I'M NOT YOUR SWEETY!!!!!!!!!

[hollymh]

I'm small, barely 5 foot and not even a hundred lbs... I look young, I'm in my mid-twenties but if you ask the next guy he'll tell you I'm 16 MAYBE 17... Yesterday I went on a shopping spree for hubbys birthday, one of the things I changed my mind on and decided to take it back it was expensive so I didn't wan to just push it aside... Anyhow, I am returning the item with a polite young man at the register, when a lady comes over and takes over, she immediately starts calling me sweets, honey, baby girl... OMG! I'm not a child, I HAVE a child, BUT I'M not one!!! I know I look young but I'm tired of hubby getting bad looks when he is w/ me and our daughter and I'm sick of people asking me STUPID questions such as "WOW, she is big for you, how do you carry her?" AND "OH, YOU are such a great BABYSITTER" and my favorite "You're too young for a baby?!?!"

I just wish I could at least look my age maybe a year or two younger but shave off 8 years and I'm a pre-teen again.. UGHHHH Sorry for the vent, I'm so sick of being called pet names by people a mere 5 years older than me and being treated like a pre-teen when I'm a grown woman, wife, and mother...

ETA: Grandma can call me all the pet names she wants, she is a seasoned pro so that doesn't bother me, only when it's younger people...


Funny story, I have always been small, one time my mom got pulled over for not having me in a carseat... I was 10 YEARS OLD!!!

 

[Tala]

I'm small, barely 5 foot and not even a hundred lbs... I look young, I'm in my mid-twenties but if you ask the next guy he'll tell you I'm 16 MAYBE 17...

I feel ya. I'm the exact same way.

I went out to eat with my grandparents a year or so ago, and the cashier asked if I wanted the kids meal!! The cheaper one for kids under 12!!

I know I look young, but 12???

Surprisingly, I've never gotten carded for buying liquor

 

[Wifezilla]

Some people just talk that way. Don't take it personal.

RELAX!!!!

I have the opposite problem. I am 6' tall. People always assumed I was WAY older than I was. When I was 11, my sister was born and people always told me how cute my "daughter" was when I was babysitting!

 

[gypsy2621]

when gravity and wrinkles set in you will look back and wish.

 

[Poulets De Cajun]

Take it as a compliment sweety...

Think about how well you'll age, and what you'll look like at HER age!

 

[Tala]

Quote:
That's what everybody says and thinks

But it just doesn't work that way when people treat you like a dumb teenager who doesn't have a clue.

I actually sortof celebrated when I could see my skin aging from tanning beds! (I only tanned for a month before my wedding so I wouldn't match the dress

)

 

[gritsar]

Living in the South, I know very few people that aren't called sweety, sugar, darlin' or hun (for girls) and bubba or son (for boys). I'm not telling what my SO calls me.

 

[farmerlor]

I'm truly sorry that people make you feel stupid by referring to you in those ways. I'll try to remember that from now on because that's a habit I picked up when I lived in Texas and now that I'm old I tend to call everyone hon, sweetie or punkin pie......okay, I never call people punkin pie.....

 

[MagsC]

When I was a young mom with 5 kids I was constantly being told that I was "too young" to have that many!

I dont particularily care to be called "sweetie" either, unless its by my mom.

 

[Im4Eggcellence]

I know somewhat how you feel - I had the same problem when I was younger - but now I'm 52 and most people guess about 40.... so suddenly it's not such a big problem after all

I predict you'll feel better about it in the future