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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This just happened. My son (3y) and I are at a diner eating breakfast. The guests in front of us left and as they were leaving, struck up conversation with my son. He said he had a great-niece and said I had to ensure I do everything for her (misgendering my son). He said it a couple of times so it wasn’t an error. I didn’t correct - it happens often because he has soft features and my son didn’t hear it. If he had, I would have said something for my son’s sake.

Anyway, then he asked my son if I was his grandma and said[b] he has to listen to Grandma and no pouting or complaining.[/b] To be clear, my son was eating his food and no tantrums at all, stayed in his seat the whole time eating his food so that was just a general comment. It’s just frustrating and happens enough that it makes me wonder if other people think it but don’t say it.

[b]I’m 42, turning 43 this year[/b]. I get that I got an older start but it’s demoralizing to be assumed to be my son’s grandmother. I usually don’t correct the person bc that’s more embarrassing and I just want the conversation to end. Am I alone in this? Does it ever end?[/quote]

Sounds like this person is from a different culture than you.   Southern or maybe midwestern, and older.   Probably comes from a "Children should be seen and not heard" mindset, and that couples get married and start having children in their late teens and early 20s.[/quote]

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