Question of Age

[bestoutwest]

I am somewhat guilty of this today.....one of my clients was in, I swear she looks 25, very cute. Well, as I was examining her dog, 2 kids come in the exam room. They looked a lot like her, but I thought she was way too young to be their mom. At the end of the appointment, I just mentioned that she looked very young to have kids that big (turns out the boy 12 and the girl is 8). She took it as a compliment and offered her age (I didn't ask). She is 33. She says she always gets told how young she looks, so I don't think she was offended.

 

[sarab]

Charlotte,

I don't have teenagers, but I am 26 with 3 kids ages 5 and under. The other day in Wal-Mart, the checker asked me if all of these kids were mine. I was like...uh...yeah. Then she said, Oh, my god, you don't look over 20...are you over 20? I was shocked and just said yeah, I am over 20. How crazy and nosy is that?? I think she is stupid though. She must have been looking at the food we were buying because she said, "You guys eat really healthy. Why? You are skinny."......uh....duh!!!!

Sara B

 

[JAFitMama]

When people ask my age, I always tell them. I am 24 years older than my first born DD and younger than most of her friends' parents. But I am 32 years older than my youngest DS and older than many of his friends' parents.

Funny story: My DH bought me a cadillac when I was 40 and the frist time I took it in for service, the service rep. asked me if I was bringing in my mother's car. Um, NOOOO this is mine!


Judy
AKA Likes2bfit since 1999

 

[gettingstrong]

Wow, I don't know what you guys are complaining about! I have 3 kids, 15,13 and just turned 4. Since there is a big jump in age , I get all kinds of rude comments. The one I hate is that I am dd's grandma. Then when they find out I'm not, they assume and ask if she was a "surprise"!! How rude! It's none of your business if she was a "surprise"! Then when I say "No, we planned very carefully for her", they look at me like I have lost my marbles! I even had one lady at church ask me why in the world would I want to start all over with a baby when my other 2 were getting older. UGH!! Don't people ever keep there thoughts to themselves? And don't get me started on comments people make when you are pregnant! Marnie

 

[rjroubi]

Charlotte,
I always take it as a compliment...when people say they cannot believe I have a 22 year old daughter....it makes my day whatever the motive!! ;-)

Robin