This is a con descending:

I told her to get out of my fort!

He said he would let me off with a warning if I stopped acting so condescending.

I said, ‘don’t you mean condescendingly?’.

Also, let us know where you'd like the flowers sent.

But maybe that's why people always talk down to me......never understood before--Floyd, you've helped me get a glimmer of understanding!