All my life people have told me I'm mature for my age.
People meet me and automatically think I'm at least 5-10 years older (granted the graying hair doesn't help).
This is a story involving that part of me, that actually happened a while ago. I thought of it again today while doing some work on auto pilot. (Where you're working but not thinking about it because you know it by heart, then find 15 mistakes later).
I was working a night job and a lady I worked with has a son about a year younger than me. (Keep in mind this was like Oct 2007)
Her son, 22, in college, single, lives with her, works at a car dealership washing cars.
Me, 23, graduated college the year before, lives with his wife in a home they own, works 2 jobs.
One night we were talking about something and she looks at me and says
"I'm glad my son isn't like you"
Me: "Ok... Normally I hear the opposite from people"
Which is true, especially when I was in high school
Her "Well, you're just so jaded already, you know how the world works, I like that he's still so innocent"
I didn't know how to comment, and really I still don't know what to say other than "Your son is 22 and has no idea how things work? How is that possible?"
How would you take that? It sure as hell isn't a compliment
People meet me and automatically think I'm at least 5-10 years older (granted the graying hair doesn't help).
This is a story involving that part of me, that actually happened a while ago. I thought of it again today while doing some work on auto pilot. (Where you're working but not thinking about it because you know it by heart, then find 15 mistakes later).
I was working a night job and a lady I worked with has a son about a year younger than me. (Keep in mind this was like Oct 2007)
Her son, 22, in college, single, lives with her, works at a car dealership washing cars.
Me, 23, graduated college the year before, lives with his wife in a home they own, works 2 jobs.
One night we were talking about something and she looks at me and says
"I'm glad my son isn't like you"
Me: "Ok... Normally I hear the opposite from people"
Which is true, especially when I was in high school
Her "Well, you're just so jaded already, you know how the world works, I like that he's still so innocent"
I didn't know how to comment, and really I still don't know what to say other than "Your son is 22 and has no idea how things work? How is that possible?"
How would you take that? It sure as hell isn't a compliment
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