I still remember this incident that happened 12 years ago and it still bothers me to this day. I just can't let this go. In high school, I went on this trip to England, Ireland, and Wales with some classmates and teachers. On the plane going home, I was wearing a bracelet that I had bought while I was there on the trip. It was almost the same color as a rubber band, but it wasn't a rubber band. It was also a little thicker than a rubber band and had a design on it.

My teacher saw the bracelet, and she knows my dad's occupation, which is a surgeon, and my mom is a stay at home single mom. I felt like she was jealous of me, because she knows my dad is rich and my mom didn't work. She said, "Are you wearing a bracelet?" I said, "Yes." She said, "I just thought it was a rubber band."

This remark bothered me so much and I saw it as offensive and insulting. I remember thinking like, "What the **** was that supposed to mean?" My own interpretation of her inquiry was that it was as if she was thinking, "If your dad's a surgeon, then why are you wearing a rubber band for a bracelet, because only poor kids would wear rubber bands as bracelets?"

Was I just giving this more meaning than there needed to be? And viewed it as a problem when it really isnt a problem? Because I tend to take everything that is said to me in the wrong way? Was this some blatant remark that doesn't need even a 5 second thought?