OMG. I'm so "old". (Get off my lawn!)

[mrs.jacinthe]

I went on Wednesday for a blood draw for routine labs. Waited for-freaking-ever, get called to the back by a youngish girl. She gestures to chair, I sit ... and start looking around for the phlebotomist.

It was her. The young one. And it literally crossed my mind that she couldn't possibly do the blood draw right because she's so young. OMG. I'm only 31 and I'm an ageist.

For the record, it was one of the best draws I've ever had done. Painless, no giant bruise, no difficulty finding the vein, etc. I was so embarrassed by my (completely unspoken) prejudice that I tried to be all breezy on the way out and ended up sounding like a freaking moron - "That was great! Thanks, you have a marvelous day!" (WTH - that was great?!?)

Urgh. Anyone else have an "aging" moment lately?

[sassafrass]

All the time! For my entire career, I've always been the young one by a lot. When I came back to my current job, there's a bunch of mid 20 kids and I feel so old now.

[candreco]

I was a little freaked out when I realized that the midwife I saw at my last appointment was younger than me. All of the other OBs and MWs at this practice have been there for ever so I've never really thought about it.

[bunnymendelbaum]

HA! I'm old too!
Story:
When we went to visit DD's new preschool (she'll be going Tues & Thurs mornings), I met the nanny and DD there.

A teacher asked the nanny if she was the big sister.

Granted, it probably seemed odd that she was there, but she 23 and I'm 34. The teacher thought I could be her mom???

We laughed our asses off about it later. We both were a little hurt that she thought mother-daughter and not lesbian partners...

[wawa]

My baby sister makes me feel old all the time. she's 5 years younger than me and she's always been my little tiny baby sister. It helps that she is an itsy bitsy person (5'1") with a squeaky voice and a baby face so she still looks 14 half the time.

Except now she's married with 2 kids and owns a horse farm. WTF. so by contrast I feel ancient.

[emjacobs]

I have too many bad stories with young nurses drawing my blood, and i'm a super easy draw.

My "OLD" story: We were at a Japanese Place last week with a few of our car buddies and in walked a few couples dressed all snazzy. Me and the other girl were having a fit, these girls were wearing clothes that left little to the imagination. Full bare backs, so short that you could see the control top portion of the stockings, I saw one girls underwear. Jesus H Christ who let these girls out of the house looking like pricey whores? And where the hell were they going? It isn't prom and it isn't homecoming. We are in the middle of nowhere on a school night, put some clothes on.

We then had a conversation with the 2 year old at the table about not dressing like that and she said "I got this mommy. I got this Em. I no be a hooker. No body see my bum bum except mommy" High Five chickadee you got this.

[bunnymendelbaum]

em - that's hilarious!

I helped DH clothes shop for his neice last weekend. OMG. The clothes now are HORRID. Skimpy. Cheap. Stupid.
That store Justice? Garbage! But even Target, Kohls, Gymboree. Ugh. All trash.

We ended up at the Gap (which had tons on sale. Yippee.)

[emjacobs]

I don't want to see a 16 year old's lady bits! I fear for the harassment that my children will have, surely all of their friends will think that they're amish or something because they cover up the fun parts.

[bunnymendelbaum]

That is what I told DH about DD. I don't care. She isn't wearing that crap.

[wawa]

oh, the first time the phrase "no child of mine will ever..." slipped out of my mouth I felt so old.

but seriously, no child of mine will run around with her ass hanging out of her shorts. Ever. Ever ever ever.

[kaylie]

I see my 15 year old sister all the time now that she's attending the school I work at. I definitely sound like an old lady all the time. She joined dance club and they performed something with some "edgy" moves and I called it a stripper dance. I mean, it wasn't but the last thing I'd seen her dance before that was the hokey pokey.

I balance it out though by giving her advice in a sisterly way. For example, I told her to wait to have sex until she's 25 because it takes boys until around that age to get good at it anyways.

[thewop]

I've totally yelled at kids playing in the street too late at night. And I find myself saying "I sound like my mother" more and more often.