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  • No, I'm not 12. No, I'm not a boy.

    This really isn't sucky, more like irritating. I'm extremely short for my age, 4'7" so I get a lot of clerks coming up to me and asking me if I'm lost whenever I go shopping by myself. Also, my hair is cut really short, so when clerks realize I'm just a dwarf, they'll go, "Oh, I'm so sorry. It'll never happen again, sir." Oh, and by the way, my voice is high-pitched, my favorite color to wear is pink, I have a pink purse with me, and I'm wearing high-heeled sandals. So, how is it you mistake me for a boy, again?

    One time, my family and I were eating out at Chili's. The waitress gives my parents and my younger sister adult menus. She gives me a kid's menu, crayons and all. My dad is laughing his head off. I ask the waitress for an adult's menu and all is right with the world for a few minutes. Then we order our drinks. My parents get their iced tea in a glass, my sister gets her soda in a glass, and I get my water in a kid's cup. My sister finds it hilarious, especially since she's 2 years and 10 months younger than me. The waitress is confused as to why my sister has decided to imitate a laughing hyena until I tell her my age. Her face turns red and she goes, "Oh, I'm so sorry. I'll get you a glass, sir." Granted, I was wearing a hoodie at the time (hood down) but for god's sake, the hoodie was pink and my voice ought to have been another dead giveaway. My sister has fallen out of her chair by this point and looks like she's going to die laughing while I tell the waitress I'm a girl. She looks really embarressed (sp?) by now and apologizes again. The rest of the meal is spent with my whole family teasing me while I tried to eat my beanless chili (no cheese or onions) in peace.

    Sorry if I'm sounding like a crab but, it's just getting old and I'm getting tired of it. A lot of times I just laugh along with everyone, but other times (especially with customers) my patience gets thin. And don't even get me started with amusement park rides.
    "But I don't want to be among mad people."
    You can't help that. We're all mad here. Every fucking one of us.

  • #2
    I had the reverse for years. I'm very tall for my age and popped way too early. So people would hit on me and offer me invites to keggers at 13. Finally, my mom had me wearing a button with my age on it. Now, people think I'm 16 and I'll be old enough to drink in September.

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    • #3
      My wife is 4'11", and gets that herself from time to time. One time, the waitress at Friendly's tried to give her a kids' menu. Another time, the girl working the gate at the pool actually asked her how old she was, because she wasn't sure whether to charge her the adult rate or the kid's (under 12) rate.

      The funny thing about all this is, while she's short, she's also... kind of large up top. I know kids are maturing at an earlier age these days, but still... I don't see how she could have possibly been mistaken for a preteen.
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      • #4
        I do not have a large chest but there's no way you could mistake me for a boy.

        One day we were at the beach and I was in a bikini when some preteen girl thought she'd be a meanie and say that she thought I was a boy because I don't have a HUGE chest.

        I looked at her, smiled and said, "At least my swimsuit isn't see through when it's wet. Are you naked? That's illegal."

        She looked down, realized that her swimsuit really WAS completely see through and ran away to get a towel and beg her parents to take her home.

        Yes. I'm a meanie to and I've been a meanie for many years longer than you.
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        • #5
          Quoth NightAngel View Post

          Yes. I'm a meanie to and I've been a meanie for many years longer than you.
          I too can also be a complete meanie and a b*tch if you even think about messing with me. Or if you just look at me funny.
          "But I don't want to be among mad people."
          You can't help that. We're all mad here. Every fucking one of us.

