I guess I look old
By sweetpeasmom
@sweetpeasmom (1325)
United States
January 1, 2009 1:50am CST
I went to a thrift store today and I got asked if I had my senior discount card??!! I am 37 years old!! I am so depressed about it now. This is the second time this has happened to me in the last year. My hair color is late. I should have done it about 4 weeks ago and have not felt like doing it, so I do have more gray than usual. Blah.
4 responses
@stejhas (209)
• United States
1 Jan 09
You know, a similar thing happened to my parents when they were about your age... I met them at a restaurant for supper and when the server brought the bill, my dad pointed out that she gave each of my parents the senior citizen discount. I was about 20 yrs old then, and thought FOR SURE my 39 yr old parents would be seriously offended.... but my dad was HAPPY! They saved like $8 off their bill by getting the discount.
His reaction really made me think... If someone is dumb/inconsiderate/etc. enough to assume you "look old enough" to get the discount... heck! - Let them give you the discount! - Afterall, they already made you feel like crap for suggesting you look old, YOU might as well get something out of the deal, too!!!!
If/when this ever happens to me, you'd better believe I'm letting them give me a discount!
@sweetpeasmom (1325)
• United States
1 Jan 09
Yeah I was thinking that after I left. The next time I go there looking like crap I am going to ask how I can get one of those senior discount cards and see what happens.
@roberten (3128)
• United States
1 Jan 09
Relax,sweetpeasmom, those store clerks just be hatin'; they're probably jealous of what they see. Now when you get asked that question at the Library, you may want to invest in some hair color--he he he! If it makes you feel better, I started getting that question in my late thirties too, now most don't even ask anymore, they just give me the darn discount without even asking, SWEET! Just know that I do not color my hair so they assume I'm somebody's granny when actually, I still have a high school teenager at home. Feel better?
@yoursonlyurs (394)
• India
1 Jan 09
Dont worry...................You are beautiful to me.....at 37 you are still young at heart......forget that incedent.....always be young at heart.