Ok I feel old...

[KelRel]

Posted: 4/29/05 at 10:29am

I am 21 and some kid (11 or 12) called me M'am yesterday. I am too young to be called M'am. I was a teenager 2 years ago...ok this was random, but still. I need a hug and a drink lol

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 4/29/05 at 10:30am

I'm 38 and get called M'am all the time...

And I'm a guy.

*Big Hug*

[AbbaRabbit]

Posted: 4/29/05 at 10:34am

:hug::

i'm 19 and i still get called "kid" LOL

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 4/29/05 at 10:45am

I'm 42 and am still disappointed when I don't get carded.

[Elphaba3]

Posted: 4/29/05 at 10:54am

I'm 20 and I got called ma'am too. I'm not ready to be old yet.

[smartpenguin78]

Posted: 4/29/05 at 10:56am

I often call people that are younger than me ma'am, it's just how they raised us "down south"
I first got called sir at about 19 and freaked out, I first got called ma'am around 21. :)

[Bluemoon]

Posted: 4/29/05 at 11:09am

I'm 50 and just glad to get called anything.

[shameless]

Posted: 4/29/05 at 11:16am

3 years ago(when I was 24) I was doing some freelancing for a local paper. I went to a high school to cover a story, and a parent in his 40s asked me which kid was mine. I'm talking about 17 & 18-year-old kids. I wanted to kick the guy in the nuts. I still get carded in restaurants today, there's no way I look like I could have a teenager, but it was still a depressing day.

[Justice]

Posted: 4/29/05 at 11:18am

I can handle "Sir", but what I can't handle, as I cringe, and my nerves get shot is "Mister".

[Love4Cheno]

Posted: 4/29/05 at 11:21am

I'm 30 and get called "kiddo" for some reason all the time.

God bless Creme de la Mer!

I do remember that time when i was 20 or 21 and began getting called "Sir" and I HATED it!

[camerangel]

Posted: 4/29/05 at 11:24am

I got mistaken for being 17 about a month and a half ago.. That pleased me greatly considering I am closer to 30 than 17..

I know how you feel about the ma'am bit though.. I was called ma'am at 18.. by a guy I wound up dating no less.. Southerners!! it's just how many of them are..

[yodamarie78]

Posted: 4/29/05 at 11:42am

People consistantly guess that I'm 3-5 years younger than I am. It doesn't bother me so much now, I'm 26, but when I was 18 and the cashier at WalMart told me I "don't look a day over 15!" I was very annoyed.
Being from Georgia the Ma'am thing doesn't usually get to me, but the way that many middle aged southern men call all women Honey or Sweetheart really gets to me.
Updated On: 4/29/05 at 11:42 AM

[KelRel]

Posted: 4/29/05 at 12:16pm

yeah, I know its a southern thing but still...I guess I am having my quarter life crisis...I brought this on myself lol. Most married women are old enough to be called M'am...and well I do have the ring lol

[another_day_2day]

Posted: 4/29/05 at 12:57pm

you feel old and i feel young..i thought when i turned 18 it was so cool and meant so much..but all it really meant is that i could buy ciggarettes by myself...everyone in my school is so much older than i am and i feel like a baby....i guess turning 18 didnt really do to much

[CJR]

Posted: 4/29/05 at 1:21pm

Kids have been calling me ma'am for the past 2 years.... it's kind of on par with finding your first grey hair (yeah, that definitely almost gave me a heart attack)

[ckeaton]

Posted: 4/29/05 at 1:44pm

I'm in that wierd place. I still get mad when I'm carded... But I realize that it should be a good thing. I've always looked a bit older than I am, though.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 4/29/05 at 1:45pm

and Bluemoon, I'm 52, and it's only getting BETTER!

[Bluemoon]

Posted: 4/29/05 at 1:49pm

El - I'm letting you go first to pave the way! I'll follow closely behind......

[LaeloftheLakes]

Posted: 4/29/05 at 2:02pm

Pfft. Some kid at school called me ma'am when I was sixteen and working as a lunchlady.


Kids are stupid.

[CJR]

Posted: 4/29/05 at 2:43pm

When I was working an opening night last year this kid -- probably about 14 years old -- called me ma'am. I got a little offended and asked him how old he thought I was. His response was: "I dunno... but you look like my mom's age."

I think that offended me more than him calling me ma'am! lol

[shameless]

Posted: 4/29/05 at 2:46pm

LOL, CJR, now I don't feel so bad!

[CJR]

Posted: 4/29/05 at 4:12pm

Yeah, definitely dont...... I mean hell, I've always looked older than I am, but that's a little much!

[shameless]

Posted: 4/29/05 at 4:13pm

that little bastard, lol

[Jwei123]

Posted: 4/29/05 at 4:13pm

I don't really get called...anything...?

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 4/29/05 at 4:15pm

Everyone thinks I am a lot older than a junior in high school. Whenever I go to the theatre alone...I will usually talk with those next to me...they ask me if I am interested in theatre for a career. I tell them the story...they ask me if I am studying it in college. I tell them no, lol. Same thing at American Eagle. They ask me to apply for a credit card there.

Fine now, not fine when I am old.

Updated On: 4/29/05 at 04:15 PM