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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I think you are bothered by this because it triggered something in you: are you unhappy with how you look/present? Do you wish you could change that? I get being annoyed but you seem to imply this happens more than once.[/quote]

No one wants to be called grandma…unless they are a great grandma. Get real.

The psycholodrama folks are trying to make this into us comical. [/quote]

Np. Fact is op could be a grandma.  Since hen is it an insult?  Just laugh and say nope he is my son?[/quote]

40 year olds are not commonly grandparents. [/quote]

In much of America you rarely see 40 year old parents but 40 something grandparents are common.[/quote]

Maybe later 40s. 43 would be pushing it. Regardless, if you look at the original post the man was not super dialed in socially to begin with. [/quote]

You're wrong.  There are many, many parts of the country where the average age for women having their first child is 22:  https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/04/upshot/up-birth-age-gap.html  And if you know anything about averages, there will be a lot of families where the mom is younger than 22.  A 43yo grandma may be uncommon in the DC area but it's not at all atypical in some areas.[/quote]

That means there is a ton of teenagers having kids.. I’m completely OK with being wrong but cycle breaking is not a harmful thing. Many young parents can really rock it and pull everything together be successful. But that’s not going to ge the case for all. [/quote]

The point is that a 43 y/o mother of a baby is going to look like a grandmother.[/quote]

Eh, the earlier you start having kids, the faster you appear to age. Just imagine how much older she would look by 43 if she'd had kids at 18.[/quote]

With a little effort your body quickly bounces back in your 20s. It doesn’t in your late 30s. Then in pyour 40s chasing a primary schooler around makes your face look old and tired.[/quote]

Typical primary grade kids don't need chasing. But if you're talking about kicking a ball around with your 2nd grader, I'm not sure what your point is. Are you bragging about not exercising in your 40s because your kids are off to college already? Or do you feel like you're too old now to throw a frisbee?[/quote]

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