I Am Not Below You, So Don't Talk Down To Me

From the first time I met my partners parents and other family members all they did was talk to me like I was some street urchin. They gave me a look the moment I walked through their door. That same look intensified when they learned my name. They asked me what I did for a living and when I told them they looked shocked that I had a job. Yes, even people like me can be employed. Being a vegetarian I couldn't eat a lot of the food as meat was nearly in everything today. There was ham, there were greenbeans with bacon, mashed potatoes with cheese and bacon. I spent some time picking bacon out of the beans and potatoes so I could have something besides dinner rolls and corn.

I noticed they don't speak to their other son or daughter in laws the same way they speak to me. I'm naturally loud, cracking jokes, outgoing anyway, swear a lot etc, so maybe they just aren't used to that. To hell with them anyway I'm not going anywhere.