#like they’ll have questions about stuff + then I give them rlly insightful info about different products (I work @ a craft store btw)

[frenchtoastie]

I feel like every time I go to work I have a personal crisis about feeling like I don’t look my age

#as in I look too young #like I see high schoolers come to the register and the way they talk to me it’s obvious they perceive me as the same age as them #and so many of the high schoolers look older than I am these days??? #and the adults who come to shop there always sound shocked when I say something that gives away how old I am #like they’ll have questions about stuff + then I give them rlly insightful info about different products (I work @ a craft store btw) #and they’re like ‘oh? this is really helpful? you know a lot about this?’ #and I have to be like ‘haha yea I have a bachelors degree in design with an emphasis on graphic design and fashion/costuming’ #so many people have asked me when I was going to graduate and they meant high school but then I have to tell them uhhhh actually I graduated #college a bit ago and going to be 23 in a couple months #I look so young and no one takes me seriously until they find out how old I am and what ive done already #but by the time they find out it’s after I’ve told them everything they need to know and they’re done talking w me now #and then of course there are the times when I get gross comments when someone hits on me #it’s always been middle aged men who put an emphasis on me being young and cute #one guy once told me he was hitting on me because I looked like I could be the age of a daughter to him #and there was some dad who had a middle school age daughter shopping in the store and this dad was standing like right there in earshot #and I just like froze up while this old guy was telling me all these rlly gross things and I couldn’t make myself say anything #I was desperate for the parent to like maybe speak up but nothing #so I just finished the transaction silently while I felt so gross #i always think about that time; it makes my stomach so sick #anyway I know I have this crisis like once a month so sorry for everyone who’s seen me have this crisis before #it’s just #it never leaves me alone