Ageing me
I did something nice on very short notice for an older couple and their dog today. It wasn’t a huge medical procedure, but I fixed their dog up faster than they were expecting and he got to go home sooner rather than later. As they paid their bill and thanked me for the speedy work the woman smiled sweetly and handed me a brightly coloured book.
“You look old enough to have young kids of your own so I thought they’d like this book about -my dog-.”
“………Thank-you………”
While I did thank her kindly at the time and assured her that while I don’t have kids of my own one of the other vets does, I couldn’t help but be a little taken aback.
I’m twenty three years old.
Just twenty three and two months old, to the day.
I am not old enough to have young kids of my own!
Do I look so haggard, so drained and so stressed that my appearance has aged something like seven years?
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It wasn’t all that long ago that 23 or so would have been (in the USA, anyway) quite normal an age to have children. My wife was 24 and I was 27 when we had our first, and we were college educated, middle class, professionals, etc.
While it’s my feeling than 23 is far too young for me to start having kids, the book that she gave me was aimed at primary school children of about 4-5 years of age (she would take the dog to schools and read the book).
While I’m sure 23 & kids suits some people, the above maths implies starting to have kids at about 18.
clients will say far worse things to you over the years, so what if they think you might be 3 or 4 years older than you really are
Don’t take it personally. She apparently had the book and wanted to give it to someone. I guess if you are over 13 you are old enough to have kids, right?
Don’t think too much about it.
This day and age, at 23 you should have at least 2 little ones running around already. Or so it seems. I’m 29 tomorrow and just had my first back in november.
Maybe you just need a nap. -grin-
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