little achievements
>it's ingrained into my mind that bragging and boasting are bad things and should not be done

>ff now
>23 now, college grad
>don't like dealing with people but parents pressurize me to get a job
>job is nice, can be interesting too
>be underappreciated as fuck at job, boss wonders if I work at all
>actually work hard and manage parts of my co-workers jobs too
>this fucking slacker Chad is considered to be the best and most productive employee because he boasts all the time about shit he does
>mfw I do much more than him but nobody cares because I don't highlight it in neon

Holy shit dad that was some grade A nuclear bad advice you gave me.
What bad advice for your parents gave you?