Unfortunately, there ARE people out there who think this way.

My mother in law got her GED and my husband tells me it's harder to pass than standard high school tests. We view a GED grad as someone who worked harder and is smarter than a "regular" high school grad!

My former SIL who was a HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE, use to contantly bring up the fact that she was as HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE. She kept her diploma on the mantal so everyone could see it. She did this because my brother dropped out of High school when our parent got divorced -she felt that she was so much better than everyone in my family because of this. Thank goodness she is the Former SIL now.
I guess some people just need to tear down others just to feel better about themselves.

Well he said that he doesn't care that we weren't invited and laughed at their stupidity. You wouldn't believe some of the crap that DHs DD and stepmother pulled to prevent our marriage. They...you could say staged an intervention, we weren't allowed to show affection in their home, we weren't allowed to sleep in the same bed anymore (even though they had allowed this before with us and other couples), and said they wouldn't come to the wedding if we didn't change the date (b/c other members couldn't use their frequent flyer miles....don't worry we didn't change it). The LOWEST thing they did........DH had a female friend named Jamie, who was also in college, who he hung out with and took to functions I couldn't make it to. In the years they had known each other they'd never dated, they had discussed it but had decided they weren't a good fit. Anyway, he was in college about an hour and a half away and was set to graduate in a week. Stepmom and DD invite him over but when he gets there they leave and Jamie shows up to spill her guts about feelings she'd had for him and how much she cares about him....blah blah blah....she cries, he turns her down, she tries again a week later, same result. She said that she liked me but had to try. I don't really blame her but they shouldn't have pulled her into this. She's now one of my myspace friends and we still talk.
So.....I've never been anything but nice to them. The first time they met me I was told that they hadn't seen DH that happy in a long time, over the past 7 years DH has distanced himself from them b/c of their treatment of me. Only over the past 9 months have his DD and stepmom starting working on that because of some words DH had for them. But....stepmom keeps asking when I'm going to get a degree and says I'm wasting my time on cakes that I need to do something that will make me money. I just want to do something that makes me happy. DH supports that as long as we can pay the bills. I really am lucky I found him....sometimes I forget just how lucky I am. I'd like to be the first in my family to get a degree but I'm not going to do it just to satisfy them.

You might introduce her to Duff Goldman sometime!

So many wise people on CC! Another "perfectly said" post!