I’m sorry clients don’t treat you respectfully all the time. Unfortunately, that’s the deal you made when you decided to take a job that’s all about cleaning up the crap people create in their lives. That’s the deal you made when you decided to take a job working for people who don’t have good relationship skills. That’s the deal you made when you decided to take money from people who are under stress and facing the loss of everything that matters to them.

I know you’re important. I know you went to college and did well. Then you went to law school. You think that because you’re a lawyer, you should be treated respectfully. Sorry, but your clients don’t always care about you.

They care about themselves, and they paid you to deal with their problems. They expect you to understand that they sometimes aren’t good with people and aren’t going to be reasonable or nice to you. If you didn’t expect them to behave badly, you made a big mistake when you picked family law. It’s not too late to switch. There’s always something else you can do with your education. If your reaction to my comment is “Yes, but…,” then you’re exactly the person I’m talking to. Sorry.