A dangerous game
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- November
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At a recent 50th birthday party, a guy seated next to me attempted to guess the age of another man at our table.
“So are you in the 60-to-70-year-old bracket?’’ he asked, a bit too forcefully, in my opinion, since it was a man he’d never met before.
The guy was an extraordinarily good sport. “I’m 55,’’ he said. “How about you?”
The age-guessing game, when you’re no longer a kid, can be as potentially embarrassing as asking when a woman’s baby is due—and having her tell you she’s not even pregnant.
I really felt bad for the 55-year-old, and even worse when I found out the guy who’d asked the question was 53 himself! How could he dare to suggest that his tablemate was perhaps 70 years old!
Anyway, it turned out to be a very nice evening and the two men actually exchanged phone numbers at the end. Turns out they went to the same high school in the Bronx all those many years ago.
Still, one thing I learned that night is never guess someone’s age — out loud, that is.
It’s not worth it.
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Baby boomer Linda Lombroso was born in Queens and grew up in Port Washington. She began her journalism career at New York Magazine and Rolling Stone, and came back to the field after spending 10 years as a stay-at-home mother. Linda joined The Journal News in 1997 and has been a Life & Style writer since 2000. She has three children.
Age and weight are two things never discussed…..age and WEIGHT….just thought I would add that one in there.