i hate tuesdays

I hate it when people make me feel stupid. And I really hate it when I allow it to upset me. It isn't bad enough that my own teenage daughter treats me like I'm an idiot (she's sooooo much smarter than I am), but when co-workers and acquaintances start talking down to me and addressing me like I'm too dense to catch on, it really pisses me off. And it's hard to believe that I can still get my feelings hurt when someone makes an off-hand remark that cuts me down. My mom has been telling me for 46 years to grow thicker skin. Isn't it something that the people to whom I am devoted are the ones who can cut the deepest, and the quickest? I'm just embarrassed. And hurt. Must be Tuesday.