Today, the new guy at work - who is probably at least ten years older than I am - admired the photo on my desk of myself with my husband and teenage daughters and asked, "Are those your grandchildren?" I'm in my 40's. 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, a cute new guy I always run into at work hit on me. Turns out he's only 18. I'm old enough to be his mom. FML
Today, my boyfriend told me he was showing off pictures of me to co-workers. It wasn't until later that he said, "Don't worry, they were old pictures, from when you were hot." They were from four years ago. FML
Today, I was at work refreshing the shelves when a man turned the corner and said, very surprised, "You look 12!" A few weeks back, two people did the same thing, only they said I looked 9. I'm almost 21 years old, and just very short. Starting to get just a little self conscious here. FML
Today, I uploaded a photo of myself at the beach on Facebook. The first comment it got was "Wow!! If I was 20 yrs younger, oh boy ;)". Yeah, thanks for that, grandpa. FML
Today, I discovered that my male coworker, who coincidentally shares my last name, has been telling everyone we're married. I'm 26; he's 58. FML
Today, a customer complimented me on how good I looked for my age. She thought I was in my forties. I'm 18. FML
Today, my 11-year-old son and I were going through some old photos. He saw one of me when I was 22 on a beach, wearing a bikini. He said "Wow! Who's that?" Quite proudly I said it was me. He looked at me and said "What happened?" FML
Today, on my first day at a new job, my boss asked how old I was. I replied, "Eighteen." She responded that she was my age thirty years ago, which makes her the same age as my mum. When I told her, she gave me a puzzled look, so I repeated myself. She was my age thirteen years ago, not thirty. FML
Today, while I was in a bathroom stall, I overheard my younger coworkers discussing my age. They said, “How old is she? Some days she looks like she's 35 and other days she looks like she's 58!” 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
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Top comments
Morokea 0
You could be a grandma in your 40s but unlikely to teenagers... Maybe they just look young?
mahabuddha 0
Would people stop using "myself" to sound more business like. You are using incorrectly. Your sentence should read, "...admired the photo of ME, my husband and my teenage daughters..." Myself is a reflexive pronoun such as "I kicked the ball MYSELF."
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Comments (40)
suaveneanderthal 0
A gilf you arn't
6969awesome 0
ew ur probably old and saggy
Morokea 0
You could be a grandma in your 40s but unlikely to teenagers... Maybe they just look young?
st0815 9
There is the implicit assumption there that the guy was estimating her age and the age of the people in the picture and then figuring out if that's a possible constellation etc. That's very unlikely though, people don't put that amount of thought into small talk, and men don't pay attention to details anyway. Sure his thought process could have been: kid looks like 16, mother perhaps around 25 when the kid was born, make same assumption for the grandmother, so age of the coworker would have to be around 25+25+16 = 66. It probably was more like this: Nice lady, must tell her about my lovely grandchildren. Oh she has a picture of children - if I ask her about her grandchildren, then I call tell her all about mine. "Are those your grandchildren?" *lady glares* Oh shit, it's just an old picture of her...
susieKiute 0
my mom is 40 and already has four grandchildren from my older siblings.
capslockisgood 19
I doubt they're in their teens
xCrackerx 3
This is why I'm thankful for my baby face. It sucks now but it will pay off when I'm older.
bowribbonmama 2
My mom will be a grandma to a teenager when she's 47, so it's possible. My nana is only 55 and has a 20 year old grandchild (me), a 17 year old grandchild, a 16 y/o g/c, a 15 y/o grandchild, a 3 y/o g/c and two great-grandchildren aged 2 and 4.
Catkam623 27
holy shit does your family know how to use a condom?
badbunny 0
it's ok, i'm into older women, as are others.
bombchelle 0
people shouldnt be having kids so young any damn way. its nothing to be proud of.
bowribbonmama 2
I'm VERY proud of my children. Maybe YOU should shup up. You sound EXTREMLY ignorant.
waterynuggets 0
I agree with #10, you sound ignorant and in more ways than one. My mom had me when she was in her late 20s. She was in her 40s when I was a teenager.
spitfire35 3
i think he meant you shouldn't have kids so early that their grandmom is 40 when they are teens
mahabuddha 0
Would people stop using "myself" to sound more business like. You are using incorrectly. Your sentence should read, "...admired the photo of ME, my husband and my teenage daughters..." Myself is a reflexive pronoun such as "I kicked the ball MYSELF."
sorainu 18
Actually... Shouldn't it be "my children, my husband, and I"?
One_In_Three 24
It's actually considered rude in modern culture to say "me, my husband and..." because you put yourself first in the sentence, it sounds as if you think of yourself as above the people who come afterwards.
sirtrollsalotlol 0
Thats kinky, but you should be a man about it and tear your balls off!! Well, at least you helped a old women across the street. Whens the wedding? OH AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Anteezy 7
Congrats on being first.
carlablob 0
I LOVE YOU #9
Catkam623 27
COCAINE!!!!!!!! That's what your screaming.
Browncakeman 4
Maybe he just realised you're white trash and went on that.