Never let them see you cry

When I was sixteen I was excited about getting my driver's license because all of my friends had their's and because my birthday was later in the year I had to wait, so after taking the class and passing the written portion, all that was left was the on road test. Well, I failed this portion not once but twice because I could parallel park without hitting the curve or the cones (automatic fail), so on my third try I was beyond nervous, and it took me longer than usual to parallel park, and I know that I bumped the cone just a little as I was pulling out of the parking space, and as I was parking the car and the test administrator was tallying up my score, my eyes began to fill-up with water, because I knew I had fail again, and test administrator looked like a no nonsense stone faced older man. So as he finished the test, he said to me and I will never forget, " I don't care how you are feeling on the inside, never let them see you sweat, and never let them see you cry. You passed." So, when people tell me things just to get a reaction, I get quiet process the information for a second then continue on like it is nothing, then go somewhere else and cry if I need to. It is a shame but some people even family thrive on others pain.