At work, yesterday. Me and a student.
Me: "I'm just not used to working in this room. It hasn't been an office for the last 15 or 20 years."
Him: "How long have you worked here anyway?"
Me: "Since shortly after they opened the building in 1986."
Him: "Wow. That's 20 years. No! 23 years!"
Me: "Yep...it's true."
Him: "That's as long as I've been alive!"
Dagger through the heart. I guess the good thing is that these kids never really think of me as being old enough to be their mother. Even though, clearly, I am. Sigh...
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