Ok, I'm guilty of that myself. I do *try* to temper my gushing about my kids. I often ask myself whether or not I'd be interested in hearing the story before I go into it too... a lot of times (and I mean a lot) my husband will go nto a story with friends and I just roll my eyes beause, well, its a boring story.

Sometimes a parent's pride of their kids and families make them think that everyone else in the world is as fascinated by them as they are. I know very well that my kids are not neccessarily interesting to anybody else. But I am also a person who wears her emotions out front and if I'm peeved at something they did that morning, I'll discuss it. If I'm proud of something they've accompished, I'll talk about it.

Now, I do not have babies.. and there's nothing more tedious than listening to "oh, she gurgled today." Its nearly the same as telling a story about watching water boil. Oh, wait, that might actually be more interesting. When I talk about my kids (who are teenagers) its more along the lines of "What would you do if..." And my coworkers offer advice or laugh at what I have to put up with.

When the guy offers to bring in the video of his wife's labor, ask him WHY he'd want to do that. Tell him that if you wanted to look into her private affairs, you'd rather wait until no blood was involved.