My boyfriend thinks I am not smart and lacks common sense?

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I know I'm not the brightest person by any means. And when we get into an argument about something I've done I do tend to see his point on why he thinks I lack common sense sometimes. We both have only high school degrees, but he is still an intelligent person and he was also pretty much forced to raise himself because his mom was extremely depressed when he was growing up. One big thing is he's 38 and I'm 22. I know it's a big shocker when you do the math but we've been together for over a year, our families and friends are very accepting, and we have great chemistry and are so comfortable with one another. He wants to make this work and he's a great man who admits his faults when needed as well, but after finding out he feels this way my confidence in my relationship went down and now I'm feeling like he deserves someone "better". I know I'm not going to warp into this bright person over night, how should I handle this situation?
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For example, the other day I was going to the movies with a close friend and this guy she's been dating for a while, and this guy was bringing his bestfriend along. (Both were made aware that I'm in a relationship and my boyfriend was ok with this as well.)

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Well my friend came over my house to get ready and before we left she pulls out a drug. I've never done anything besides marijuana so I got curious to try it. I asked a couple important questions before trying it and I trusted my friend enough to know she wouldn't give me anything that would make me lose my mind. So after we did that we met up with them and went to the movie. I told my boyfriend what we did thinking he'd be chill about it since he's had his history with expire ting and he wasnt!
My boyfriend thinks I am not smart and lacks common sense?
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