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Example: she had a very pretty ruby ring, which I complimented. She could have said "thank you it was a gift from my brother" (or some such). Instead she launched in to a very elaborate story about her boyfriend who went up into Cambodia (he was in Vietnam, during the war) to get them.

She and her children were in town and we planned a trip to the science museum. I had to pick my daughter up at church choir rehearsal, so we met at the church (it's a landmark, and very easy to find; it looks like an old cathedral). THe minute she saw the building she came out with this elaborate tale about an uncle's funeral in Chicago aat the Methodist cathedral, with the Methodist Archbishop officiating. It was like a switch was turned on and the story just poured out of her like a faucet, details and all. It was as if she immediately had to establish her position as being superior because of the size of my church building. The amazing part was the speed with which the story developed. When she finished telling about the fancy robes and so on, I told her that there is no Methodist Archbishop and we don't call our churches cathedrals. She even argued with me about it.
She was also rude to waiters, a chronic complainer and generally unpleasant.

I only spent time with her because I had to, and there were only a few incidents but every occasion was at a minimum unpleasant.