<p>A young co-worker said she was shocked when married to find that her husband was so hairy. The media does a poor job of preparing young women for this reality! </p>
<p>I ran across a current Playboy in my S things. More naked than I could have ever imagined! And I’m an old hippie! Or maybe just old…</p>
<p>Yep,shaving /waxing not just for girls…S1 says it’s called “ManScaping”.</p>
<p>no apparently not just young women are waxed
[Harrison Ford is 65!](<a href=“splendAd - Conservation International - Wax - Harrison Ford”>http://www.splendad.com/ads/show/2252-Conservation-International-Wax-Harrison-Ford</a>)
and from seeing the women at the gym- I would say most spend a lot more attention on that particular area, than I usually do</p>
<p>( being a * natural redhead * I wonder if the popularity of waxing came about because the collar & cuffs didn’t match) ;)</p>
<p>re: men and hair, I’m sorry, but bare-chested men look like children to me. A little chest hair is a beautiful thing. I can’t imagine why a man would put himself through this, unless he’s a professional bodybuilder.</p>
<p>I also recall overhearing a conversation among 8th grade girls about how to remove the hair ‘down there’.</p>
<p>I agree with the poster who said ‘I was old as soon as I had children’. I recall a time when I was bringing the babysitter home, and we were chatting about music, and I looked over and she was looking at me with this LOOK on her face that clearly said ‘you are old and uncool and shouldn’t be talking to me at all, nevermind talking about music’. I was probably in my mid-thirties then, and still considered myself pretty young.</p>
<p>So, I should be texting instead of emailing, or, heaven forbid, actually talking to someone on the phone? Sorry, no can do – my cell phone doesn’t have text capability. When my phone dies and I get one that does, I’ll have D & S teach me – but by then texting may be “old!”</p>
<p>sevenhills—LOL at "“NO MOM! WHAT KIND OF A QUESTION IS THAT TO ASK?”</p>
<p>Ditto on the male hair thing being cool…it differentiates men from women & anything that does that is usually appealing! :-)</p>
<p>I snorted when I read the one about not referring to the doctor as being 12 years old. That’s EXACTLY what I did recently. I needed a biopsy done and this 12 year old walked in to do it. You know what? He did a lousy job and the procedure needs to be repeated. I should have waited for the 55 year old partner in the practice. I told my referring primary care physician that “a 12 year old” had done the procedure. I wonder why “we” pick 12 as the magic age. Pre Bar-Mitzvah? ;)</p>
<p>Bz–I found the list by accident, but yeah, the big 5-0 coming up did make me pause over it…</p>
<p>Adding: don’t even try to guess the age of anyone under 40. You’ll be way off.</p>
<p>Adding: don’t even try to guess the age of anyone under 40. You’ll be way off.</p>
<p>Its very interesting to me that for kids under 5, I can tell their age and for kids under 2 & 1/2, I can tell their age by a couple months ( using size & evident maturity), but for anyone over 14, I probably have no idea.
My own daughters could pass for 15, or 25, ( or 5) it just depends on their mood!</p>
<p>That is interesting—I’ve never been able to tell the ages of kids who are not within 1 year of my own children’s age groups. Even two years outside the range…it’s hard to think back to what the markers are for that age.</p>
<p>My 25 year old D is still carded routinely. Most people think her 22 year old bro is older than her. Even people in her own age group get it wrong.</p>
<p>She went to one of those “guess your age” boardwalk concessions a couple years ago,played it up big, and got guessed at 15. (Yeah, the junk prize she won might have been worth the 2 bucks it cost to play.)</p>
<p>I recall a time when I was bringing the babysitter home, and we were chatting about music, and I looked over and she was looking at me with this LOOK on her face that clearly said ‘you are old and uncool and shouldn’t be talking to me at all, nevermind talking about music’</p>
<p>ha ha.I remember when I was a nanny for a few months in between jobs for a couple across the street who were probably only about 5 years older than I was. ( I was 18)
They gave me a copy of [The</a> Bay City Rollers](<a href=“http://www.nostalgiacentral.com/music/baycityrollers.htm]The”>http://www.nostalgiacentral.com/music/baycityrollers.htm) when I was listening to [Get</a> your Wings](<a href=“http://www.glamrockjunkie.com/Aerosmith.html]Get”>http://www.glamrockjunkie.com/Aerosmith.html)
(perhaps it was a white elephant gift?)</p>
<p>Then again I was just in Santa Barbara ( for a concert) 
and met lots of people my older daughters age who thought I was * terribly* cool and couldn’t believe that neither of my kids had wanted to come with me!</p>
<p>My 25 year old D is still carded routinely. Most people think her 22 year old bro is older than her. Even people in her own age group get it wrong</p>
<p>Some people call me “miss” , which makes me give them a second look, at least I don’t routinely get carded, which would probably make me roll on the floor.
( plus annoying to have to dig out my license- like at Sasquatch last month, I got a wristband to go into the " beer garden" and even though I had the wristband that said my ID had been checked , I * still* had to dig it out- everybody did, but still…)
It is amusing however, more amusing than being called " Mrs. name of in laws"</p>
<p>That is interesting—I’ve never been able to tell the ages of kids who are not within 1 year of my own children’s age groups</p>
<p>Since my oldest was a tiny preemie ( 10 weeks early) & was about the size of a 7 month old when she was 2 yrs and the size of a 2 year old when she was 4, I became very good at spotting other preemies by comparing their size to apparent motor skills. A lot is just judging head control. ( and it helps to have both parents present to help with height), it’s a fun party trick. ;)</p>
<p>When my S was in second grade, I was helping chaperone a class trip to NYC. We happened to pass a billboard for a local alternative rock radio station. I mentioned to his teacher that this was my favorite station. She (probably about 25) gave me an incredulous look and said something along the lines of “really, Ms. Garland???” Maybe not adding, “that’s ridiculous,” but plainly conveying it.</p>
<p>I was 34 at the time.</p>
<p>It makes me feel better to find that they can’t tell ages either. My daughter was complaining about the “old ladies” that ride with her. I asked her “how old” and she was sure they were much, much older than me. I’m thinking that would be ladies in their 50s and 60s. I saw them at a show, they were, at the most, in their late 30s. Yesterday, as we drove up there was a couple making out in front of our house. My daughter was insensed, “They are so old! They should be making out in their own house!” I had to laugh. They were college aged, home for the summer. I told her they aren’t that old, they probably don’t own their own house.</p>
<p>I figure if Neil Young and Ray Davies and myriad others can still get * paid* fpr playing rock music, I can still listen to it.</p>
<p>They are more than 10 years older than me & still sound great.</p>
<p>Willie Nelson ( 75) and BB King ( 83) just played Bonnaroo, </p>
<p>If they can get up there, I can get * down* ;)</p>
<p>I keep reminding my kids that the members of REM and U2 are around *my *age range, not theirs.</p>
<p>Phil Lesh is 68 and his new lead guitar player is 27 (jackie green). He’s still rocking the house and I’m still going there and getting jiggy with it :-)</p>
<p>I’m sorry but the music of the last 20 years or so it hardly going to be considered “classic rock” when our kids are grown up. I can still name that tune in 3 notes of most of what I listened to 30 years ago. But what I did 10 minutes ago sometimes escapes me!</p>
<p>wow sueinphilly, you just sounded REALLY, REALLY, OLD</p>