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People speak to me like I'm a child. Do they think I'm dumb?

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ladyelaine
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26 Apr 2016, 4:46 pm

I have always had that problem. I'm 23 and people keep asking me what grade I'm in. They are shocked when I tell them I'm in college at a 4 year university. I talk funny and I'm short. Maybe that's it. Who knows?



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26 Apr 2016, 4:53 pm

To be blunt they probably do think you're dumb as they do the rest of us.