Barrybran III - New job, new life?

[Barrybran]

Thanks 25. It probably sounds absurd but dealing with this perception that I belittle people now, as a 30 year old, is new to me. I certainly understand if someone had have told me that as a teenager but for my wife to tell me this was shocking and devastating.

My wife said that I believe I'm more intelligent than everyone around me and I make sure everyone knows it, usually through passive means. She said I manipulate situations to make people believe what I think to be true. Both of these were certainly traits I had as a kid but I genuinely thought I had grown out of these things.

I guess it's such a big shock because I don't see myself this way but she was very clear and to the point when she told me this.