27 going on 19

August 13, 2008 by · 2 Comments

I’m starting to get it finally: the “compliment” of being said to appear years younger than I am. It has previously been kind of insulting especially if I was feeling sensitive that day or something. Last night I met one of my Dad’s friends, who was super nice actually but he kind of treated me like a kid, patronizingly asked me how old I was. When I said I was 27, he did a double take and blurted out, “I thought you may be 19!” This is where my Dad jumped in saying how I had a baby to further shock his friend.

I just thought my post-baby body shape just screams out “I’ve had a baby” with the wide hips and my love handles still intact, but apparently it’s not as bad as I think. This is good. I’ll take it! Kim says I’m too hard on myself, but HELLO other moms, didn’t you feel kind of lousy when you still had your baby weight? A freakin’ year later? (If you can’t relate, please don’t respond…)I guess since a lot of my friends didn’t know me 30 lbs lighter, they just assume I’m the hippie (both in style and circumference) person that they know. That looks like a 19 year old. I’ll take it.

Until braces. You’ll read a new low of me whining on here about looking my age.

The older I get the younger I look, it’s very Dorian Grey-ish (but I have made no such pact with the devil.)

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  • Autumn N. Brown

    My doctor, who has never had a weight problem nor has he carried around an extra 50lbs that’s right 50lbs of baby weight, told me just to run it off. Oh, well geez it’s that easy. I guess I’ll jog home.

    Or even better yet the so “innocent” suggestion and I quote “Have you thought about weight watchers?” Then I say nothing because what can you say when everything that comes to mind starts with a @*$# *$@.

    These suggestions always come from a person who’s closest encounter with a weight “issue” is being bloated after a half cup of organic diet goats milk yogart.

  • David and Katy

    your a hottie and you know it, so freaking give yourself a break. If it helps, I think you have a greater brilliance about you than ever before in your life. :)