Originally Posted by HowlerKarma
and not because it was a group of people looking for any signs of imperfection (or.... ahem... moral turpitude of some kind) and a way to 'take me down' a bit. THAT gets so so old in real life sometimes. frown Comes part and parcel with being HG/+ though-- as my DH and I both know to our chagrin.

This is so sad, HK. Do you mean the gifted community elsewhere have treated you (and DH) this way, or the general community who knows you (and DH) are "smart"?

Snobbishness is never okay, imo.
Perhaps "twerpitude" should be added to the dictionary to describe that attitude.