Next time. You should just reply "that's nice", shrug your shoulders and leave. The best way to stop gloating is to stop it right away.
When you met him, how did you look? Did it look like you were someone who was holding on or someone who actually has a life and doesn't need to tell people? Were you dressed up?
M-43 W-40 2D - 9 and 5
Emotion, yet peace. Ignorance, yet knowledge. Passion, yet serenity. Chaos, yet harmony. Death, yet a new life.