Veterinary Medicine

Why do people actually open their mouths and say, "oh you are a veterinarian, so you aren't a real doctor"? Are they not aware that this comment ranks up there with "I always wanted to be a vet, but I couldn't kill animal so I went into something else" - as if that is what we do all day, kill animals. (Actually our job is to keep them as happy and healthy as possible, in case there was some confusion) Does this comment mean I am a fake doctor? Did I get my diploma off the internet or by responding to some late night TV infomerical? Do people really not know that veterinarians go to college, then to 4 years of veterinary school and spend countless hours in a classroom and teaching hospital, then have to pass national and state boards? If they don't know this and assume that I am an insomniac who discovered the career path of veterinary medicine while surfing the web or watching those infomercials, why on earth are they trusting me with the life of their animals?! Why do I even still wonder these things?