I am more comfortable in my own skin and if someone belittles me for how I look or takes advantage of my kindness, I just simply cut them out of my life without a second thought.
I know what you mean. It's not that we don't care it is just that as we get older, we just realize the things that are more important for us, or who matters to us most.
I recall so many times that they actually belittled me in public about the way I dressed or my hairstyle etc
And as I get older, I also learn to detect superficial people/friends. We are who we choose to be with I guess.
Absolutely! I think we learn to value ourselves a little more through life experience :)