Comments on: “How old are you?”

By: julie

julie — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 01:16:09 +0000

OUCH!!!

don’t you just hate what all the chemicals in our food is doing… its making kids develop a whole lot faster than they should be so its so much harder to tell….

but 14 year old girls who look 19 …. ouch that’s gotta suck…

but i guess the fact that they were so giggly might have given it away that they were pretty young

i bet that really shocked and made you guys feel really dirty…

By: Maia

Maia — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 05:08:30 +0000

This is INSANE!

By: kevin

kevin — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:37:35 +0000

yeah if i were you i wouldn’t even ask unless your positive there at least 20 but then again we wouldn’t have these hilarious moments from you now would we?

By: Katie

Katie — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 04:12:52 +0000

I have a friend who is 15 and she is going out with an 25 yr old. He lives with her and her mum. her mum loves him around and doesn’t see any mater with the age.

By: Debbie

Debbie — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:54:28 +0000

Reminds me of the time when I was 15 and we were at a bar, drinking some afternoon coffee. And some guys 30+ were discussing how hot the waitress was. So I looked at that waitress. Turns out, she was my classmate….she’d just turned 15. Then again, If I say I am 24 everybody believes me, even if I am really 16. So, you’re not the only one :D

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 21:00:10 +0000

I’m just glad they told you their real age. Too many girls would lie and say they are older than they really are, and get you in trouble. There’s no way to know unless you look at their driver’s licenses, assuming they even have one. (In your case, they didn’t.)

Speaking of which, I have another question about the age-old “how old are you?” question. I belong to a blog site where people have a shoutbox to leave comments. I’ve noticed a lot of teenage girls and boys frequent the site. I am much older, but because I’m there for an interest in a subject matter (comics, gaming) that usually younger people are more attracted to, I find myself annoyed at questions like “How old are you?” I don’t feel like giving my true age because I’m there to talk about the subject matter, not about my personal life. I could answer, “Old enough to own a home, be your parent, have a job, etc. … ” “instead of talking about my latest crush and the last time I went to the mall.”

I don’t know a good answer to that question. I’m not there for a contest in how many comments one can leave in a shoutbox. I find these teenagers want to be friends and they don’t even know who they are becoming friends with. It’s a competition for how many friends one can acquire and how many shoutbox comments one can acquire. Older people don’t ask “How old are you?’ But teens do. And I don’t want to have a conversation in which I have to answer the question, “How ru??”

I don’t want to be dishonest, but I think it’s a nosy question, something a teenage girl wouldn’t understand. What is the best answer? “None of your business.” “I really don’t feel like answering that question.” Or, “Older than you.” I could post my real age, to drive away those whom I would rather leave me the hell alone, but then it takes away the anonymity and the fun of being on a website without people knowing my age. I’m there to discuss G-rated material, a mutual interest/hobby, not get into the personal details of anyone’s life.

So, not to hijack your thread, but I’m curious, what is your thought on how to respond to a teenaged girl asking an older woman how old she is? When that older woman herself is sensitive about her age? This has been bugging me.

And for your situation, I’d card them next time!

By: Lani H.

Lani H. — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 08:32:46 +0000

XDDD awkward moment!!
14?! Hahaha! Crazy lil girls!

By: Jen(ni)

Jen(ni) — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 17:57:44 +0000

You should have just made them feel awkward in return. Tell them you are a part of some secret agency?

By: Virginia Belle

Virginia Belle — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 18:00:11 +0000

MJ is full of shit. she’s wasted after one pitcher. i’ve seen her in action.

(sorry. getting back at her for leaving a comment like that on my blog. she’s not a lightweight or a lush or anything like that.)

ahem.

dude. that’s sick and wrong.

but i can’t give you a hard time about it–lots of these girls now dress MUCH older than their age. at least you asked.

By: Matilda Jane

Matilda Jane — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 19:38:15 +0000

I started pretending I was 18 at about 13. Let’s just say that I look pretty much the same as I have since high school… I just have a little more curve and a little different haircut. I had a fake ID at 15… lol… my guy friends called me jailbait.
These girls were pretty polite to tell their actual age! I thought all little girls were lying about that this day in time!

PS – I love drunken bowling… I actually get better by the pitcher… well, until about 3… then it’s all downhill from there