Isn't It Rude? (Young Brides)

I don't understand why everytime I say 'my husband' this or 'my husband' that people immediatly ask 'How OLD are you?'
Is it REALLY any of your business? Who would ask that? I would NEVER!
Is it rude? or just me?

Young Brides... do you get this often?

That's definately rude! You know I'm the same age as you Jess and believe me, although nobody's had a reaction where they asked my age like that, I've certainly got some funny looks from people when I've said 'my husband.' So, I found the person I was meant to spend the rest of my life with and I married him at a young age...is it really THAT big a deal?

i always got told i was younger then i was , at times i would get out right nasty about it, but i could not realize it was a complement because we are always our toughest critic!

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Posted by lolita4life

my feelings exactly!!! i was thinking of you when i was posting this.

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Plus the fact that I'm pregnant now and beginning to show isn't helping at all. Don't worry, when we're older and we've been married to our DH's for several years, we'll get respected for it. People like to doubt until they're proven wrong.

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Posted by janet

i always got told i was younger then i was , at times i would get out right nasty about it, but i could not realize it was a complement because we are always our toughest critic!

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That's funny, because often people think I'm older than I am until I tell them (usually people think I'm about 4 or 5 years older.) Perhaps that's why I haven't gotten AS big of a reaction as Jessica has. We are indeed always our toughest critic. I couldn't agree with that more.

this one girl at the dog park... when she did the 'how OLD are you?' she turned out to be just one year older!! she was like 'i thought you were 18'

...even if i was though.....

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Posted by lolita4life

this one girl at the dog park... when she did the 'how OLD are you?' she turned out to be just one year older!! she was like 'i thought you were 18'

...even if i was though.....

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Right, even if you were 18, it's still kind of terrible to judge somebody's important life decisions based on age alone. Just because we were ready for such a big step earlier than the 'average' person, doesn't mean we're 'too young' or 'making a mistake'. I can't tell you how many people told me that I should 'play the field and not be tied down at such a young age.' Ugh.

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Posted by lolita4life

I don't understand why everytime I say 'my husband' this or 'my husband' that people immediatly ask 'How OLD are you?'
Is it REALLY any of your business? Who would ask that? I would NEVER!
Is it rude? or just me?

Young Brides... do you get this often?

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Jess I look 12. NO JOKE ive gotten the childrens menu 2 times recently! I work in retail and at least ONCE A DAY someone looks at my rings or hears me say my husband and they say 'you are married you look 16' Then I have to explain Im 24. I know what you are going through. But remember when we are 40 we will love it.

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Posted by june262004

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Posted by lolita4life

I don't understand why everytime I say 'my husband' this or 'my husband' that people immediatly ask 'How OLD are you?'
Is it REALLY any of your business? Who would ask that? I would NEVER!
Is it rude? or just me?

Young Brides... do you get this often?

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Jess I look 12. NO JOKE ive gotten the childrens menu 2 times recently! I work in retail and at least ONCE A DAY someone looks at my rings or hears me say my husband and they say 'you are married you look 16' Then I have to explain Im 24. I know what you are going through. But remember when we are 40 we will love it.

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same here!! I get it all the time that I look 'no older than 16' - while my 19 yr old sister looks 25!

I get it all the time when I say I'm engaged. I'm SO used to it, because I look a lot younger than I am, I usually ignore it, but sometimes I get pissed off.

I was at the dr's office on my 21st birthday, and my chiropractor said 'next is the birthdya girl' and this lady said 'happy birthdya, how old are you?' I said 'guess' and she said '14'

and you could tell she thought she was flatterign me by saying older!


ROFL

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Posted by shorty the pumpkin

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Posted by june262004

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Posted by lolita4life

I don't understand why everytime I say 'my husband' this or 'my husband' that people immediatly ask 'How OLD are you?'
Is it REALLY any of your business? Who would ask that? I would NEVER!
Is it rude? or just me?

Young Brides... do you get this often?

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Jess I look 12. NO JOKE ive gotten the childrens menu 2 times recently! I work in retail and at least ONCE A DAY someone looks at my rings or hears me say my husband and they say 'you are married you look 16' Then I have to explain Im 24. I know what you are going through. But remember when we are 40 we will love it.

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same here!! I get it all the time that I look 'no older than 16' - while my 19 yr old sister looks 25!

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Same thing here with me and my sister. Shes four years younger and everyone always assumes she older.

Wait til you guys are 40 with no wrinkles - everyone will be jealous of you then!!

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Posted by teach2be

I think it's really an odd comment. I mean, I don't walk around telling older people that they better hurry up and find someone to marry them because they are so old !!

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Exactly!!! I'll be 23 when I get married.

omg... Kristen & Jenn... thats so funny!

ok... good to know im not alone here and that other people get annoyed as well!