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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm 46. This ... is the second time in a year that this has happened. First time at a hair salon where apparently they have a discount for seniors on the day of the week I was there. Yesterday it happened again. I was checking out at a store and the cashier asked if I was a senior. I said yes to see what happened - I got 10% off each item.

Maybe I DO look a decade older than I am? I don't walk with a limp or a cane or anything. A week ago I got my hair dyed so it's a chestnut brown without any gray, parted in the middle just past my shoulders - it's not like an old lady pouf hairdo. I was wearing jeans from Nordstrom Rack and a solid-colored v-neck t-shirt with sneakers. I'm not gaunt or anything. I'm not wrinkly.  I've never smoked, tanned and on an average day drink about two liters of water.

If it had just been that one guy I'd chalk it up to him just being horrible at guessing people's ages. Now it's a second person. So maybe ... could I look 55 even though I'm 46? (And yes, I know it's 62 or 65, but for discounts in restaurants it's often 55 so I'm guessing both people meant they thought I might be that age because surely there's no way I look 65, right?)[/quote]

It's just random.  Lots of places offer senior discounts starting at 55.  I'm more than 20 years older than you and I often have to ask for the senior discount even though I have gray hair and some wrinkles.  I dress a lot like you described except I don't wear jeans from Nordstroms, I just wear soft casual pants.  I have smoked and tanned but that doesn't seem to cut any ice with some cashiers. I don't walk with a limp or a cane either but maybe I should start just for the discount.[/quote]

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