That Moment...

I don't get carded that often, tbh. I mean, I guess I still look like I really am 28, but I definitely don't look 17!

Awkward face reveal.

 

I get it sometimes. I'm soon-to-be 32 and when I get carded I get excited lol. "What? You think I'm under 21? Why SURRE, you can see my ID!"

 

Just got my bill from the VA Medical Center concerning my 4-day hospitalization a few weeks back wherein I received some of the best, most attentive care I have ever received at any medical facility, ever.

I owe exactly zero dollars and zero cents.

TMW a small commitment early in life pays off in unexpected ways.

 

That moment when you rise from the dead.

 

TMW you realise that you really, truly found a way to make the second chapter work

 

Meanwhile I'm 21 and people think I'm 25-30...

 

You're lucky. I've had so many people over the years think I'm still in high school despite me having graduated almost ten years ago. I'm 28, yet I physically look to be in my late teens.

 

Same. Honestly I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse — it's probably both. I'm 29 and I look at least 5 years younger, mostly just because I refuse to wear makeup. <_<

 

I don't know which problem I'd rather have. I'm 27, but I look like I'm in my 30s due to years of heavy drug abuse.

 

Am I the only person who looks around their age here? Sometimes people think I'm one or two years older but that's about it.

 

Probably.

 

TMW you learn that the balance on Amazon gift cards has an expiration date. Seems I had about 15 bucks just evaporate last November. Had I known it was going to do that, I would have bought a cookbook or something.

 

Steaming hunk of bologna if you ask me.

 

Wasn't even a gift, either. I don't have a yen-based credit card, so when I need to buy something (don't remember what) last spring, I bought a 5000yen (~$50) gift card at the convenient store and put the money into an amazon.co.jp account I'd made. The item was only about 35 bucks, so I figured I just had a bit of money sitting there not earning interest, not that it would just evaporate in six months. Now I guess I need to buy cards for the exact amount I need, lest more spare change disappears.

 

Yeah that's just bullshit. You could probably get it back if you complained to them. Amazon has always been really good (to me) about rectifying mistakes. Just depends on whether or not the $15 dollars is worth the time to make the complaint.

 

Nothing serious, I hope?

My wife has a pre-existing condition (diagnosed by our daughter whilst still training; the specialist was impressed with our GP who referred my wife, but he was only acting on what my wife told him, which was what our daughter had told her) that is responsible for what is known as "Sudden Death Syndrome". So, one day, she suddenly died; fortunately, another daughter was on hand to perform CPR until the ambulances (3 of them!) arrived and kick-started her again. She needed kick-starting 16 times over the next couple of days.

It reached the point where she opened her eyes and looked up at the guy with the paddles and said "Oh, did I go again?"
Crash team looks at each other and says "How does she do that?"

So, you could say she has made a habit of rising from the dead.

And that's why we love the NHS!

 

I have no idea how old I look. When I was a teenager people often thought I was older, probably because I was (am) tall. But now nobody comments. I don't get asked for ID when buying alcohol, but I'm 27 so that doesn't mean much.

It's not like I can ask anybody because there's such a stigma around age that they'd probably lie to me to avoid any offence :/

 

We would never lie.

 

Looks don't count for shit, in my opinion. You could look like Quasimodo for all I care, and you'd still be awesome in my eyes.

 

Aw, but you don't look a day over 21!