Not quite sure why this irritates me, but I had a really odd conversation with a friend's girlfriend yesterday. I don't know her well and she was asking how come I was usually home during the day. I told her I usually study at home (I'm a postgraduate student), and she replied, 'oh, you're on benefits' - in a non-questioning way. So I said no, I got a grant from the government to study, and she repeated, 'yes - you're on benefits'.
Am I being a snob to let this irritate me? I don't see anything wrong with being on benefits, but I suspect from the way she said it that she thinks I'm scrounging. Or would you also come to that assumption if someone said they got money for studying?