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Vent...I need aging cream
I always see commercials for anti-aging cream and always make the comment that I need the opposite of that.
I KNOW I look horribly young, and I just have no idea what to do about it. I try to dress more professionally, try different hair styles...it's just not going to work. I have a baby face.
I KNOW it's supposed to be a compliment that people think I'm younger than I am, but honestly when other adults come into school and I introduce myself as a math teacher, they freak out and say things like "Really?! I would have put you as one of the kids. Probably a sophomore at max!" As in they think I'm 16 AT THE OLDEST. That's not a compliment. That's offensive. And then they just keep going ON AND ON about how YOUNG I look. Thanks.
I need to calm down. I need to forget about it, but it REALLY gets to me, and I end up crying about it at least once a school year. This just gets to be that day, I guess 
Thanks for listening. GAHHHHHHHHHH!
Re: Vent...I need aging cream
This exactly! I agree, it can be tough. It definitely takes my clients awhile to take me seriously. They never say anything but I can tell it's because they think I'm like 12. A couple of years ago I stopped to buy a pack of cigarettes and got in a serious argument with the cashier. He insisted my ID was fake and I couldn't be a day over 16. I finally told him to call the police then and I would wait. He gave me the cigarettes but said he still didn't believe me.
Tammy - I went to brunch with my parents a few years ago on Easter and was charged as a kid. I was offended but at the same time - SCORE! Then the same thing happened maybe 2? years ago I went to a movie with my dad.
ETA: Oh and I ALWAYS get carded of course. After I do, DH will reach for his ID and almost every time is told "I don't need to see yours". LOL!
*smacking Laura around*
I used to have this issue and would love to have it again! Don't worry time, a husband and kids will make you age really fast
This is totally me and DH!!
Trust me it will be fine. When I was pregnant with my oldest I drove a little 2 door sports car. Well I pulled into the parking lot of a shopping center and had two teenage boys checking me out. Their reaction when I climbed out of the car 7 months pregnant was pretty funny.