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> There are 10 years between my youngest sister and me, and that was always very interesting. I generally looked about three years older than I really was, so I got a lot of strange looks when people thought I was a 16-year-old with a 3-year-old daughter. If I saw people giving me funny looks, I'd say in a loud tone, "OK, let's go find OUR mom." In retrospect, I doubt that message got through to those clueless people.
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> Of course, I was at the age where such a thing was rather horrible. If that happened to me today, I would burst out laughing at the idea of my having a 13-year-old daughter.
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> Ell"Not sure if that looks-three-years-older-than-she-really-is thing still holds up, but that's OK"myruh


I have a half brother who is 14 years younger than I am. When people asked me "How old is your baby?" I'd hem and haw and say, "Oh, I think he's probably about 6 months," at which point, it'd click into playce in and they'd say, "Oh, he's not yours?" Then I got to laugh right in their judgemental, presumptuous faces.

Mou"real mothers know the age down to the hour"sie