This just bugs me.

[smurasaki]

So, last time I was at the regular grocery store, I snagged a copy of How to Train Your Dragon.  This meant I had to go through an actual checkout line, since the DVD had a theft protection device on it and the self-checks don't exactly come with removers for those.  Sadly, this left me open for the following fail:

The bagger asked me if I was

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[cmcmck]

Being asked if I was buying for my son should please me, I suppose, but it's actually a major trigger factor- so many people assume I will have had kids being a 'woman of a certain age' :o)

I'd have given my right srm to have had kids.......:o(

[smurasaki]

:(

If only wanting kids was enough to have them. A magical universe would be nice sometimes.

(And if I thought I were sane enough to be a parent, I might well want kids, myself. Who knows.)

[marag]

Ha! I had this happen a few years ago at a used bookstore. I had a stack of graphic novels (Batman, Justice League, etc.) and SF/fantasy books, half of which were for me and half of which were for my father's birthday present. And the guy asked if I was buying them for my son.

::headdesk:: Dude. No. Just...no.

[smurasaki]

The weird thing is I've never run into that before. Comic book stores, sci-fi bookstores, gaming stores, no one's ever assumed I was shopping for anyone other than myself. Or, if they have, they've never said anything.

[auroramoveson]

Ah, for the gumption to actually add "but thank you for the age and gender fail" to your response, huh? I always hope my face expresses my dismay, because my mouth is normally gobsmacked. I hate getting commentary on my purchases.

[smurasaki]

Yeah. Though I am pleased that I was able to tell her I was buying it for me. Sometimes my anxiety issues make it hard for me to correct people. But working with the public for almost a year and a half has helped. A lot.

[aesmael]

Oh, ick. On the other hand, yay for you.

I was proud of myself for responding, the first time I bought some skirts, that they were for me and not some sort of costume. These days I don't know what I would do.