Make me SMILE!

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<p>Like many of you, I have been pretty consumed with sad memories of 9/11, and there is always plenty of depressing news about world events…</p>

<p>So, I thought it would be nice to start a thread for funny/positive/interesting little things that have happened or are happening this week in our own lives, even if they’re tangential or unimportant in the long run.</p>

<p>I had a pretty funny thing happen this week…I’m STILL giggling over it. :D</p>

<p>Our little town has a Walgreens which put in an ICEE machine in about a year ago. Since then, I have taken the kids to get them fairly frequently, especially during hot weather. Some of the checkers know us by face as we have been in fairly often this summer.</p>

<p>There is this new checker that works there who has been particularly friendly. The kids and I make small talk with him, and he calls my older D’s and me “double trouble” (HE thought he was talking about ONE daughter, not realizing that I have two D’s who everyone thinks look just alike when they look NOTHING alike <em>lol</em>). </p>

<p>One night, I had gone with one of my D’s and we ran into some friends outside the store and got into a long talk, and the checker ended up locking the store before my D could get her ICEE. The next time I saw him, I jokingly said, “HEY!! You locked up that one night before we could come in! So, what are you going to do to redeem yourself??” And he looks at me with a straight face and says, “How about I take you to a movie??”</p>

<p>HUH??? :confused:</p>

<p>I had NO idea what to say to THAT! <em>lol</em> I kind of blushed and paid for the stuff and left…</p>

<p>Well, since then, anytime we’ve been in, this guy, who’s about 22 YEARS OLD (!!!) stares right past my gorgeous daughters (not that I would let them go out with a 22-year-old) and smiles and winks at ME??? The last time, he started telling me how he was a college grad and that he was working two jobs while pursuing a graduate degree. He then proceeded to give me his work schedule and said, “Come back and see me…”</p>

<p>I don’t know whether to be flattered or completely dumbfounded, but I <em>AM</em> amused! :slight_smile: What’s really funny is that I’ve never been in there alone…I’ve always got 1-3 kids with me <em>lol</em> and they are OLDER kids, leaving NO doubt that I could be his MOTHER age-wise! What’s up with THAT??</p>

<p>I guess in some sense it’s flattering…I mean he seems smart, mature, and driven and is adorable (in the way that I think my SON is adorable), but my temporary bubble has been totally burst by my older D’s who tease me MERCILESSLY about this as they have SEEN him “in action.” :smiley: I even have to endure the indignity of being referred to by them as Stiffler’s Mom. Oh JEEZE. :(</p>

<p>An on a completely different note, we have a family birthday today (my dh’s), and my house smells like the two HUGE chocolate chip cookie cakes I just baked from scratch!!! MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM…</p>

<p>~berurah</p>

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<p>That is funny and flattering, kind of like being carded for buying beer.</p>

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<p>What movie did you see? ;)</p>

<p>(Best I can hope for these days is NOT to be offered the Seniors’ Discount. But, hey, I WANT the Seniors’ Discount!)</p>

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GAWD, mini, you’re WORSE THAN MY GIRLS!!! <strong>ROFLMAO</strong> :D</p>

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I still get a few years to tease my dh about the AARP mailings… ;)</p>

<p>~berurah</p>

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<p>berurah,</p>

<p>you can be “hot” at any age–I hope–and you just gave me some of that hope. :)</p>

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<p>That is pretty funny…and complimentary (I think?) to you. This past year, I was carded and I’m like, come on now. I’m 49! and SURELY don’t look ANYHWERE near the age of someone who gets carded. I am told that I look young for my age but carded? no way. I wouldn’t mind some 22 year old thinking I was 'available" though, lol.</p>

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<p>Hee hee…I was carded last month, in a liquor store, trying to buy a bottle of wine, enroute to a dinner at someone’s house. </p>

<p>I wanted to milk it for all it was worth, verify that it was really “real”, so, I asked “considering my age, which you now see on my license, why, exactly, did you card me???”. They said “our policy is to card everyone who looks under 30”. YAY!!! </p>

<p>To be fair, the lights were probably low, considering it was a liquor store, still… :)</p>

