Today, I was going into an office building. There was a boy and a man ahead of me, and the boy held the door open for me. Surprised, I said, "What a nice young man," and he said, "It's OK, ma'am; my dad says to always hold the doors open for old ladies." I'm 43. FML
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Today, I held a door open for a sweet old lady with a walker. After she went through the door, she turned and said, "That's not how you're gonna get into my pants, son." FML
Today, I held the door open for someone and he said, "Thank you!" I said, "Thank you!" back. FML
Today, a woman yelled at me for holding a door open for her. FML
Today, I held the door open for an old lady, before realizing she was a teacher taking 20-plus kids to lunch at local burger joint, all of whom got in front of me in the line to order. FML
Today, I attempted to be nice and hold a door open for a person in a wheelchair. He hit the button to open another door. While I pointed out that I would hold the door for him, I realized that the door I was holding open for him led down some stairs. FML
Today, I was trying to be polite by holding the door for an elderly lady in a shop. What I didn’t realise was that the doors were automatic. I ended up standing there awkwardly for a good 5 seconds, holding onto thin air, while she just smiled and walked by. A bloke behind me said, “The doors don’t need your help, mate.” FML
Today, while holding the door open for a stranger, I thought I was being polite. She walked through, smiled at me, and said, "Thanks, but you didn’t have to follow me into the bathroom." I hadn’t noticed the door led to the restroom. FML
Today, as I was getting out of the car, my 7-year-old son opened the door for me. I thought it was very gentlemanly of him to do that, until he smashed my thumb with the car door. FML
Today, I was working at my job as a cashier, checking out an elderly woman's groceries. She was very nice, and we chatted for a couple minutes. Once she had paid, she leaned close to me and said, very politely, "I'm so so sorry that I mistook you for a girl at first, young man." I AM a girl. FML
Today, at my job as a cashier, a man and his 3-year old son got in line. The father said, "Give this to the pretty lady," looking at me. The kid looks at me, looks at his dad, and walks over to the next cashier. FML
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jeanii_fml 4
Well you're probably old to him, since he's just a boy.
Starfire22 5
To him, anyone over twenty is old...
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Comments (111)
Nizzit2 0
Society tells women to value youth, its not their fault. Sensitivity fail.
did_it_4_lulz 0
My 12 year old sister calls me old all the time. I'm only 22. She calls my brother ancient, he's 27. Get over it, it's not a big deal.
grrrarrrg2 2
Really it was just a kid. When I started 1st grade I thought the 5th graders were old.
omghehehe 0
hehehe :) Ahh, so what? He was trying to be polite. You're as young as you feel ;) Btw 43 isn't old, especially when you get older, your perspective changes. I remember, I use to think 30s-40s was old when I was in high school.
waterynuggets 0
Oh, boo ******' hoo. Go take your geritol and relax. Call me, granny. Wink wink.
guckylynn 19
It's a kid. They call me old and I'm only 21.
michelleyily 0
Haha! that kid will go far in life
frostie 0
Im not trying to be mean, or insult you or hurt your feelings in anyway but, 43 is short of old. You should do what everyone does when they start aging and just embrace it and try to the good side of getting old e.g. wiser, cheaper prices for seniors, people asking to hold your bags etc etc. If you still care about looking young then i suggest using anti skin aging cream and google '7 foods that make you look young'.
LilaBear 2
When you say "boy", do you mean like an 8 year old, or like a 17 year old? Coz yeah a 17 year old should know better than to call a middle-aged person old, but to 8 year olds, anything over 15 is old. I remember when I was in grade 8 I thought college students were old, let alone people who were married with kids.
musicislife1995_fml 0
he was doing so well... :/