Today, working as a waitress, I was asked by a customer, yet again, how my baby was doing. I don't have a baby, but I do look very similar to my 25-year-old coworker, who's a new mom. People confuse us all the time. Unfortunately, my crush, who was standing nearby, doesn't know that. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, my new coworker asked if I knew her daughter. I responded yes and asked how her pregnancy was going. She didn't know her daughter was pregnant. FML
Today, while I was working, my friend stopped by and visited with me a moment. After she left, my client asked me if she was my daughter. My friend is 32 and I'm 27. FML
Today, a waitress kept calling me "Mom" and my dad "Dad". My dad (69) and I (38f) hang out a lot, and very often go out to eat, just the two of us. Either I look really old, or people think he's got it going on. Why? They ask me, "Is that your dad or grandpa?" Then ask him, "Is that your wife or daughter?" FML
Today, even though I'm overweight, I was feeling alright about the way I looked in the historical costume I'm required to wear by my job. A little kid came in and asked me if I was having a baby. Guess I don't look as good as I thought. FML
Today, I had a customer tell me that I don't look a day over 39. I'm 35. FML
Today, as I was just finishing my grocery shopping, a little girl and her mother walked past. Seeing the little girl staring at me, I waved. The girl then pointed to me and asked her mother "Mommy, is that man pregnant?" FML
Today, my mother and I went to lunch and there is a really cute waiter that works at the diner. I requested him to wait on us like I sometimes do. While we were waiting to be seated, I heard one waiter say to the cute one, "Ya, the creepy one is back, and this time she brought her mom!" FML
Today, I told a coworker I loved her cute baby bump, and asked when 'the little guy' was due. She glared at me and said, “I had the baby two months ago. You saw him a month ago, here, in this office.” FML
Today, while shopping, I bumped into a guy I knew in high school. He went on about he heard I'd got married, looked like I'd had a baby, and that, "she looks just like you!" The kid was my niece, and my husband broke up with me 2 years ago. Thanks for bringing that up. FML
Today, I discovered I was at the same restaurant as my ex and his new girlfriend. Quickly, I picked up my mother's phone when she wasn't looking, and began to pretend to talk to a fake new boyfriend. Few seconds later, the waiter loudly asked me if I was done talking into the calculator. FML
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ilovera 7
Say "Sorry, I do not have a child, my coworker is the one who recently had a baby" very loudly, so your crush can hear.
HowieDoIt 21
This is not the mother you are looking for...
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Vanillanougat 14
You should have turned towards him and said "that's my baby over there, and he's doing fine thank you"
kithless 6
I feel your pain, OP. my coworker had the same name as me and gave birth to twins. While she was out, people would ask me how the twins were doing. One lady would not accept the fact that it was not me, and continued to loudly insist I had twins. My future husband was working 10 feet away.
nvo 6
Then you should have replied "that's not me - but i will tell [colleague] you send best wishes for her baby" ... or something that clears up the situation in a friendly way
VampTat 10
I can't tell you how often I have this problem at my job too. At the first store that I worked at, I was confused with this co-worker of mine because we both had dark brown hair, wear glasses, and are heavy set. The difference, is that I have freckles and she had acne, I'm taller, and she's more rounder than I am with slender legs where as I'm thick all over. Last year I got transferred to a different store, and then I got transferred again in October. Both stores I had people say that I remind them of this Megan chick who apparently worked at both stores that I've been transferred to... My hair is red now, and according to everyone who knew her, her hair was black. WTF? How is that a resemblance??? lol
Nederlander95 14
I mean you could just explain. Why are people incapable of this?
lovelybroccoli 9
You are 25 and you have a "crush"? Get a life.