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I get it now!

I was 20.  I had been married 6 months.  I had bought my second car on my own, been to a year of college and was saving to buy our first house. This is what happened. An old family friend whom I hadn't seen in awhile came up to me and said "It's so good to see you!  Now lets see, are you a Sophmore or Junior this year?  Pretty soon you'll be on your own!" I went from pleasant to livid... (in my mind)... and smiled sweetly (I hope it was sweetly) and said, "Actually I am finishing my first year of college!" In my head... I thought "I will NEVER do that to someone!"  I was one of those blessedly-cursed people who when I was in high school looked like I was in college and when I was in college was asked if I was there doing running start. It drove me CRAZY! Fast forward to present day and it gets SCARY! This just happened last week! I was at a coffee stand in the town I used to live (8 years ago) and noticed my barista was a kid th