Slings and Arrows

So many hurtful comments have come to my knowledge recently that it pains me to say that I'm a softie and why don't people know this? I am not nearly as Teflon-proof as I appear to be...sigh. Perhaps, the Greteling of my exterior is to protect against these at worst malicious & at best clueless comments, yet the slings and arrows always manage to make it to the cushiony interior that deflates with sorrow upon their arrival....sigh.