'Out Of Gas'
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.
An orderly came into my room this morning and said "Oh, not you. The person I'm looking for is 21."
Oh, that's harsh! One of my classmates and I walked out to our cars together after class today. N is in her mid-30s, and I'm 45, so we were commiserating about being the "old people" in our classes, since we're surrounded by kids in their early to mid 20s. Sometimes, I feel so old at this school!
Oh, Sue, will be thinking of you and your dad.
Caller: there's an elderly woman who fell broke her leg! Me: how old is she? Caller: like, over 30.
I'm sorry JZ. I'm surprised a bystanding matron didn't slap him upside the head for verbal stupidity.
I've had people ask me if I'm G&N's mom or grandmom before. I mean, I know that I have aged and that the median age of a parent in my 'hood is like 20, but still MEAN.
I never, ever assume anyone is a parent or pregnant.
Or assume they are more pregnant than they are, after (when I was working retail in my twenties) I asked a woman who wasn't fat, just wow, out there preggo, "Looks like you're almost ready to have that baby!" and she kind of death-glared me and gritted out "I. AM. 3. And a half. MONTHS!"
I slunk away in abject shame. (But, my god, I hope she was having twins or I can't even imagine how miserable she would be at full-term. She looked 8 months pregnant. Poor lady. I'm sorry!)
Lots and lots of heart~ma to your dad, Sue.
And damn, Kat, that is really Not On. You are so not remotely a grandmom (also, Noah in particular looks exactly like the few pictures I've seen of you at his age, but I guess there's no way for a random stranger on the street to know that).
Heart-ma for your dad, Sue.
I never, ever assume anyone is a parent or pregnant.
On the other hand, I do always assume they're dating whoever they're standing next to.
I just don't tell them.
Happy birthday to the twins, Kat! How was the party?
Sue, I hope everything is trivial for your father.
Thanks guys. Trying not to stress, but it's hard. Especially being at a distance.
People are rude and clueless asking you all if you're grandmas.
Sue, best wishes for your dad.
ita, the party was fun. Sort of insane, but insane in the way I make things insane. [link] is a set of pictures. I look like hell. AND I'm wearing the same tshirt I wore on the day I gave birth.
One of the moms of one of N's classmates is actually my OBs nurse. She pushed me, in a wheelchair, to the hospital on the day the kids were born.