Abstract
I have always looked young for my age. The older I get, the less annoying this becomes but it still gets irritating sometimes. Like two nights ago, while buying groceries with my 6-year-old son, I was carded buying light beer (for about the thousandth time). Considering I could drink legally in 1984 (and drank illegally for several years before that), I have been dealing with this for over 20 years. Same thing happens at work. Every July, new interns or medical students who wander into our section ask me where they can find an interventional radiology (IR) fellow or attending. I can't count the number of times I've had would-be-savvy patients demand that the first-year resident perform the procedure because he or she looked older than me. My usual reply is, “Well, if that's what you really want-OK.” Incidentally, saying this usually makes me feel much better for some reason.
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