Comments | cynthia_arrow: venting, but it might be humorous if you're not me, IDK

cynthia_arrow

venting, but it might be humorous if you're not me, IDK

Aug 21, 2007 15:39

I am 27. I am an adult. I don't say this because I'm in that murky place in your mid-twenties where you're sort of an adult and you want to be but you're not sure. I can honestly say I am already ( Read more... )

venting

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eponine119 August 21 2007, 21:10:51 UTC

I would pet you or offer hugs, but am worried you might see that as patronizing.

So I shall send you good thoughts instead.

cynthia_arrow August 21 2007, 21:15:12 UTC

I would pet you or offer hugs, but am worried you might see that as patronizing.

*giggles* Perhaps I do sound a bitprickly.

It's so stupid; I know it's not people's fault they can't tell how old I am. I deal with this all the time, but it's just been a higher frquency lately. And, really, the heat has been making my fuse about this long the last few days.

crowgirl13 August 21 2007, 21:41:11 UTC

Boy howdy, but you have my sympathies.

I'm 35, have been married for just about ten years and I deal with the same damn thing. I still get carded. A lot. Most people think my sister, who's eight years younger than me, is the eldest. That 'you'll be so glad for your youthful looks when you get older' shtick gets really freaking old. The comment that I've been getting pretty frequently since I started working at the hospital is 'You are so mature for your age'. This makes me worry about folks in their 30s...

[I do, however, find it hilarious that everyone calls Mr. Toast my boyfriend.]

*leaves you ice cream and a box fan*

cynthia_arrow August 22 2007, 01:40:54 UTC

That 'you'll be so glad for your youthful looks when you get older' shtick gets really freaking old.

It doesn't usually bother me...when the semester isn't looming over my head and it's not 85 degrees even at midnight around here.

Gracias, babe. But if it's virtual ice cream, does that mean I can make it mint chocolate chip? ;)

crowgirl13 August 22 2007, 11:52:19 UTC

You can have any flavor ice cream you want, my dear. :)

*hugs*
[as virtual hugs are never sweaty or sticky]

spinkkitty August 21 2007, 22:45:36 UTC

i got carded for buying Nyquil a couple of months back.

Yes NYQUIL. and I am 29.

however it was a week when i was feeling the crush of almost 30ness a little too acutely and so was kind of pleased.

i do however know how annoying it is to be patronized so.

cynthia_arrow August 22 2007, 01:38:33 UTC

Yeah, isn't it weird how they have to card for OTC cold medicine now (you know, besides the sudafed, which practically requires an act of congress to get).

I'm hoping I get closer to the glad-to-look-young age pretty soon. :)

hendercats August 21 2007, 22:55:46 UTC

*points at icon*
So, there, for people who get on one's last nerve in August when the weather is ugly and nasssssty.

Am sorry, hun. Know your pain, as I've always looked younger than my age as well (someone once mistook first husband for my father).

cynthia_arrow August 22 2007, 01:37:00 UTC

He he. Your icon makes me giggle. :)

someone once mistook first husband for my father

Okay. You win. ;)

inthekeyofd August 21 2007, 23:51:57 UTC

I'm in my 30's, mid..and I"ve been carded to by LOTTERY TICKETS.

Seriously, people assume things that they shouldn't.

I won't say you could be having the week I'm having, but I'd rather commiserate with you than say it could be worse.

cynthia_arrow August 22 2007, 01:36:18 UTC

Lottery tickets? 0_o

Sorry you're having a crappy time of things lately. You're always so positive I figure if you're making cranky posts over the course of a week, there really is something wrong. (Not that we mind at all sharing in the grouching; that's what LJ's for sometimes.)

Hope things start going better for you. *hugs*