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Post by swamp on Jul 13, 2015 21:47:02 GMT -5
I was swimming at the community pool. I do laps while my kids do their thing. My daughter was playing with a little girl she knows from school, S. DD is 7.
i went over to swim a little with DD and S asked me if I was DD's grandmother.
Should i I have splashed her, spit water in her face, or held her underwater?
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Post by obelisk on Jul 13, 2015 21:48:47 GMT -5
A little girl,, I would have kicked her in the balls. Then crack that whip of your lest she forgets.
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Post by msventoux on Jul 13, 2015 22:02:14 GMT -5
All of the above. Make sure she never asks such a thing again.
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Post by mollyanna58 on Jul 13, 2015 22:30:40 GMT -5
You could get away with splashing her; the other choices, not so much.
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Post by Tennesseer on Jul 13, 2015 23:13:15 GMT -5
Tell the little girl you are glad she adapted so well to being adopted.
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Post by Jaguar on Jul 13, 2015 23:15:12 GMT -5
Tell the little girl you are glad she adapted so well to being adopted. I like this one, lmao.
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Post by yogiii on Jul 14, 2015 4:48:33 GMT -5
My son likes to tell people at the grocery store, Target, etc that he's 5 and his sister is 2. A lot of people reply with "How old do you think I am?" His response is usually in the thousands
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Post by zibazinski on Jul 14, 2015 5:39:23 GMT -5
DD used to think it was funny when people asked if I was his daughter. Now, not so much.
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Post by zibazinski on Jul 14, 2015 5:40:44 GMT -5
Oops, I meant DH. DS hated it when someone on his baseball team asked if I was the babysitter. My Mom always looked younger than she was and my Grandma easily passed for my mom. Good gene pool.
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Post by zibazinski on Jul 14, 2015 5:45:54 GMT -5
Very few people wear makeup swimming and I find that it can make someone look older than they are when they aren't wearing it. But kids say whatever they think, appropriate or not. Best to not say anything. I once mentioned to a friend of DD's who WAS old enough to know better that what he said was rude. It was. Even DD was shocked that he said it. The mom and grandma of rude child got mad at me and I ended up apologizing and not really meaning it to save the friendship. Even that wasn't enough, she insisted I apologize to her rude brat. I was really glad when he became something less than stellar. Of course she thinks he's the greatest.
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Post by NoNamePerson on Jul 14, 2015 7:04:54 GMT -5
Hey, it could have been my son back when he was a kiddo. He referred to older people as "used" if they looked old to him. How do you go from trying to teach him that you shouldn't say "used" and say old. He couldn't win either way
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Post by andi9899 on Jul 14, 2015 7:09:14 GMT -5
I was swimming at the community pool. I do laps while my kids do their thing. My daughter was playing with a little girl she knows from school, S. DD is 7. i went over to swim a little with DD and S asked me if I was DD's grandmother. Should i I have splashed her, spit water in her face, or held her underwater? Beat her.
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Post by ArchietheDragon on Jul 14, 2015 7:18:06 GMT -5
You get out of the pool, find her stuff and give her a stink towel. I can assume you will figure out how to do it properly. Then you laugh a wicked laugh as you drive home.
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Post by busymom on Jul 14, 2015 7:37:19 GMT -5
LOL! I was one of the "older" parents until DD was in college. Then, I looked about the same age as the other parents. (BTW, older parents appear to be more likely to "make" their kids go to college.)
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Post by sarcasticgirl on Jul 14, 2015 7:43:45 GMT -5
Can you junk punch a kid?!?
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Post by dannylion on Jul 14, 2015 7:54:25 GMT -5
Tell the little girl you are glad she adapted so well to being adopted.
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Post by swamp on Jul 14, 2015 7:55:43 GMT -5
Very few people wear makeup swimming and I find that it can make someone look older than they are when they aren't wearing it. But kids say whatever they think, appropriate or not. Best to not say anything. I once mentioned to a friend of DD's who WAS old enough to know better that what he said was rude. It was. Even DD was shocked that he said it. The mom and grandma of rude child got mad at me and I ended up apologizing and not really meaning it to save the friendship. Even that wasn't enough, she insisted I apologize to her rude brat. I was really glad when he became something less than stellar. Of course she thinks he's the greatest. I don't wear makeup anyway.
