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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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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)
Emperor_Jim 0
Waaaah, I'm a woman, and someone thinks I'm slightly older than I am! Waaaah!!! I swear, this needs to be a separate category on FML. There's like one of these a day.
blakehilli8 0
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perdix 31
Sarah Palin is a grandma in her 40's and I'd do her in a minute! That is, if they cut out her vocal cords. And if it were anything more than a one-night stand, we'd have to send her to re-education camp about her political views. You betcha!
EatMyCrayonz 0
Wow, congratulations on being... Ninth? xD hehe
dragonman18 0
My mom is in her 40's and now has 2 grandchildren
CallMeHush 1
The 80's were a little rough eh?
blastvortex 4
If people can have grandchildren in/by their 30's, then on a technicality, there really isn't anything wrong with the question. For all I know, "40's" could mean anywhere up to 49 anyway, the upper register of which is much less farfetched towards having grandkids than otherwise. Then again, he is getting old, so that could have something to do with it. Don't let it go to your head, Little Miss He-Scarred-My-Ego.
Fluffgirl 0
There's a big difference between being a grandma in one's 40s and being a grandma to TEENAGERS in one's 40s.
VolleyballSMASH 1
ouch that stings
purplesniper 0
25 win