"My, how young you look!"

Today I was getting my eyebrows done (so I could finally feel like a woman again, and not have to style my bangs so they cover half my face), when the eyebrow-lady (do they have a specific name?) goes, "You're in college?! You look too young to be in college!" After she found out I was indeed in college, she then insisted that I MUST be a freshmen. When I corrected her, she says, "Oh, you just look so young! You must get that all the time." No, not really.

Since when do people of our parents' generation think it's okay to say that a 19-year-old girl looks "young"? It's not a compliment! It's an insult. Saying "You look so young!" may as well be translating into saying "Awww, look at the widdle baby! Who's a cute widdle baby? WHO'S A CUTE WIDDLE BABY?" in a nauseating baby voice.

I'm almost 20 years old. A legal adult! I can drive a car, vote and go to war! If anything, I want to look older! Specifically closer to the 21 area, so no one will card me or hassle me at bars. Saying a 19-year-old is young-looking is like saying at 45-year-old is an old sack of shit.

So, seriously, brighten my day. Say that I look like I'm 23 and from South Carolina.

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On another note, it is now technically Christmas Eve. I truly hope you have a wonderful holiday. I know I won't, but I'm used to it. If you hate the holidays as much as I do, just bear with it and know that I'm right there with ya. Anyway, Merry Christmas, yadda yadda yadda.