I know there have been a couple posts on this recently, so I had to add this story
At Zumba tonight the instructor found out that Tuesday is my birthday. So this conversation took place.
Her: It's your sweet 16 right?
Me: Yeah, if you took that and doubled it.
Her (looking at me blankly) Are you serious? You'll be 32?
Me: Umm....yeah
Her: You look GREAT! I would have never guessed you were 32.
Me: Umm....thanks?
The whole time I am thinking, Lady I said was going to b 32 not 89. :) Now I am having a beer to console myself. Ok....not really, it just made me laugh. So has anyone made you feel old lately?
You guys are so funny! Dad, no you shut up. :) lol My hair started graying in my early twenties. It's genetic. My mom had a full head of grey hair by the time she graduated high school. Honestly, I wasn't offended by her. I am just being silly. It just made me chuckle. I know I'm not old, well by most standards.
Hey--I remember when the hi-beam controls for the headlights were a button on the floor of the car!
(Feel better?)
I bought some beer for my husband the other night at the grocery store and didn't get carded...that was depressing!!! :)
When I was a kid, Snuffleupagus was still a secret. We had an 8 track player in our living room. If someone mistakes me for 32, I'm walking on air the rest of the day :) One of the nicest compliments I ever got was, "You have the neck of a 17 year old!" from my friend who is in her 50s. Enjoy your beer, you deserve it, you ol' bitty :)
As you actually get old you will find that is nothing more than a compliment. :)
Getting my blood drawn at my yearly appointment... technician comes up and her first words were "WOW! You are so GRAY - that is so sad!"... Um... Thanks for your pity? I'm 39, and gray early... guess who made a hair appointment that week.
It could be worse, J.. She could have thought it was going to be your 40th birthday, and when you told her you would be 32, she would have said "Oh" and slinked away.
That's the other side some people get!!
Happy birthday, by the way!
Dawn
Old is relative.
To an 85 yr old, you are still a spring chicken.
To a 16 yr old, 32 sounds old (remember the whole 'trust no one over 30' thing?)
Looking at 32 from 50 - 32 is GREAT!
Everything still works, nothing is sagging, your hair's not thinning, menopause is still decades away, and the joint's don't ache to the point where you can predict the weather with them.
Count your blessings!
tonight in bed, dd is fondling my very deep laugh lines and asked if they were scars :( no honey just wrinkles.
In my defense, i have bad tmj and it has caused alot of those "not so funny lines"
I'm 38.
Does it help to know that people almost always think I'm older than I am ;-)
When I tell folks my age, their jaw drops and they say, oh my god, you're just a baaaaaybe. And then they look at their feet. And slowly back away.
Bwahahahah. I'm cracking myself up.
Shut up. My hair is now noticeably gray. :(
Thirty-two is old? Since when? Well, yes, it's older than thirty-one... or twenty-one.
It's been a long, long time since I saw thirty-two. Actually, that's the age of my youngest child....
As you're aware, you received a compliment gone awry. The instructor meant to tell you, "Lady, you look WONDERFUL! Happy birthday!"
Wonder how old the instructor is.
To answer your question, I feel old when I go to a Zumba class and think, "What in the world am I DOING here???"
haha, that is GREAT!
A few weeks ago my son was eating breakfast & looked up at me and said, "Mama, are you the OLD cook?"
Luckily, later that day my other son said to me, "Mama, you a pwincess!" Guess who got dessert that night?
Well, I could be your mother if I had been a young teen mom. I don't feel old but experienced!! Heck, you were in Zumba...not bingo at the casino. It's all good!
I was in the check out line without my kids or diaper bag. I was asked "how was your mothers day?"
"so I look like a mom?" was my reply. I'm hoping it was the organic whole milk that gave it away and not my appearance.
My 13 year old noticed I had grey roots......looked me straight in the eye and said "WOW MOM I DID'NT THINK YOU WERE THAT OLD" He then proceeded to get really upset thinking I was going to die soon. Ya that made me feel really old. NOT FUN!
Old and age are attitude. You could be my daughter. In fact my daughter turned 35 in March.
I am like Dad on Purpose and remember the high beams on the floor. I also remember when gas was $.32 a gallon, 8 track, brick cell phones and pay phones on corners, and attended NKOTB concerts with daughter and friends.
Recently went to the grocery store and shocked the woman behind me because she was complaining about turning 49 and I told her I would be 65 in December. She thought I was her age or no more than 50.
So go enjoy your 32 years and look forward to many more happy years. I do color the hair because I don't like it gray at this time. No, there are no mommy jeans in my closet and I do wear some of the more modern tops and shirts. I can't be sleeveless because the office is cold in the winter and summer (tv station). I'm looking for a few more good years.
Again happy birthday and do stop and smell the roses along your walk in life.
The other S.
You should have asked her if her foot tasted good because she obviously inserted it into her mouth, lol.
Happy Early Birthday!!
Just my daughter. Our birthdays are 4 days apart and she asked how old I would be this year. I told her 42 and she just looked at me with her jaw hanging open and a shocked look on her face.
My almost 4 year old daughter was looking at our wedding picture yesterday and she says "Mama, you have a pretty wedding dress on and a pretty bow in your hair", then she says "Mama, you don't look old in that picture, you look old in real life" LOL, Oh thanks, that picture was six years ago, could I have aged that much? Maybe weight equates to aging in her mind.
Here's my closest, that resembles yours:
Was at a teen birthday party on Saturday (literally, the child was turning 13). During a chaotic moment, the birthday girl runs over to me and sticks her phone out and asks if I will hold it for her (as she runs away to avoid being thrown in the pool)... then, a short bit later she comes back, and asks how old I am. "Not trying to be rude or anything, I was just wondering... "
I told her "I'm 43". She says, "You don't look it." and walked away. What is a 43 year old supposed to look like???!! A dried up prune or something??!!
Maybe it is b/c I am friends with her Grandma (which is how we know them)... but her grandma was a very young mom, and is a little bit older than me; and her mom was also a fairly young mom and is probably only 10 years younger than me. My age is actually kind of in the middle of birthday girl's mom and grandma.
So I guess that is why it was confusing to her? My kids are same age group as her and her sister... and they play, but I am friends with her grandma. LOL
Sometimes I still get carded.... BAHAHAHA
Ha, most people think I am younger than I am by about 5 - 8 yrs which is awesome. Thank you very much. but, once they find out I have been married 22 yrs, they add on at least 5 yrs, then when they find out I have triplets, they add even more so I end up older than I am. What the hay?!? Thanks a lot.
I got married young and triplets in my 20s, thank you very much.
I bought a lei at the grocery store for my friend's graduation from nursing school last week. The lady bagging my groceries (the bag lady? heh) said she wanted to buy one for her daughter's graduation, and then she asked me, "Where is your daughter graduating from?"
I must have looked as shocked as I felt when I answered, "My daughter is two. This lei is for my friend." She quickly answered, "Oh, of course, you're too young to have a daughter who is graduating." I hope so!
