Coworker 5 Years Older than Me Keeps Teferring to Us as The Same Age

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:In conversations with others. "Oh, yeah- he's about the same age as me and Sarah."

"I love Sandra Bullock. She would have been in HS the same time as Sarah and me."

It's oddly annoying in a huge way.

Sandra Bullock is 59. Are you actually 59ish years old and getting worked up about this?!

OP will have you know she’s 54, which is very different! She’s barely eligible to join AARP and has a whole year until she qualifies for a Verizon discount. Sandy is ancient in comparison!

Wait! Is there a Verizon discount ? My phone bill is way too high…

You can join the AARP at any age, btw

[Anonymous]

Wait until you're categorized as "over 40" to include people who are 70. LoL.

[Anonymous]

I’m 45, I would say any woman who is late 30s to early 50s is about the same age as me. I can’t imagine being offended by any of them comparing us, either. We are all too old to care about this!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You are about the same age.

Yup. Sorry.

This. I and others I know say the same thing within about a 0-8 year age difference.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You are about the same age.

About is not same. The other lady knows this and is trying to appear younger. Why is the question.

Np, agreed. See if the coworker does the same thing with women 5 years older than her. I had a coworker years ago who was 15 years older than me and would say things like "around our age."

[Anonymous]

I think I’m around the same age as Sandra bullock. So are you if you are within 5 years.

[Anonymous]

Where did you go, OP? I truly hope you’re taking this all in.

I’m 4 years older than my DH. I just casually mentioned on a call this week that we were celebrating his 45th birthday (in hopes the assumption is that I’m closer to 45.) I admit I am insecure. I work with a lot of young IT folks in their early 20s. I actually could be their mother!!

[Anonymous]

I work with A LOT of very young people -- (I am 46) and I they are always saying things that lump me in with their age group. I don't think it's because I'm so youthful (LOL), I just think once you start working with other adults your frame of reference for age gets broken.

[Anonymous]

We have a somewhat similar situation in our office, but I am on the losing end.

We work in an office of people ranging in age from 28 to 53.

Three of us are ages 51-53. I am the 53-year-old.

Sometimes, I'll refer to us as being similar in age, and the other two seem kind of offended. (I think that I do look older than they do, but still, we are similar in age.)

[Anonymous]

The older you get, the age difference decreases.

Huge difference between a 20 and 25 yo, but no difference between 45 and 50.

[Anonymous]

I consider you about the same age. There is a huge difference between a 15 year old and 20 year old. Very little difference between a 40 and 45 year old.

If it bothers you just ignore. Not worth stirring the pot over a petty thing .

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You're around the same age as my mom, OP, and I think this is crazy childish of you.

+1
I'm in your age group and am in a running group with women from 50-65 and think of us as all the same.
You are weird OP.

So you and all your friend's moms had kids at 20? Are you from a rural, uneducated area?

[Anonymous]

5 years is nothing. I once had a co-worker who was close to 60, while I was about 30 at the time, talk about how “our parents back in the day…” are a certain way and different from “our generation today where we…”. I didn’t get offended though, just thought it’s funny he didn’t realize he is more like my parents’ age.

[Anonymous]

Let’s put it this way, OP. YOU may see a difference but no one at the office does. Sorry.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I consider you about the same age. There is a huge difference between a 15 year old and 20 year old. Very little difference between a 40 and 45 year old.

If it bothers you just ignore. Not worth stirring the pot over a petty thing .

I consider anyone within 10 years up or down same age