You and your dad?

forever21 · Dec 13th, 2007, 03:04 PM

So my dad's looks very young and is pretty good looking... and I'm tall and look older than I am. We don't really look alike because I take more after my mom... My friends sometimes swoon over my dad... which grosses me out but that's not even the worst problem.

Last night I went to a party with him at his boss's and the women assumed I was his new wife!!! UGH. I laughed about it but of course it grossed me out. He's taking me to Vegas for a few days and I'm making reservations for nice restaurants... I can't help but think people will assume I'm his date.

Do you have this awkward and hilarious problem? How do you deal with it?

Zophie · Dec 13th, 2007, 04:13 PM

I used to have that problem and my dad is 30 years older than I am. One time he went to test drive a car and the salesman told my dad that he'd sit in the back so his WIFE could sit up front! Gross! I also used to go out to eat with my dad a lot and heard us get referred to as a couple.

Now, I do like older guys, but 30 years older, a little too much!

Glamorous_girl · Dec 13th, 2007, 04:22 PM

my dad is 40 years older than me but he looks younger than his age and I look older than my age. Ever since puberty I felt like I got those weird glances from people like we were a couple. When I lived at home, my mom would have her "bingo night" and her "dance night" so often on those nights my Dad and I would go out to eat or something together. I usually didn't care too much what people thought but if I would have ever actually been referred to as his wife or something than that would be totally awkward. I think it's safer to refer people as a couple in that situation if they don't know. I have dated older guys and sometimes I think if we were the same race if people would assume they were my dad lol. And It's probably more polite to call them a couple because if it's wrong both everyone can kind of laugh but lets say you were really with your SO and there is a noticeable age difference...if someone assumed one was the others parent thats like saying "your old and your date looks underage!"

Vegas Long Legs · Dec 13th, 2007, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by forever21

He's taking me to Vegas for a few days and I'm making reservations for nice restaurants... I can't help but think people will assume I'm his date.

OHhh you bet they will assume that here. And most of the time they'd be right!

You are some lucky ladies to still have your dads alive!

IntlSet · Dec 13th, 2007, 04:30 PM

People think I am his wife all the time and he is and looks 50.

IntlSet · Dec 13th, 2007, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Vegas Long Legs

You are some lucky ladies to still have your dads alive!

We are. I don't know what I will do without him...

elizat · Dec 13th, 2007, 06:31 PM

It has happened to me. He is mid-50's, I am mid 20's (well, technically, I guess I am moving into late 20's). I don't mind it. We look nothing alike either, b/c he adopted me and maybe we get it more b/c of that (??). It humors my dad and he thinks that people always just think he is young and he likes it. If it makes him smile, it makes me smile...

caxe · Dec 13th, 2007, 07:06 PM

LOL This is funny to me! My dad is 31 years older than I am, but I don't think anyone has ever mistaken him for my spouse. Ew! He doesn't really look 62, he looks like he could be younger by about ten or fifteen years as he has all his hair and very little gray, but I look my age and nobody has ever made that mistake, probably because we're not out in public a lot together and don't hang out as a duo. We ran into each other in the parking lot of the mall a few weeks back; technically that' the last time we've been together in public at the same time! However, I can assure you that if anyone did make that mistake I'd be quite disturbed.

dusty paws · Dec 13th, 2007, 07:07 PM

Haven't been thought of as his wife... but there was the time dad and uncle were arguing over paying the jamba juice bill with me standing there... we looked like a happy family though

RowanOak · Dec 13th, 2007, 07:48 PM

I looked so much like my dad that no one would have ever considered us anything but daddy and daughter. I mean carbon copy, except I had blondish-brown hair and his was darker. But I'll bet it would have been awkward for you who were confused as the wife in the duo. I miss my dad.

Speedy · Dec 13th, 2007, 07:58 PM

My father was 22 years older than I, and when I was a teen, he was always mistaken for my husband or boyfriend. He thought it was funny, I was soooo embarrased!

It got even worse when I was pregnant with my daughter... Dad got some real withering looks. I was 15, but looked older. He was 37. (We marry young in my family)

bonniec · Dec 13th, 2007, 08:42 PM

My dad is 30 years older than me and once, about 8 years ago, we went to Sizzler and the clerk asked him what he wanted to order. Then she asked HIM what he'd like to order for his wife...

Well, let's say it was an ego boost for him.

jellybebe · Dec 13th, 2007, 09:39 PM

Um... heck no. My dad is totally unsexy and nerdy, not to mention 40 years older than me.

dollyrusso · Dec 13th, 2007, 09:43 PM

Oh man this happened to me too!!! I was at dinner with my dad and one of his friends (who knew me practically my whole life, I mean...hello? I don't look that different) comes up to the table and starts talking. After dinner I'm driving home and my dad calls me laughing because the guy thinks I'm his girlfriend. EW!!! That's just EW!!!

forever21 · Dec 13th, 2007, 11:03 PM

Ahahaa. I love reading these stories. Laughing and cringing at the same time...

Dec 13th, 2007, 03:04 PM	#1
forever21 Member	You and your dad? So my dad's looks very young and is pretty good looking... and I'm tall and look older than I am. We don't really look alike because I take more after my mom... My friends sometimes swoon over my dad... which grosses me out but that's not even the worst problem. Last night I went to a party with him at his boss's and the women assumed I was his new wife!!! UGH. I laughed about it but of course it grossed me out. He's taking me to Vegas for a few days and I'm making reservations for nice restaurants... I can't help but think people will assume I'm his date. Do you have this awkward and hilarious problem? How do you deal with it?

