Reply to Is asking someone's age now acceptable?

Forum Index » Off-Topic

Reply to "Is asking someone's age now acceptable?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]as a 54 year old who is routinely mistaken for someone in their mid-40's, I hate when people ask my age because I get that surprised "wow, your older than I realized" reply  :? [/quote]

Humble brag.  Even if you were "routinely mistaken for someone" younger, you wouldn't know about it.  I doubt that many people actually ask you unless you're registering for something and they need your birthdate.[/quote]

The reason it comes up is because my wife is 10 years younger than I am (I'm sure you will jump on the chance to call that a humble brag too) and when we are making new friends thru kids sports/the pool/school volunteering etc. they tend to be early to mid 40's given our kids age range... After they find out I am 54 it becomes a running joke about me being old as I am generally 8+ years older than all the couples we are hanging out with.    [/quote]

You think people are IMPRESSED by older men who marry younger women.

Uh, no. That is not the reaction is triggers. Trust me.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics