A few minutes later, he didn't seem to be paying attention to what I was saying and said, "I'm sorry. I can't get over the fact that you're 33." Yeah, that pretty much made my year right there.
So many books...
10 years ago
Monday, December 14, 2009
With apologies to SJ, who has heard this story a dozen times since it happened (but wouldn't you tell it a lot too?)
I was helping out at my church on Friday night when I had the chance to meet the father of one of the members in the youth group I lead. Upon meeting me, he started to talk about how great it is that someone so young is leading the group and how the kids can relate to me a lot better than they can relate to someone older, etc. Then he stopped and asked my age. When I told him I'm 33, he got a shocked look on his face and said, "I thought you were 22!"
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Heck yeah you should be telling this story over and over. I think a billboard or skywriting would appropriate in this situation.
Yay!
Yeah people usually think I'm younger than I am, they obviously don't look at the skin around my eyes...
; )
That is always a good feeling to get called younger than you really are!
Congrats
the ICU staff have many times thought we (me, j and his sister) were all in our early to mid 20s. but, i think by now, with our dark circles, bags and tired wrinkles, we may be closer to looking our age.
Definitely worth repeating.
That would make my day! I don't even get a second look when the "under 40?" thing pops up when buying alcohol. Don't they know that I was 39 again?!
When I was 20, one of my relatives at my Family Reunion kept trying to get me to go play the kids' games. He said, "You can play til you're 18!" and I said "how old do you think I am??" He said "15 or 16." and when I told him I was two months away from 21, he was stunned. It was awesome!
That's awesome!
if he wasn't a man of the cloth you should have kissed him.
(every once in a while I get carded going places...and it just makes my night)
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