I find that HI-larious too, msbelle.
People are strange.
I'm just, uh, just feeling kinda... truthsome right now. And, uh... life's just too damn short for ifs and maybes.
Mal ,'Heart Of Gold'
Natter 31 But Looks 29
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Kat - Jan 20, 2005 6:22:53 am PST #8543 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
JenP - Jan 20, 2005 6:24:23 am PST #8544 of 10002
My nephews were often assumed to be my kids when I was out alone with them, which was only a little weird, because I looked older than I was. But I was always quick to correct any assumptions. I think I was only 15 when the oldest one was born.
But my sister, who is 11 years older than I am, looks a lot younger than she is. People just don't know what to make of us. When she was getting married and we went looking for dresses and such, more than half the time, people thought I was the bride-to-be. I was fourteen (or, geez, maybe thirteen? They were married a while before the first kid was born) and not trying for older. Then I was all flattered. Now, I'm just... yech.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 20, 2005 6:26:37 am PST #8545 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
When a friend of mine was about 16, she would sometimes take her one year old brother out - she got a lot of dirty looks from people who assumed he was her son.
This kind of thing used to happen to all but my next oldest sister (4 out of 5) who were all old enough for me to have been theirs. At least with the college age ones they didn't get dirty looks.
sarameg - Jan 20, 2005 6:31:09 am PST #8546 of 10002
People are strange.
Oh yeah.
3) One time, out to dinner with a family friend (parents' age), I could totally tell that people at nearby tables were trying to figure out what the deal was. It made me laugh.
I've had that happen too. Except the friend is actually about 10 years older than my parents. The reactions only skeeved us once, and that was when we went out to dinner at a really hoity-toity place when I was studying in Prague. Some people didn't even try to hide what they were presuming.
Nilly - Jan 20, 2005 6:31:27 am PST #8547 of 10002
Swouncing
At around 14 or 15, looking even younger, when taking both my youngest siblings (4-5 years old, at the time) to the movies, I was assumed to be their mother.
My friend B was assumed to be the mother of a mutual friend's daughter, apparently only because they were both blond. When asked "who does she look alike?" regarding the toddler, B calmly answered "my friend's husband" (and it was indeed the truth, too).
[Edit: 8-5=7-4]
Polter-Cow - Jan 20, 2005 6:32:38 am PST #8548 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
B calmly answered "my friend's husband" (and it was indeed the truth, too).
Ahahahaha. That's brilliant.
Scrappy - Jan 20, 2005 6:33:18 am PST #8549 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
My Mom tells a story about being in a store with three-year-old me, my little brother, a neighbor's two kids (and she was pregnant). A couple took a look at her "Kennedy" pin and the man said "I told you all those Catholics were gonna vote for Kennedy."
Cashmere - Jan 20, 2005 6:57:42 am PST #8550 of 10002
Now tagless for your comfort.
DH is 17 years older than his little brother. When we started dating, BiL was 2 years old. DH and his brother look A LOT alike so people just assumed when we took him out to stores and restaurants that he was ours. It was an honest mistake.
Topic!Cindy - Jan 20, 2005 6:58:07 am PST #8551 of 10002
What is even happening?
Currently, the book I'm reading is total spinach. I like it, but I can't imagine giving it to a kid. Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood doesn't suck, but it's not filling me with joy either.
Is Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood the book you're reading now, or is there another book that's spinach, Kat? I looked at the Powell's link for S&J. I might give it to a kid I thought would get into the angry vibe (at least the vibe I'm getting from the description).
My Mom has been mistaken for my girlfriend or sister many a time.My grandmother was mistaken for the wife of her oldest son. However, she was only 17 years older than he, and took much better care of herself than he did, so I think he should have been flattered, rather than insulted. He should have married that well
My older cousin adopted a baby boy and a few years later, adopted a baby girl. Her daughter was a dead ringer for me as a baby, and even years later. The first time Scott met her was at our wedding shower, and he said, "Hey, I thought you were an only child?"
I used to babysit for them, and when I took the kids out, I *always* got the sad look. I was about 15/16. One summer, I went on vacation with them to Weirs Beach. The sad look started getting on my nerves, so I decided to go with it, and pretend I was the mommy.
My friend B was assumed to be the mother of a mutual friend's daughter, apparently only because they were both blond. When asked "who does she look alike?" regarding the toddler, B calmly answered "my friend's husband" (and it was indeed the truth, too).
Hee.
Hil R. - Jan 20, 2005 7:03:24 am PST #8552 of 10002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I got that same sad look when I was babysitting in the summers during college. This was in the town where I grew up, babysitting kids who'd been born while I was in high school, and yet, people who'd known me while I was in high school would still look at 19-year-old me and 2-year-old kid and assume that he was my kid.