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first of all, they *always* ask if my mom or dad is home and i *always* say no and instantly hang up. i don't even have a baby-voice, so i can't figure out where that would even come from.

second, last year, this guy came to my house selling magazines and he asked if my "mommy or daddy were home" and i burst out laughing and told him i was 23. i felt so bad that i actually donated some money to him (i didn't want any magazines but i figured i'd help his cause.)

then! i took my littlest sister across the street when she saw there was a girl her age there, (they were 10 at the time) and the mother asked me if my little sister had any older siblings to perhaps babysit, and i pointed out that my sister allison was almost 14. she then asked if she could see alli, so we took her back across the street to my house. she asked alli right there if she wanted to babysit, and alli said that was fine, and then the mother looked at me and asked me if it was ok. i must have looked confused, so she continued, "aren't you their mother?"

so go figure. one day i'm 12, the next i'm the mother of a 10-year-old and a 13-year-old.

¤ ¤ credit: ericalynn | 02.20.02 at 04:59 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

I get that younger-than-I-am thing all the time. Hey, dudes, I'm 25, almost 26! You can stop carding me! My sister is 6 years younger, and people always think *I'm* the younger one!

But hey, I think you definatily leave the tree to keep the soliciters away :giggle:

Ya know how I take care of them? I can't hear the doorbell from upstairs My computer is upstairs. I stay up here LOL!

¤ ¤ credit: kristine | 02.20.02 at 10:25 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

How times change. I was also mildly irritated by the carding, the "is your mom home" comments. But now, as I approach 32...well, a couple of weeks ago, we were out to dinner with a friend, and he was the only one who got carded. I was like, "but, don't you want to see MY license?"

¤ ¤ credit: Persephone | 02.21.02 at 12:46 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

Enjoy all this "younger than you look" stuff while it lasts, it doesn't last long enough. Robyn, you got your young looks from your mom and g'ma,,,,you can tell us thanks anytime you want.
Kristine, just stick your tongue out at your sister and smile! They think I'm younger than my sis too, and I love it.

¤ ¤ credit: Mama | 02.21.02 at 01:37 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

I have the ultimate way to fix door-to-door guys, missionaries, JW's, etc.

I just come to the door naked. If I don't recognize the person standing there, I open it.
I once had a JW look at me and say "We'd like to talk to you about the Apocolypse." I just grinned and laughed and said "What do you want to know?" That was the last I ever saw of them...

¤ ¤ credit: Bluecoyote | 02.21.02 at 07:32 PM | link--this ¤ ¤