Recent conversation with an old man in a hot tub:
Old man: Have you ever thought about how different your life would be if you had big, blue eyes?
Me: *laughs nervously*
Old man: I hope you’re old enough to get left-handed compliments.
Me: *continues to laugh nervously*
Old man: How old are you, anyway?
Me: 25
Old man: *Looks aghast* Well, that’s going to work out really well for you. You look 15.
Me: *fake smiles*
#SOML
This happens to me allllll the time. I’ll get a half-day sub, and he or she will come into my classroom and say, “Wait, you’re the teacher? I thought you were one of the students!”
PSA: Being told you look 12 is not flattering at all. It is not a compliment.
So what the heck do I do? I don’t care thaaat, much… But I’d like to get married, and I don’t think anyone’s going to want to marry me if they think I’m 15.
Unfortunately this is an unresolved issue in my life, so I can’t write about the solution. I just want to be taken seriously, and teenagers are the last demographic on earth that will be taken seriously. My bad for not looking my full quarter of a century.
Haha! First of all, why were you having a conversation with an old man in a hot tub, and where? haha. Wish I knew what to tell you, Lind. People have often thought I was way younger than I am. Maybe the gray hairs are finally giving people a clue. You could try going gray. Add some wrinkles? Someday we’ll long for the day people think we’re 15.
Shelsea Van Ornum Stone (remember her from the ward?) could tell you what to do. She has a plethora of stories that are hilarious in hindsight. Even I was mistaken for a student into my early 30s. Not so much anymore. 🙂
Oh yeah, I remember she looks super young! Haha that’s funny.
Wish I knew. I got it, too. You will always look young. That is a plus in your fifties.
I think you’re the most beautiful, intelligent, sophisticated, kind
young, petite teacher in the world!
I think you’re the most beautiful, intelligent, sophisticated, kind
young, petite teacher in the world!