Age Guessing is a Bad Idea
Stephanie Dolgoff, blogger and author of “My Formerly Hot Life,” posted my story on her blog last Friday about a business associate that guessed my age a WHOLE YEAR older than I am. C’mon, ladies, we all know, especially when we get into our 30′s and older, that we want to look younger. I was convinced that I looked 27. Hell, when I’m glossed up rocki’ a cute headband, I would swear up and down I should be on “Gossip Girl.” That is, until this unnamed associate had me sprinting to the bathroom mirror and realizing all the sun damage on my forehead. At the end of my 15 minute session of finding every flaw on my face, I was convinced I was Courtney Love’s twin when she emerged from rehab last year.
Anywho… the moral of this story is… when you’re over the age of 27, don’t let anyone guess your age. Click here to read the rest of the story!
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June 23rd, 2010 at 8:18 pm
Last week at a tennis match a team mate was talking about playing against an opponent who did something unusual after the match, (she fist bumped; but that’s not important to the story.)
I was curious and asked the details. Germaphobe, perhaps? The team mate when on to describe the woman as “blonde, short, older…” I wondered who it could be. A friend’s mother perhaps? The player went on to describe her and soon enough this person, this fist bumping, older woman, walked by…I was stunned to see a friend of mine who is actually younger than me! And she looks younger than me! I realized I was now in the category of”older” …sigh… Moral: don’t ever describe someone as “older.”
June 28th, 2010 at 8:49 am
I am always mistaken for being way younger. When I told someone who I was just introduced to that I was a senior (in college), she asked me what high school I went to. My mom tells me all the time that when I am 40, I will appreciate looking younger than my age.
Stopping by from SITS.
July 2nd, 2010 at 8:56 am
I’ve been traumatized that in the last 6 months, I no longer get id’d at the casino. That means I look older than 27 – the age they have to id up to. Crap. It’s these stupid wrinkles – smile lines I guess they could be called. Stinks. Stopping by from SITS!