July 31, 2006
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age
i hate hate hate when people ask me to guess their or someone they love’s age:
A = Attorney i’m currently working for
M = Me
A – here’s a picture of my fiance. (hands me a framed photo of a normal looking woman)
M – oh wow! she’s beautiful. what a nice shot.
A - isn’t it? guess how old she is.
M – [think quick: she looks 45, so say a few years younger than that...but you know she has a 15 year old daughter that she had when she was 40...so you know she's 55....say 43] 43? maybe 44? (in my ‘that would be stretching it’ voice)
A – (very pleased) Fifty-Five!
M – no, are you serious? she looks amazing…she doesn’t have one wrinkle! [almost true...i maybe saw 3, still not bad for a 55 y/o woman]
A – i know!
M – wow, she looks great.
A – yeah (happy)
whew…that one’s over. i hope no one ever asks me someone’s age again…it’s too stressful.
Comments (2)
gawd i hate that too! it’s like you’re on the spot aha..i also suck at guessing lol
Age always is a rough question especially when regarding a female -.- Answers can never be right since if you guess too young, they look like a baby -or- Answer is older than exact number/age meaning they look OLD Guess exactly right, and female would feel that she did not look young nor did she carry that mature look
I prefer to avoid that question entirely