Re-visiting some more boys in the computer lab, but later in the evening...
Somehow some sort of conversation started amongst the undergrads in the room of which I was marginally a participant - I was also watching comedy central on-line, so not really focused on their talk.
I don't really remember what they were talking about, but at some point I made a reference to my kid, and the guys were surprised I had a kid. I made some off the cuff remark about, yeah, she's not that much younger than you - and they all laughed, and one guy turned to me and said - "What - are you like 35?"
Not, 'What are you - like 35?' with 35 being the number of his actual guess, but much rather, 'What - (insert little laugh) are you like 35?' with 35 being just a ridiculous number.
Well, I am 35, so I said, "Yeah, I am."
And he didn't believe me. He thought I was joking too. And he and the other American questioned me again - and again I answered truthfully - to which I got
"Oh my God - you're like a dinosaur!"
Joking of course, but now joking aside, despite the few antiquities jokes that followed it was rather nice to have developed a dynamic with the frequent lab attendees where the're comfortable enough to joke around, knowing I can take it.
That, and I totally appreciated that they followed it up with - I thought she was 25 at the most!
Somehow some sort of conversation started amongst the undergrads in the room of which I was marginally a participant - I was also watching comedy central on-line, so not really focused on their talk.
I don't really remember what they were talking about, but at some point I made a reference to my kid, and the guys were surprised I had a kid. I made some off the cuff remark about, yeah, she's not that much younger than you - and they all laughed, and one guy turned to me and said - "What - are you like 35?"
Not, 'What are you - like 35?' with 35 being the number of his actual guess, but much rather, 'What - (insert little laugh) are you like 35?' with 35 being just a ridiculous number.
Well, I am 35, so I said, "Yeah, I am."
And he didn't believe me. He thought I was joking too. And he and the other American questioned me again - and again I answered truthfully - to which I got
"Oh my God - you're like a dinosaur!"
Joking of course, but now joking aside, despite the few antiquities jokes that followed it was rather nice to have developed a dynamic with the frequent lab attendees where the're comfortable enough to joke around, knowing I can take it.
That, and I totally appreciated that they followed it up with - I thought she was 25 at the most!
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