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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm 58. i am only invisible when I am by myself or with a group of women my age. When I'm with my young adult kids or spouse, no one ignores me. But when with my friends - absolutely unseen.

[b]The worst is restaurants. We are big tippers (really!) but women have a reputation of not being big tippers. We get lousy service almost all the time. And we get worse table than when with our spouses, too. [/b]

Oh, and I still dye my hair, and I'm thin and fit. And I dress well and in very expensive clothes (think Lori Piana, not Gucci). Doesn't matter at all. [/quote]

So true!!!

I was a waitress when I was a teen and I was very cognizant guilty of this.  Middle aged women were the worst tippers.  Now that I'm an invisible wealthy middle aged woman, who tips well, I'm embarrassed by this.  I do explain this to my daughters, but they don't really 'get it'.. No one ever explained it to me and I would have changed my behavior if I had known.

The tipping is probably an negative feedback loop.  Middle aged women recieve worse service and therefore tip worse, so they recieve worse service. [/quote]

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