Advice column promotes non-upmanship approach to competitive storytelling exchanges

An advice column addresses the issue of conversational one-upmanship in social interactions. Readers are encouraged to adopt a non-upmanship approach when faced with competitive listeners who outdo their stories. The author highlights three types of story exchanges and suggests that backing down may be the best response to such situations.

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