Omers, Omers, Omers. People like that are such trash! If you try hard enough you can entirely blank them out. They and their comments and laughter just cease to exist. You're from New York (as am I); you should know how to do this. You, your child, your life, are all perfectly valid. Anything that goes against that knowledge just isn't there. I thought that this was a social skill that EVERY New Yorker knows. I certainly learned it in grade school. (PS 98.) There's no reason to let them get to you. Even if you're now in Indiana. They're rats, beetles, cockroaches. Shrug them off. Spray them. They're easier to deal with than bedbugs. Take care!