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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I love the comments about people “expressing shock” at the ages of your children or your graduation year to prove that you look young.  Yes, people are doing that to make you feel good. What else are they going to say, ‘wow I thought you were older than 45 with all those wrinkles!’  It’s just polite to feign surprise and say the person looks younger than they really are.[/quote]

This is so weird. I know some people do this. But I don't think most do. Not to the point of "expressing shock" and making a big to-do. How odd for non-salespeople.

It's like complimenting someone's baby, even if they're not that cute. Sure, most of us do this. But there's a difference between:

"Oh, how darling!" and "Your 30th reunion, really?"

"I never say this, but he's literally one of the most beautiful babies I've ever seen. You should get him into modeling, seriously." And "Oh, I see there's a fellowship for women over 35, maybe you can apply in a couple of years. What do you mean? 48?"

The latter is bizarre if you don't mean it, and no, we don't all do it.

Speaking for myself, I don't even register the sort of mild or ambiguous or possibly just polite "surprise" at my age. I'm talking about when people seem genuinely shocked-- or rather, confused-- but not in an over-the-top way. Almost no one is that good an actor, and I'm literally married to a good actor.

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