Dec 13th, 2007, 04:13 PM	#2
Zophie I <3 my Maltese! Location: New Orleans, LA	Re: You and your dad? I used to have that problem and my dad is 30 years older than I am. One time he went to test drive a car and the salesman told my dad that he'd sit in the back so his WIFE could sit up front! Gross! I also used to go out to eat with my dad a lot and heard us get referred to as a couple. Now, I do like older guys, but 30 years older, a little too much! __________________

Dec 13th, 2007, 04:22 PM	#3
Glamorous_girl LVOE Location: Tokyo, Japan & Hanover, PA	Re: You and your dad? my dad is 40 years older than me but he looks younger than his age and I look older than my age. Ever since puberty I felt like I got those weird glances from people like we were a couple. When I lived at home, my mom would have her "bingo night" and her "dance night" so often on those nights my Dad and I would go out to eat or something together. I usually didn't care too much what people thought but if I would have ever actually been referred to as his wife or something than that would be totally awkward. I think it's safer to refer people as a couple in that situation if they don't know. I have dated older guys and sometimes I think if we were the same race if people would assume they were my dad lol. And It's probably more polite to call them a couple because if it's wrong both everyone can kind of laugh but lets say you were really with your SO and there is a noticeable age difference...if someone assumed one was the others parent thats like saying "your old and your date looks underage!" __________________ Wish list (LV): Trunks and bags mini pochette Inclusion bracelet PM Grey-on it's way Speedy undecided Sunset boulevard amarante Lambskin Rivets Bag black Last edited by Glamorous_girl; Dec 13th, 2007 at 04:28 PM.

Dec 13th, 2007, 04:30 PM	#5
IntlSet Bonjour! Location: Chicago	Re: You and your dad? People think I am his wife all the time and he is and looks 50. __________________ http://drinkmorechampagne.wordpress.com/

Dec 13th, 2007, 06:31 PM	#7
elizat Member	Re: You and your dad? It has happened to me. He is mid-50's, I am mid 20's (well, technically, I guess I am moving into late 20's). I don't mind it. We look nothing alike either, b/c he adopted me and maybe we get it more b/c of that (??). It humors my dad and he thinks that people always just think he is young and he likes it. If it makes him smile, it makes me smile...

Dec 13th, 2007, 07:06 PM	#8
caxe Loves root beer. Location: The Southeast, US	Re: You and your dad? LOL This is funny to me! My dad is 31 years older than I am, but I don't think anyone has ever mistaken him for my spouse. Ew! He doesn't really look 62, he looks like he could be younger by about ten or fifteen years as he has all his hair and very little gray, but I look my age and nobody has ever made that mistake, probably because we're not out in public a lot together and don't hang out as a duo. We ran into each other in the parking lot of the mall a few weeks back; technically that' the last time we've been together in public at the same time! However, I can assure you that if anyone did make that mistake I'd be quite disturbed. __________________ Christmas without fruitcake is like St. Sigmund's Day without the headless boy.

Dec 13th, 2007, 07:07 PM	#9
dusty paws Vuitton on the brain Location: RAOKville!	Re: You and your dad? Haven't been thought of as his wife... but there was the time dad and uncle were arguing over paying the jamba juice bill with me standing there... we looked like a happy family though __________________ laura's teeny wishlist: [] mono french purse [] trevi pm [] seleya pm [] mono cles Laura and my babies: http://www.dustypaws.com My blog: http://makeupandpearls.blogspot.com/

Dec 13th, 2007, 07:48 PM	#10
RowanOak Member Location: Deep South	Re: You and your dad? I looked so much like my dad that no one would have ever considered us anything but daddy and daughter. I mean carbon copy, except I had blondish-brown hair and his was darker. But I'll bet it would have been awkward for you who were confused as the wife in the duo. I miss my dad.

Dec 13th, 2007, 07:58 PM	#11
Speedy Sofa King Banned Location: N. California	Re: You and your dad? My father was 22 years older than I, and when I was a teen, he was always mistaken for my husband or boyfriend. He thought it was funny, I was soooo embarrased! It got even worse when I was pregnant with my daughter... Dad got some real withering looks. I was 15, but looked older. He was 37. (We marry young in my family)

Dec 13th, 2007, 08:42 PM	#12
bonniec Neurotic SAHM by day	Re: You and your dad? My dad is 30 years older than me and once, about 8 years ago, we went to Sizzler and the clerk asked him what he wanted to order. Then she asked HIM what he'd like to order for his wife... Well, let's say it was an ego boost for him.

Dec 13th, 2007, 09:39 PM	#13
jellybebe Back to school! Location: Canada	Re: You and your dad? Um... heck no. My dad is totally unsexy and nerdy, not to mention 40 years older than me. __________________ Wish List: LV Farandole bracelet (WL) LV pink scuba pochette (WL) white Balenciaga City with GGH (?) Prada E/W Gauffre

Dec 13th, 2007, 09:43 PM	#14
dollyrusso Diet coke? Location: Los Angeles	Re: You and your dad? Oh man this happened to me too!!! I was at dinner with my dad and one of his friends (who knew me practically my whole life, I mean...hello? I don't look that different) comes up to the table and starts talking. After dinner I'm driving home and my dad calls me laughing because the guy thinks I'm his girlfriend. EW!!! That's just EW!!! __________________ My Collection L.A.M.B. Pictures Thread Ewww...L.A.M.B. Guts! Click here to feed an animal today!

Dec 13th, 2007, 11:03 PM	#15
forever21 Member	Re: You and your dad? Ahahaa. I love reading these stories. Laughing and cringing at the same time...