Humility or humiliation

I'm Nigerian. My dad appears to be the only Nigerian that embodied a wholesome picture of what a human being should be; thus, he is my only mentor from that blessed nation.

And now to the issue:
I have endured a barrage of adult interference in my life like never before in the recent weeks and it seems to me as though the adult suggestions are nothing less than humiliating. Perhaps this is as a result of the apparent generational gap "I like to make excuses for people, who usually do not deserve it, don't ask me why". Being the explicitly truthful person that I am, I communicate that to them...the next thing I know, "Pride" becomes the anchor of the rest of the discussion.

I have never thought of myself as proud. I cannot stand proud people, especially when unbeknownst to them, you are more successful in whatever it is they are boasting about, or you could care less. I am quite friendly, seeing as I'll rather make friends than enemies that makes sense, but what could make someone tag me as proud, or in need of humility? Perhaps the fact that I have been independent ever since I could be, or the fact that God has granted me success in the things I have set my mind to has made me uniquely confident that whatever situation arises I can conquer by the grace of Almighty God? For whatever reason, I refuse to be humiliated. Don't assume that means I have not endured my share of humiliation because I have. All I have decided to do now is put an end to it. It's as though it suddenly hit me, all these Nigerian's stressing me out with their "suugestions" are not going to live my life for me. For all I know they could pass on tomorrow. Will I then go wag my finger at their corpses?