Oh My, The Horror Of It All!

While at work today, a member brought to life a horrific discovery about myself. Usually, when people attempt to guess my age, they guess incorrectly. Generally, I'm guessed to be an average of 25 years of age. This morning, one of our regular members came in to make a deposit. She was ranting, raving, moaning & groaning over the expense of having a kid in college. She then looked at me & said, "Do you have kids in college yet?" I'm not easily offended but I must admit, I did want to pop her! I controlled myself & politely said, "No, no kids period yet." She left & as I shared this story with my co-worker, I began doing some calculating. I then realized something. I'm old. As I sat there in disbelief that the member would ask me such a jaw-dropping question, I realized that if I had given birth at the age of 13 or 14, I could be the mother of a 17 or 18 year old today. Which, they would either be a senior in high school or a college freshman. My goodness, I am old enough to be the mother of a college-aged student!! Though I've been viewing some of the students I work with as my little brothers, I'm really old enough to be the mother of the some of them. After the reality of all of this set in, so did sorrow. Again, I'm old.