When I was having breakfast with my mom my mom asked "What do you want to order my love?" An older woman gave her a dirty look. I also had something similar happen with my step sister. We were hanging out and we noticed that a lot of pervy men were harassing us. She came to the conclusion that those guys probably thought we were a lesbian couple. She was going through her "slutty phase" and I was dressing quite casually that day. She's also quite touchy-feely, so we were occasionally holding hands.
Well, I've been asked if my dad is my husband. I was about 18 and he was over 60. =/ Actually, I think I was 17, that's even worse.
Some people... ---------- Post added 27th Apr 2014 at 05:16 PM ---------- Also, it's "Someone thought my mom and I were a lesbian couple!" Sorry, I'm a grammar nazi and I just couldn't resist...
Maybe the dirty look was with regards to the clear age difference? :lol: I'll be honest, anyone holding hands makes me wonder, so..
Once someone thought my mom was my sister. I also had someone think my brother was my son (i was 13 and he was like 9 it didn't make sense)
In general yes. I was just noting that I have no schema for hand-holding beyond dating/partners or possibly very close friends. Thus, maybe they were like me (in just that aspect, anyways) and didn't know what to think. :lol:
Hahaha, the title made me laugh, that's somewhat awkward. What's the age difference, if you don't mind me asking?
I get asked if I'm my brother's dad all the time. That's what happens when there's a 5 year age gap and he acts like he's 5.
Just to be a pain. But yeah, I get what you mean, you weren't holding hands when the older woman completely misinterpreted your mother's phrase.
Nope, BelleFromHell is right. "Me and my mom were..." is grammatically incorrect, although people say that all. the. time. "My mom and I" is the right way. You can remember to mention the other person first by thinking about how it's more polite to put others first, and "I" vs. "me" by removing "my mom" and trying to start the same sentence with the word "me." Hint: it won't work, because you need a subject pronoun (like "I" or "we") to start a sentence, not an object pronoun (like "me" or "us"). </grammar rant>
I've had the same thing happen with my mom. We went out for lunch after getting our nails done together. When we were being seated my mom went to the bathroom and the waitress came over to see what we wanted to drink so I told her what I wanted, then she paused and said I'll be back for your umm..partners order in a minute. It made me laugh for the rest of the day. :badgrin:
I once asked a friend of mine who the hot older gentleman I saw him come out of a restaurant with on a particular evening was--wink, wink, nudge, nudge. He thought about it and thought about it and then realized it had actually been his father. Ooops! His Dad's gay so at least my gaydar's fine..
