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Grandma's Brag Book





 Nothing like looking through a strangers photo album is there?  I knew the grandparents would want to see these.
Speaking of grandparents.............
I have been asked twice in the past two weeks if I was the girls grandmother.
I was in the bank a couple of weeks ago and a lady asked me if Sarah Kate was my daughter  or granddaughter.  Then she asked her name.  I could not even answer her because I was so rattled and shocked.
Then I got my eye brows waxed over the weekend and the lady asked if I was the grandmother.
WOW!  I think I need to get my hair colored.  I DO have gray,but good grief.  I feel 28!

Next time I get asked that question I am going to say,  "No,  I am their Great-Grandmother!"

Comments

Mary Lytle said…
I "lurk" on Laurie's Life regularly to enjoy your fantastic sense of humor. You and your girls are beautiful, and I would NEVER mistake you for their grandmother! However, I do have a friend who became a grandma at 34. Thanks so much for being a blessing through your blog.
9:10 AM
Natasha said…
You so do NOT look like a grandma! I can't even imagine.

And thank you for sharing the photos. Your family is precious.
9:26 AM
Becky said…
The things people say. Once someone asked me if my triplet grandsons were real and I said, "No. They are plastic."
9:41 AM
Kellie said…
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9:50 AM
Kellie said…
When my nephew was in the NICU I sat with him quite a bit and one of the nurses asked if I was his grandmother. I was shocked! I am 36 and I am fortunate that my hair isn't turning on me...yet! I chose to believe it was because of my mature maternal nature. ;)
9:51 AM
A.K.W. said…
Haha, I get asked if when I am walking with one of my niece's if I'm their Mom and I say no just their Aunt!

One time my parent's and I were eating supper at a restaurant with my brother, my sister-in-law and their 2 kids and one of my 7 year old niece's pre-school teacher's were there and her Mom had her introduce her Granny (my Mom) to the teacher and she said this is my really old grandma even though she's not that old though, she's a little older than her Indian grandma though.

Amy
10:47 AM
Hannah said…
Haha. I'm 19 and nanny for a 2 and 4 yearl old and have gotten asked multiple times how o.d MY kids are. I make it clear I'm just the nanny as I am waaay too young for kids! Haha.
10:51 AM
Candis Berge said…
Here's my spin on that question: you must have been patient and loving with your girls - more like a grandmother is then a tired mother! Good for you! They thought you were, possibly, the grandmother based on your loving kindness to your girls! (Obviously, they never looked at you or they would have realized their mistake! You do NOT look like a grandmother.) (It takes one to know one.)
12:02 PM
merlin said…
Try to remember, the comments people make reflect something in their own life and not take it personally. I live where moms tend to be very young....I am old enough to be a grandma,in my 40's, but I have school-age children...Actually, where I live by 50 some women are Great Grandmothers. Ha! I just say I was a late bloomer.
2:40 PM
julie s said…
No way do you look like a grandma! Unbelievable!!
3:39 PM
Brian, Melanie, Kaelyn, Gretchen, and Sophie said…
I know exactly how you feel! I have three daughters, ages 8, 3, and 2, and people ask me all the time if I am their grandmother. I am just deflated every time I am asked that question. I know that I had my kids when I was older (starting at age 30), but there is no way I look like their grandmother! I just tell people that I waited until I was older to have kids so that I would be a better, more patient, mother. Hang in there!
5:37 PM
Brian, Melanie, Kaelyn, Gretchen, and Sophie said…
I know exactly how you feel! I have three daughters, ages 8, 3, and 2, and people ask me all the time if I am their grandmother. I am just deflated every time I am asked that question. I know that I had my kids when I was older (starting at age 30), but there is no way I look like their grandmother! I just tell people that I waited until I was older to have kids so that I would be a better, more patient, mother. Hang in there!
5:39 PM
Janet said…
I am 35, my brother is 38, and my sister is 40. We had family pictures taken last year, and I have a framed picture of the 3 of us in my living room. A new friend saw the picture and asked if it was of me and my parents! My siblings did not appreciate hearing about that :)
7:03 PM
Our Life at 31-derful! said…
I have been reading your blog for a few years--we have little girls the same age, and I always think that your hair, make-up, and outfits are just adorable. No way could you be taken for a grandmother!!! Still, I know how sad that can be. I have been asked if I was expecting before (when I wasn't) and I was chawed to death!!!!
12:39 PM
SILLy stories!! said…
I love your come back line! haha
3:38 PM
Mrs. Swaddle said…
hehe..sometime people don't better. Whenever I'm not sure, I always say they are the mom. So, if it's really the grandmother, she would feel flatter.
5:43 PM
Dinka said…
Just tell them you are their big sister :)
7:24 PM
Hope said…
Laurie you do not look like a grandmother. It must be an Arkansas thing to ask that question:) I live in NC but came to Little Rock several times to see a surgeon when my now 13 yr old was 3-4 years old. That is the only place I have ever been asked if I was her grandmother. I was 38 at the time.
7:25 PM
Nicolle said…
I was at CFA with my son and my mother in law, and a lady asked me if I was the grandma. I cried about it for days!

:)
7:07 AM
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