well the guy at the store called me sir and i was like sir lol wtf? and then he called the 14yr girl in front of me "ma'am" so i realized they gotta call ppl like that. i look young so i usually will get carded for something before called sir.

KidaDynamite said:

I don't think it's bad either. Like I said, she's never made an issue of it. It's mostly me and what I imagine others are thinking...

evenstar said:

Barbie's practically a feminist icon by comparison.

She's been an astronaut, a doctor, a vet, a teacher, a lawyer, and a crew member on the SS Enterprise (heh). That doll's got brains. She's got her own mansion, car, speedboat, and motorcycle. She's had Ken but she never needed the guy to be complete. In the fantasy sets she's been a queen and a princess and an empress and occasionally a fairy or mermaid with magic powers -nothing to sneeze at. She's been a pop star and a business exec and even a "Heck's Angel".

So Barbie is anatomically incorrect and incomplete. So what? You ever see a realistic doll of any kind? I haven't lately, and I spent a year and a half working in a toy store. I'd say ol' Barb is fucking great role model.

When the birth years of the people that work with/for me started to be ones that I can actually remember.

jess555ja said:

I felt old when boys 15 years younger than me tried to pick me up at the pub

ok for me it was whenn people started calling me madam/mam ...what the hell happened to miss

Ocean said:

I've been getting "ma'am" since I was 18....

Ocean said:

or "that nice lady" to their kids

meow85 said:

ZombieKitten said:

Lets get em love

Very similar to what karmatornado posted in fact... Except there were no, um, cheerleaders involved.

It's a bit too personal for me to go into here but I met a guy last year who's much younger than I am (I'm 33 and he's 23; it was just a bit of fun, really. Nothing serious) and - physically - he was my perfect type. Probably *the* most handsome man I have ever had the fortune of getting to know. Just beautiful. But we were on two completely different paths - and I've never been more aware of my age than at that point. I don't want to sound like Old Grandfather Time but I find the newer generation of gay men... they're just SO much more confident than I ever was/am. It's a great leap forward but it really put my own life into focus. What could/should have potentially been the most thrilling thing to ever happen to me totally knocked my confidence. It was a bit of a wake-up call.

So, yeah, I'm starting to realise quite quickly I'm not the spring chicken I once thought I was.

meow85 said:

It's probably got more to do with her body. The perfect measurement, the blonde hair and blue eyes, and of course, the already pointed feet.

Before I became a Teacher...I was walking on the street and a child called me "Mister"

After

EVERY DAMN DAY IN THE CLASSROOM!!!

FuNkeNsteiN said:

Yeah, but it's TOTALLY acceptable and damn near expected for men to date younger women. And while I don't think I look 35, in my mind I'd be like: "I bet people think I'm his older sister or something. " LOL!!! I just couldn't get past it. Maybe when I'm 40 and he's late 20s I'll break off that youngsta.

violator said:

Like I said older men/younger women is the norm. Shit, look at Prince and just about every other male celeb. And I've often dated guys around 10 years older than me. When I was 19 I dated a 29 year-old dude and there was usually a 7-10 year age difference between me and my boyfriends.

I was talking to my nephew who asked me to go with him to get a tuxedo for his prom. I asked him what color his girlfriend's dress was. After he told me the color, I said, "So you're going to get a cumberbund and bow tie to go with that color?"
He paused, gave me a look and said,"Uh no, you wanna make look like Pee Wee Herman? Who wears bow ties now?"

He said they wear vest to match their date's dress now.
Then that's when I realized how long ago my prom was.

About 10 years ago, I was walking across campus at UCLA and a student called me sir. I damn near passed out.

When I started getting AARP literature in the mail.

Graycap23 said:

xplnyrslf said:

When I had a wank and nothing came out.

When my Grandson asked me for a Worther's Original. Because he's someone special too you know.

When I burnt my testles on the carpet walking around naked.

Number23 said:

JDInteractive said:

For me, when I started endorsing Quaker Oaks.

FuNkeNsteiN said:

Number23 said:

Dear.....Sweet.....JEEBUS!!!!

meow85 said:

i totally feel the same way

SCNDLS said:

i can relate to this.. ive done the same turning young ones down.. although i dated a dude 12 years older than me.. im not dating anything 10 years younger than me.. cant do it..

This year my husband and I will be celebrating our 25th anniversary, I always invisioned what we would look like in our old age. Hmmmmm...