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Originally Posted by sugarmuffin
Hello everyone,
I am 42 and blessed to be a new mother of a 3 month old. I always considered myself "young" looking but if one more person asks me is that "your grandbaby" I just may crock. Can anyone relate?
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Two things:
First, if someone asks you that again, simply say to them:
"No, of course not! Do you honestly think I'd look THIS good if s/he were my grandchild?!?!?!"
(That oughta take 'em back, KWIM?!)
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Here's where I'm at. I'm 51 with a 7yr old, a 5yr old and a 23month old. And to make 'matters worse with people who would worry about me being a grandmother to my babies'......dh (also 51) and I are hoping to adopt ANOTHER baby!!!!!!
However, to anyone who might have wondered?: Just last week we attended a fundraiser for a group who financially helps adopting families with fees. (We were helping with it too.) At the end, a few families were talking to me about a certain adoption when my youngest started 'running down a hallway and into the main room toward the band that was dismantling'.
I stopped my conversation to turn and run after him...down the hallway, grabbed him up in my arms and returned to the group.
The other families are MUCH younger than me.......(in their 20's and 30's). One husband exclaimed, "WOW! You've still got it! You can really run, etc!"
I said that I thought I still could...even at 51, 'And," I added, "I'm also overweight and 51!"
Not that I'm any too pleased to be overweight; but I'm not like most 51yr olds I know either!!!
The point is.......have some 'ready and right-at-'em' comment to throw out. Just because *THEY've* seen some 40yr olds who act like life is over, doesn't mean YOU'RE that way!!!!!
And finally...FWIW.....I have a relative, who, along with her dh, are adopting another baby son (two are still at home). She's a for-real grandmother too.......and she's 58yrs old!
Sincerely,
Linny