Ok, so, using local laws:
Age of majority (you can get married against your parents' wishes): 18
Age at which you can get married with your parents' consent (they sign for you): 16
Human gestation period: 9 months
Age at which you can buy cigarettes: 19
Nope, 18 + 3/4 < 19. Math is fairly straightforward.
Now, she said "kids" plural, so we're going to have to use the younger age here. Let's assume 10 months in between because, of course, everyone does attachment parenting and natural breastfeeding, right? that's 28 months, or 2 1/3 years. Still not getting to 19. (I'm not sure if the loophole that let you get married younger than 16, provided you were pregnant, is still on the books or not, so I'm not going to use it. There was a lot of noise about fixing it last time it came up.)
And while yes, it's annoying to have someone think you look young her logic has a couple of flaws
- they could think she looks older than she is (ok, one year older isn't enough to be flattering) and still card her
-the way she acts she'd be just as pissy at a store that carded everyone, no matter what their age
- it's not the clerk's fault that you look young! Go yell at your parents for not putting you through a hard life that prematurely aged you.
Age of majority (you can get married against your parents' wishes): 18
Age at which you can get married with your parents' consent (they sign for you): 16
Human gestation period: 9 months
Age at which you can buy cigarettes: 19
Nope, 18 + 3/4 < 19. Math is fairly straightforward.
Now, she said "kids" plural, so we're going to have to use the younger age here. Let's assume 10 months in between because, of course, everyone does attachment parenting and natural breastfeeding, right? that's 28 months, or 2 1/3 years. Still not getting to 19. (I'm not sure if the loophole that let you get married younger than 16, provided you were pregnant, is still on the books or not, so I'm not going to use it. There was a lot of noise about fixing it last time it came up.)
And while yes, it's annoying to have someone think you look young her logic has a couple of flaws
- they could think she looks older than she is (ok, one year older isn't enough to be flattering) and still card her
-the way she acts she'd be just as pissy at a store that carded everyone, no matter what their age
- it's not the clerk's fault that you look young! Go yell at your parents for not putting you through a hard life that prematurely aged you.
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