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Parenting after 35
Grandmother story
Ok I am new to this board and saw that it is slow so will give you a "laugh". While taking my 13 year old niece and my 4 month old son to lunch a very nice lady talked about how cute my son was. Of course I was beaming until she said - "Is he your grandson"????????????? Seriously did she think the 13 year old was his mother. I am 42 years old but feel like a kinda young looking 42. At the very very least it would be questionable, which means keep your mouth shut.
Oh, I did my community service and she will stop at saying cute baby when she talks to future people 
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She likely didn't think the 13 yo was the mom. She was likely just commenting on the baby because that's what people do...they comment on babies.
I myself, at 41 and pregnant, will be 42 when this one comes along. The doctor who oversaw the g/s did a double take at my husband and myself, looked at the chart and said that we were young looking 40-year olds. "Clean living" we always chortle back. Of course, I thought he was being polite as I don't think we could be mistaken for anything more than mid/late 30s.
I have been absolutely mortifying myself with unwelcomed day-dreams about people asking if my LO is my grandson rather than my own child. Worse...I'm having grandmother comment day-dreams about how old I will look when he graduates high-school. LOL, I'm borrowing trouble, I guess.
That frightens me. I just found ot 8/6/11 I was pregnant AGAIN. I have a 17 and a 19 year old.... this was a surprise! I will be 43 the same month the baby is born and my husband will be 53! We are still in shock and trying to deal with the unexpected news. I have worried about how I will I be when the baby is 10 years old.... a senior in high school..... Boy, the Lord sure has a sense of humor.
We are just praying all goes well.
Considering the fact that most of my high school classmates ARE grandparents of children who are older than Charles, I don't get too phased by it anymore.
OMG... wow. Not sure I would have handled it so gracefully. People can say the stupidest things without thinking..
Things you just don?t assume & ask about unless you?re certain you already know the answer: pregnancy, children, grandchildren, relationship status, and education.
Three years ago at my middle sister?s baby shower, one of her friends (who I had never met before) asked me if I was pregnant too ?or are you just wearing one of those shirts?? I said ?I guess I?m just wearing one of those shirts,? & glared at her. She said ?Oh. Well, I wasn?t saying you were fat or anything.? I looked her right in the eyes & said ?uh yeah, ya did. Maybe unintentionally, but you did.? I didn?t see her the rest of the shower.
Lol! When I was pregnant and I went out with my 17 year old daughter they thought we were sisters. Now they think she is the mom and I am the grandmom! Where is the hair dye? I think my roots are showing!