Sister made a remark about my stutter that made me very upset. Am I warranted in being upset?
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Sister made a remark about my stutter that made me very upset. Am I warranted in being upset? I was eating lunch with my family for Father’s Day and me and my dad happened to talk to the waiter in Spanish about his country Nicaragua and politics. English is my native language but I also grew up speaking Spanish, I however stutter more speaking Spanish. This caused me to speak less Spanish growing up than English even tho I know Spanish vocabulary pretty well. Well anyways I’m trying to speak Spanish more often with native Spanish speakers in order to get better with my fluency. Well I ended up stuttering a good amount while I was talking about politics and it made me look like I didn’t know what I was talking about but the waiter still listened and responded to me. My sister and parents then tell me that I should study more about politics in order to better my debate skills. I respond to them by saying I had trouble communicating with him because I stutter more in Spanish so It was harder to get my thoughts out. My sister then tells me to get more confidence. This remark made me very upset she is my big sister and Grew up with me so I would have thought she’s knows that I am confident it’s just for some reason I stutter more speaking Spanish. It’s not something that I can control and makes me feel powerless sometimes because I can’t reflect my thoughts as good as non stutters especially in Spanish. I told her this and started to tear up a little bit not going to lie that usually never happens. She got offended that I called her out and started saying I’m too emotional and she was just trying to help. She never did apologize for making that remark. I hadn’t talked too much with my parents or sister about my stuttering or how I stutter in Spanish more but I have brought it up since they never ask me about it they just ignore it or don’t think it’s a big deal. I have never met anyone who stutters and don’t know what to think about the situation. I feel very hurt not going to lie I didn’t expect that from my 28 year old sister.