Time for Botox
It finally happened. A woman in a store at DFW just asked me if Oscar was my grandson. GRANDson. I could blame the flourescent lighting and the fact we had gotten up at 3:30 am, but we know this is simply the first of many times I will encounter this issue. Any insights? All I can come up with is a chemical peel and injectables. Hmm. Or, I guess I could face the issue head-on with dignity. Yeah, I’m kidding about that last option.
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Etta’s Hats
Where I’ve Been
I don’t know what to tell you but this: my parents got the “grandparent” question with me – but did find a couple opportunities to use it to their advantage! Like when my Dad got pulled over by a cop that commented on us, his “grandkids.” When my Dad curtly corrected him, the officer was so embarrassed he gave Dad a free pass!
The next time someone mistakes you for his grandmother, you could reply “Why, yes, and don’t I look gooood??!!”
My sister has a t-shirt that says “This is what a cool Grandma looks like.”
Don’t sweat it……you are blessed to be the Mommy and that’s all that matters!
You could always try breaking into sobs and saying that you hadn’t really wanted to become a mother at 14….
LOL! Its happened to me too. What’s worse is when you say no, I am his mother, and they continue on as if they don’t believe yo.
We see your face! You do not look like a grandmother at all. But I’ve gotten that comment too, sigh, it only comes from teens and twenty somethings actually young enough to have feasibly been my kids, so I try not to get too bent. Anyone over 30 looks old to anyone under 30, just the way it is.
that’s insane! it’s only cause sadly there are kids out there having babies at 15 and are grandparents at 30, but i will be almost 45 when my daughter comes home and i better not hear that comment!!!
my mother had me at 37, btw, and she always got mistaken for a much younger woman because all my friends moms were so much younger so it can happen both ways as i am sure you have also experienced.
Hi Missy,
so good to see you finally!!
Oscar is beautiful and i am enjoying your blog and beautiful pics..
From: one of your relatives who used to live in the “Frozed Tundra,” currently residing in SC.
Okay-that crazy chick was obviously high!!! You are HOT!!!
It’s about time you posted a photo of yourself on here, d*mn it.
When those comments come, you need to just remember that some people are idiots, and use inappropriate comments…at least no one can ask if you are pregnant, seeing as you’ve lost weight-right? LOL. I never got the pregnant thing, but I have got the “Where is her mother?”
Pathetic.
It’s happened to me too! The funniest time was when a cashier referred to Lili as my grand-daughter. I corrected her and she dug herself a deeper and deeper hole going on and on about talking about how she was just too old to start over again and how old her daughter was. Then she told me her age and she was younger than me by a few years. Of course it was too good to not tell her my age, that I have 3 boys older than her daughter and then watch her continue to dig that hole even deeper. LOL!!!
Ok, so not grandma material!! I think if that happens again, you should just answer “been to the eye doctor lately?”!!!!
ummmm….yeah…you do NOT need botox. You’re ADORABLE!!! Glad to see your smiling face.
SOOOO glad to finally see your face. DEFINITELY not g-ma looking at all! Loved the “been to the eye doc lately” comment from above! Martina tells Oscar hi.
Jan
Botox Schmotox. You look great!
An 18 year old called me ma’am the other day, and I almost lost it. : )
Grandmom??? No, you look super great. I think the woman who asked may need glasses or something.
That woman was obviously insane! (nice to see your picture, btw). I just showed your pic to dh who said he hopes I look that good when I’m a grandma.
Wow! You don’t look anything close to a grandmother! What is wrong with people?
Ashlea
Project Stormea
Oh no! Is that a current picture? I don’t think you look like a grandma .. not at all. Some people assume incorrectly is all.
Let me just say, you guys are fabulous! Thank you all for the reassurance. I’ll admit, I’m seriously contemplating Botox now in a way I hadn’t before, but maybe I can push it off for a few more years.
Woman obviously needed glasses!
If it helps, when i was about 35, someone out in public asked “if this was my daughter”…. the problem was that it was my cousin only 8 years younger than me. (lol) still a joke between us today.
That person was clearly nuts – if I saw this picture I might be more inclined to ask if you were his BABYSITTER – simply because you don’t look old enough to have a child…minus this having kids at 13 nonsense. You could easily pass for mid twenties!