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<p>I get carded in the beer line at Giants Stadium because the counter workers are hoping for tips. I look every day of my 47 years. </p>

<p>Be flattered berurah! I think it’s neat that your girls are getting a kick out of it. I’ve seen the daughters of some of my well-preserved friends get very upset when men flirt with their moms.</p>

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<p>I actually got creeped out a couple years ago when one of my son’s friends appeared to have a bit of a “Stacey’s Mom” thang goin’ on about me. It got so I didn’t feel comfortable being around him. Flattered, yes, but… weirded out.</p>

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<p>Another thread that had me laughing out loud!!!. You go girl.</p>

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<p>Yay for berurah!!! </p>

<p>BTW, when I worked in grocery we had to card anybody who appeared to be under 40, so not to bum anybody out, but there were many times I carded people who I was CERTAIN were over 21 but I thought looked under 40. You never know when the corporate spies are watching :rolleyes: </p>

<p>But even so, I’m always happy to be carded too.</p>

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<p>My garden club (really a girl’s club, incognito) had a get together the other nite… everyone arrived randomly after soccer games, and HS open house and all sorts of other things…we started late…but, laughed a lot…on the host’s back porch and a neighbor called the cops at about 11:30 to break up the noisy party… when the cop knocked on the front door, and told us to quiet down… we laughed all the harder… nice to know that 7 women can still disturb the neighbors, yes?? the local paper always runs the police beat with all the calls, arrests etc… we are keeping our fingers crossed, hoping we make police beat!! we offered the policeman a piece of cake, he just laughed at having to break up a rowdy “garden club”…</p>

<p>We have been doing garden club now for about 10 yrs… and it is a wonderful thing… everyone brings a food or drink or dessert… we always laugh and never talk about our hubbies!! lots of books, movies, teachers, kid discussions… this past one included a big discussion about when exactly a friendship becomes an affair… what is that moment when 2 people decide “to go for it” … intriguing conversation…</p>

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<p>FountainSiren: Belated happy birthday in many languages (shamelessly stolen from abhishiv on the Tit…the Indian Thread, and I can vouch for about half of them…they mean what they are supposed to mean)</p>

<p>Janamdin Mubarak Ho - Hindi, Indian
Brazil: Parab</p>

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<p>Well, with six children b, isn’t it obvious? Who wouldn’t think berurah loves a bit of the naughty? ;)</p>

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<p>Geez…And I was feeling happy about what a great Monarch butterfly summer it’s been…Now you’ve gone and reminded me that it’s been awhile since I’ve been hit on…What the heck.</p>

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<p>Berurah! You have your choice: do you want to be Mrs. Robinson or Demi Moore?</p>

<p>FountainSiren is right. Sexy never gets old. I’m glad to have real-life inspiration - watching Rene Russo in “The Thomas Crowne Affair” doesn’t give me too much hope. :)</p>

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<p>Berurah! You have your choice: do you want to be Mrs. Robinson or Demi Moore?</p>

<p>I think I read that Anne Bancroft was only 6 years older than Dustin Hoffman. But thats one of the blessings of being “environmentally correct” people always think we are younger than we are. :)</p>

<p>( um how can Dustin Hoffman be almost 70?)</p>

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<p>He looks old these days, EK4. I saw a pic the other day and was taken aback. </p>

<p>God for you Berurah! Nothing better than looking half your age. I don’t think I look a day older than 35 myself, and always expect to be carded (but never am…hmmmmm)</p>

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<p>Woo Hoo Berurah!!! I’m a little jealous…Walgreens slurpee guy hitting on you–I think you’re girls are jealous, too! :slight_smile: :slight_smile: It’s just one more reason to envy you!!! :)</p>

<p>Happy Birthday to your DH–just the thought of Choc.Chip Cookies made my mouth water!!!</p>

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<p>I was in NC a few weeks ago with my 20 y/o son. We were at a Food Lion and I was going to buy a bottle of wine. The young female clerk at the checkout carded me. At first I was flattered, but then realized that she was using that as a stall tactic to hit on my young handsome son! She actually commented on how nice his teeth were. Ughhh. I’m pretty sure that was not just standard southern hospitality! :)</p>

<p>Oh well…</p>