A chance remark made my night
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (362906)
Rockingham, Australia
July 16, 2025 2:37am CST
Amber (@AmbiePam) put up a photo of her 80-year-old aunt Lana who looks incredible for her age. It reminded me of what happened on Monday night when we went to listen to a sea shanty group at a pub. Vince, his brother and I were there.
It was quite crowded and we ended up sitting in a booth opposite three strangers, who were very pleasant. There was a husband, wife and their son who was the designated driver. The husband sang a couple of shanties and had a good voice.
At one point, I was chatting with the wife and she asked which of the two men was my father. I didn’t laugh then but I thought it was hilarious and couldn’t wait to tell my ‘fathers’ on the way home. I am actually older than both of them but obviously I don’t look it. 
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@allknowing (153539)
• India
16 Jul
That did not make just a night but I am sure it will make your many days.
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@allknowing (153539)
• India
16 Jul
@JudyEv I think many of us go through this experience at some point in our life.
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@Vikingswest1 (7451)
• United States
16 Jul
That's hilarious and a huge compliment.
I trust you rubbed their noses in it.
For the next several days
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@Vikingswest1 (7451)
• United States
16 Jul
@JudyEv
Hahahah
That's really funny. I'm sure everyone laughs. Except them.
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@DaddyEvil (159626)
• United States
16 Jul
I bet both your "fathers" were laughing like maniacs after you told them that. 
I agree, you don't look your age, either. 
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@JordanLader (6476)
• Sparta, Tennessee
16 Jul
I'm sure that will be a joke for a long time lol glad you had a great time and walked away with am amazing memory
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@snowy22315 (196004)
• United States
17 Jul
Ha, Ha...someone once thought friend was my father. He is 10 years older than I am, but he would have been awfully young to be a father..although stranger things may have happened!
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@JudyEv (362906)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Jul
With all the couples in the village, a lot of the wives look much younger.
@JudyEv (362906)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Jul
This group is really good and they have a great guy singing bass. You can just about feel the reverb when he hits a really low note.
@JudyEv (362906)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Jul
I spun them along for a while on the way home, saying I heard something that was really going to wreck their evening. They thought it was hilarious. As we got older, 'age' seemed to change. 'Old' are people older than us, and anyone under about 40 is seen as 'young'. Of course, we're only k idding ourselves but there you go. I remember vividly the first time a 'young' person stood up and offered me her seat on a bus.
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@Traceyjayne (5243)
• United Kingdom
16 Jul
That’s brilliant …it must have made you feel really good ….not so much Vince or his brother ….lol
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@JudyEv (362906)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Jul
I didn't tell them until we were on the way home but we all thought it was hilarious.
@LindaOHio (200675)
• United States
17 Jul
Good for you! I am often told I don't look my age either because I have very few wrinkles on my face....the rest of my body is crap though!!! lolololololol
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@Beestring (15781)
• Hong Kong
16 Jul
That's a huge compliment. I think the "Fathers" also had a good laugh.
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