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          • #6
            I had the opposite problem; I've always been really tall. Once a meanie bus driver refused at first to let me have a half fare, so I was forced to take my coat off to reveal my horrible school uniform as proof that I was a kid. He didn't even apologise as he gave me my half fare ticket.
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            • #7
              Quoth Lace Neil Singer View Post
              I had the opposite problem; I've always been really tall. Once a meanie bus driver refused at first to let me have a half fare, so I was forced to take my coat off to reveal my horrible school uniform as proof that I was a kid. He didn't even apologise as he gave me my half fare ticket.
              Maybe he just wanted to see the uniform

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              • #8
                Perv. XD You and him.
                People who don't like cats were probably mice in an earlier life.
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                • #9
                  Reminds me of a story I heard this morning (on the No-Sweat News, of course): (quote from newsvine.com)

                  German police staged a major operation to find a kidnapped child
                  after a woman spotted a "young boy" being locked into a car boot.

                  The panicked woman alerted authorities as the car drove off, and police
                  set up road blocks and dispatched patrol cars to intercept the vehicle.

                  But when the car was finally sighted and stopped, police found the "boy"
                  was actually dwarf car mechanic Klaus "Shorty" Mueller, 27.

                  He had climbed in the boot and asked to be driven around so he could
                  see where a strange rattling noise had been coming from.

                  hehe, I wonder if that waitress is posting your story under the Oops forum Maybe you should get a button that says "It's a Girl!"
                  I don't go in for ancient wisdom
                  I don't believe just 'cause ideas are tenacious
                  It means that they're worthy - Tim Minchin, "White Wine in the Sun"

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                  • #10
                    I was once going to visit my grandmother who lives on a small island south of Sweden, called Bornholm. You have to go on a bus, then change to a ferry. The entire ride costs £10 for kids, £20 for adults.

                    I was 13 at the time, rather tall and had boobs, and you started paying adult fees at 15, and the busdriver didn't believe that I was a child. I had no cell phone and no ways of getting home, so I had to use the extra £10 that I had for lunch and candy on the ferry, and pay the adult fee.

                    When I arrived, starving, at my grandmother's, she called the bus company and raised hell, and the sent me a free ticket for the home trip. It still sucked though.

                    And ever since, I've made sure to have ID with me EVERYWHERE, despite the fact that you only need it to get into clubs and bars (and I never go there anyway) here in Denmark. And they rarely check.

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                    • #11
                      My cousin was very tall, thin and plain as a child. She had long hair though. One time she asked for a key to the changing rooms and was given a boy's key! Oops.
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                      • #12
                        My best friend's sister is 4 years younger than us, and got into makeup and stuff kinda young. So when we were 15 and still being charged kids' prices at the movies (which is 12 and under), her sister was getting charged adult prices at age 11...

                        On the opposite end of the spectrum, I stopped at the liquor store on the way to my friend's party last night and didn't get carded...the guy didn't even blink...not sure how I feel...sigh..
                        Last edited by BookstoreEscapee; 06-03-2007, 02:29 AM. Reason: that's movies, not moves
                        I don't go in for ancient wisdom
                        I don't believe just 'cause ideas are tenacious
                        It means that they're worthy - Tim Minchin, "White Wine in the Sun"

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                        • #13
                          People thought I was 20 when I was between 14-17......nowadays most people think I'm 16.

                          Cutting down on the raccoon eyeliner and getting a tan must have brought out my youth.
                          You really need to see a neurologist. - Wagegoth

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                          • #14
                            Most people, when they realize I'm older than I look, they always go, "Well, at least you won't have a hard time trying to look younger in the future." or they'll say, "You'll enjoy the attention later on. Trust me on this one." I'd enjoy it more if waitresses would stop giving me crayons everytime I go out to eat.
                            "But I don't want to be among mad people."
                            You can't help that. We're all mad here. Every fucking one of us.

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                            • #15
                              I'd be offended if I were you too, princess.

                              However, if you go to Garfield's restaurants, they give everyone crayons, because the tablecloth is paper that you draw on. Even adults get crayons.

                              I think being vertically challenged is always going to get strangers assuming you are younger than you are.

                              I find that silly, because most women I know are around my height range, (5'2 to 5'6). I rarely see any very tall women.
                              You really need to see a neurologist. - Wagegoth

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