It seems like people have always thought I’m older than I really am. I’m sure there are a variety of reasons for that. The summer after I got out of high school I worked with a bunch of late 20-somethings through 40 yr olds and they always invited me out to the bars with them after work. It wasn’t until the end of that summer that they found out I was 17, not 28. All through college people continued to think I was much older - probably because of the bald head thing and the facial hair.
Today really took the cake though. Liz and I were meeting up at the theater to see Oliver Stone’s latest - W. While I was waiting in the lobby for her to get off work, a woman kept smiling at me from about 5 feet away. I eventually did the polite thing and said, “hi.” I’m not sure if that was a good thing or bad thing. She wouldn’t stop talking to me. I kinda feel like she was hitting on me. Turns out she was there waiting for her high-school-aged-daughter to come out of a movie to give her a ride home. She apparently assumed I was there to pick up my 15 yr old too. I told her I wasn’t waiting for my child, then had to repeatedly reinforce the fact I don’t even have kids. Let’s just say I felt saved when Liz finally showed up and I could walk away.
Sounds like you were almost the victim of a cougar attack.
Yeah man. I even said, “I’m waiting for my wife.”
So while you have the ‘older than I am’ thing going on I have the ‘younger than I am’ thing. Josh and I went to happy hour at a bar a few months ago with his coworkers. The lady came up and said “what will you have?” Josh says “I will have a rum and coke”- he did not get carded. I said “I don’t need anything” as I had other places to go. The lady looked at me and said “I need to see your ID.” I DIDNT EVEN ORDER A DRINK!! So at least you don’t get carded for just sitting in a bar.
I also think it would have been funny if you had introduced Liz to her as your daughter…haha.
Yeah, that would have been interesting. I’m surprised you got carded though. It’s not like you look 13, however, Tyler was the only one in our group to get carded for a rated R movie once - and this was after high school.
I am very amused by this story.