I want to dig a hole to hide in

[Zellie Crescent]

This one happened a couple of minutes ago so I'm still kinda in the "oh crap, I'm sorry mode" I just got done serving a customer and the little girl she was with (I'm guessing 2) was acting completly adorable. I told the woman that her granddaughter was cute and then she said it waas her daughter, I've never felt so embarased before and I appologized. Has this ever happened to anyone else?

[bhskittykatt]

I wouldn't feel too bad. CW had a daughter who was almost 20 when she had her second child, so she's old enough she *could* be a grandmother (and her smoking habit doesn't make her look any younger). She's had people mix it up before and hasn't taken offense.

It could be worse. BFF had taken her younger step-sister to the park, and an older woman came up and started lecturing her on teenage pregnancy and how BFF should be ashamed of herself. When BFF finally was able to interject that it was her sister and not her daughter, the woman turned multiple shades of red and ran away.

[Jay 2K Winger]

I want to dig a hole to hide in

"Okay, throw her in ze hole!" </German accent>

[csquared]

You never can tell. Take my family. My younger brother is only a year older than my nephew. So if you saw my mom out with the two boys, no matter which way you guessed, you would only be half right.

[XCashier]

Has this ever happened to anyone else?

I've had it happen to me and my son.
"Your grandson is so cute!"
"He's my son."
"Oh!"

Lots of women are having their children later in life. You can never tell whether it's the kid or grandkid. You'd be better off saying, "What a sweet little girl" rather than "Your granddaughter is so sweet!"

You could also suggest that it's the child, not the grandchild. Most people prefer to be taken for younger than they are, rather than older.

[telecom_goddess]

Everyone thought my mother was my grandmother. She was born in 1920, my sister in 1938 and I was born in 1965. My sister was old enough to be my mother, my mother was old enough to be my grandmother and my nieces and nephews were older than me. I'm a great great aunt now.

So yeah things aren't always how they look

[Halo_miles]

I had one of those today. Women came in, with two little girls. She barely looked into her mid twenties, and the kids were probably around 4-6 years old. Then comes in this really older looking man (around the 50-55 mark). I wasn't sure of the whole situation, so I figured I would just comment on how adorable they were. Good thing I didn't say, "grandkids", as I found this dude grabbing her ass as they left the store together. I'm not a huge fan of big age gaps, but really? Grabbing the girl's ass in the middle of the store? You're 55, not 15.

[BeeMused]

My half sister is old enough to be my mom, my nephews are all older than me. I was an aunt already at conception! This is fun at parties: "Wait, what? This is your aunt?!?"
I haven't made it to great great aunt, yet. And my great nephews and nieces are strictly forbidden to call me great aunt. They mostly use my first name, only when sentences start with: "Uuuuuhhhhh, aunt M....." then there is something going on they don't want to discuss with their parents, but still want adult input on.