Comments on: The Feeling of Being Called, “Ma’am”

By: Valerie Sage

Valerie Sage — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 01:07:21 +0000

I still remember the first time anyone ever called me “Maam”. I said to the young man, “do I look that old to you?” and he replied, “would your prefer I call you “Miss”. LOL

He was from the south where calling people maam or miss is normal; I wasn’t and it still seems strange to me – either way.

By: DC

DC — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:24:42 +0000

I am in my 60′s. I recently purchased a 12 pack at Wal~mart. The 20 something clerk, standing beside a sign that read “If you are under 40 you must show ID” – demanded my ID.

I told her that if my wife wasn’t standing beside me – I ask her to marry me. That was the nicest compliment I’ve had in years!

By: mishe

mishe — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:36:13 +0000

WOW! You are sooo cool. As an adult woman age 45 you had the ability to speak up to a 19 year old child. Amazing. Doesn’t matter how young you think you looked, at 19 kids think anybody over 30 are dinosaurs. And, whether or not you want to admit it, at 45 you were positively prehistoric to a teenager. Be fit, be active, be healthy … but be your age. Unfortunately this obsession with always trying to be younger than you are is why younger people think boomers are a joke.

By: Dave Williams

Dave Williams — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:48:55 +0000

Fabulous!

When I was in my late forties, looking every day of fifty-five, I bought some beer at a convenience store and the checker, who didn’t seem old enough to sell it to me, asked if I had some i.d. for the liquor.

I slowly passed my hand in front of her eyes and asked, “Can you see me at all?”