I look my age. I used to lifeguard, so I've got some wrinkles.
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Post by teen persuasion on Jul 14, 2015 9:27:08 GMT -5
I don't even know what "looking my age" even means anymore. DD1 flew home a few days ago - the flight attendant asked if she's over 16. She's nearly 25! She's also gotten carded for an R movie. Definitely genetic - when I was pregnant with DD3, someone commented that I looked ~ 17, not old enough to have 3 kids, but I was > 10 years older than that. Now I've been asked twice if DS5 is my grandson. I refuse to dye my hair, but since everybody and their brother DO, any gray hair immediately reads OLD. The rest of me is in great shape, but ...
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Post by cael on Jul 14, 2015 9:52:41 GMT -5
An old man at a cafe in Greece asked if I was SIL's daughter... she's 41 and doesn't look older than that, but I'm 32 and look younger (one cousin assumed I was his age, 25, bless his fuzzy little heart). She was SO mad, but couldn't yell at this cute little old man, haha. Poor SIL A year and a half ago I took my niece out, she had just turned 6 at the time I think. We drove past where I went to elementary school, and I said to her "that's where I went to first grade!" She stared at me and went "wow... I didn't think PRESCHOOL was even invented back then!"
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Jul 14, 2015 9:54:35 GMT -5
Tell the little girl you are glad she adapted so well to being adopted. Of course, if she runs and asks her parental unit, "What does 'adopted' mean?" it could get interesting.
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Post by zibazinski on Jul 14, 2015 14:00:55 GMT -5
Used people!! I love it!!
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Post by NoNamePerson on Jul 14, 2015 15:24:55 GMT -5
Used people!! I love it!! He considered people new and used. Have no clue where he got his sense of humor But it has always been slightly left of center!!
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Post by mroped on Jul 14, 2015 15:35:09 GMT -5
I look my age. I used to lifeguard, so I've got some wrinkles.
"Wrinkles" is such a bad, demeaning word! They are called "signs of distinction!"
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Post by zibazinski on Jul 14, 2015 16:11:12 GMT -5
Or too much sun sans sunscreen.
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Post by Artemis Windsong on Jul 14, 2015 18:32:17 GMT -5
Just be nice and say no I'm her mom. Anyone over 12 y.o. is going to look old to her.
They are lines, peeps, not wrinkles.
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Post by CCL on Jul 14, 2015 19:41:27 GMT -5
LOL! People ask my husband if I'm his daughter.
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Post by mmhmm on Jul 14, 2015 19:44:34 GMT -5
Tell her you're the fairy Godmother - the kind that sometimes turns little girls into toads. Then, smile sweetly ...
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2015 20:37:00 GMT -5
LOL! People ask my husband if I'm his daughter. are you from Arkansas?
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Post by Tiny on Jul 14, 2015 22:10:29 GMT -5
I was swimming at the community pool. I do laps while my kids do their thing. My daughter was playing with a little girl she knows from school, S. DD is 7. i went over to swim a little with DD and S asked me if I was DD's grandmother. Should i I have splashed her, spit water in her face, or held her underwater? I think something with a bit of humor OR just the boring old truth would be best. My mom always use to make a sour face whenever her "age" came into play or when she had to mingle with the other kids younger mothers. She was older by atleast 20 years for most of them... It did make me feel 'bad' or rather like something was wrong. I guess it depends on your actual age... could you be your kid's grandma?
My mom did get a lot 'cuter' as a "little old lady" once I was in my teens. I thought having a "little old lady" for a mom - she was 66 when I turned 21 to be the coolest thing. She had turned into a 'cute old lady' at that point. She got mistaken for my 'grandma' a lot when she was in her late 60's and 70's when ever we were out and about. I got a lot of "it's so nice that you take your grandma to church/store/where ever" and I would brightly say "oh, no! she's my mom!!" I use to call her "mommy" in public sometimes too. Yeah, that was annoying but I couldn't help it.
If you are not 20 years older than your kid's friends parents - I don't think you have anything to worry about
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Post by thyme4change on Jul 14, 2015 22:13:46 GMT -5
On the upside - you look great for a 60 year old.
Maybe her mom was a teenaged slut, and is only 22 years old. And her grandma was also a teenaged slut who is 37 years old.
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