Dear Awkwardness,

Now, I'm proud of my knowledge-base related to things family-related.  I consider my advanced degree in the family sciences to be wonderful.  And I am glad that people know that about me and consider me as a resource.  However, perhaps next time I'm in an Institute class, we can announce that I'm the resident expert based on my education rather than on life experience before people start saying "Good thing we have Allison here to explain things" or, "you should ask Allison" after introducing difficult-to-address topics.  Because I'm pretty sure that there are a few members of my Family Proclamation Institute class who now wonder if I am homosexual and/or on welfare.  Just for the record, I'm not either of those things.

That is all,
Allison