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Yes, definitely!
I've been working since I was 20 (and look young) so suddenly people notice the engagement ring (ha - and the reading glasses) and treat me differently. I get a lot fewer "oh, you're so young!" comments now at work too. I'm 27 but work in a very male-dominated field and work with senior partners all the time, so maybe that's it.
Yes, I feel that I am definitely taken more seriously and sometimes it scares me as I still do not think of myself as an adult. That is what happens when you are 27 and still in school, you still feel a bit like a kid. It is nice though when my advisor understands when I need to take a break to spend more time with my FI.
I feel like my FILs take us more seriously now. I'm pretty goofy/not very adult-like so not many people take me seriously....
I stopped getting carded at restaurants when I started wearing my engagement ring...LOL. It's nice considering I'm 27 and they used to scrutinize my driver's license for minutes before handing it back to me. But anyway, yes I find that I am taken more seriously, especially by my older, married coworkers.
I'm really hoping the ring will help. People still ask me if I'm 12, or if I'm in high school. Doesn't help that I'm 5'.
I'm still getting the "you're so young," but it has helped with my mom. She has always treated me like a little kid and now she seems to be treating me like a woman.
My FI and I are definitely taken more seriously. I am a grad student and since most of my classmates are older and married, they treat me more seriously because I'm engaged...it's a little strange.
In general people I meet assume I am 8-9 years younger then I am. That is fine in day to day life. I really don't mind it. But it does bother me when Im working. I work with new people all the time and eight out of ten people (based on my appearance) will assume I am just out of school or just starting out in my job. A lack of trust is sometimes a result and I have to re-assure them I have been doing my job for 10 years. I make a huge effort to look professional and age appropriate with my clothing and style when Im at work.
After I got married new people I meet (if they notice the wedding band) will tend to take me a bit more seriously then otherwise.... or at least thats how it seems.
I feel like I am taken more seriously. Before getting engaged, my family treated me like a child. Now they treat me like a young adult. It is not like I am suddenly more responsible, but they now see me differently.
haha, the Fedex delivery man at work asked me today "Are you old enough to be working here?" Sigh...so no, I guess I'm not being taken more seriously yet. I'm 5 feet tall with baby face, people always think I'm in high school, but I'm actually going to be 25 in May. Maybe an e-ring would hel, ha.
I hope a Ering makes people take me and my relationship more seriously. I feel like people do not see my relationship seriously because we aren't engaged.
Definitely! Once we got engaged I noticed a change... People treated me like my actual age (instead of 5 years younger) once I had some diamonds on my finger. And now that we're married, people treat me differently when I say anything about "my husband." If they haven't noticed the ring, saying husband really changes how they act (very strange, but I'm not going to complain). I love getting so say husband, and I don't mind that people are finally treating me like an adult!
My FI and I have definitely noticed this change. People are basically treating us as a "grown up" unit now, instead of just two "kids" still dating. It is making everything with trying to get our lives together much easier. I feel like people trust us to make our own decisions and live with the consequences without trying to push us.
yeah no one even took me that seriously after having two kids one which has a rare syndrome and requires responsible parents... now that im planning the wedding and they realize i have an income all my own to pay for the wedding myself im suddenly an adult... ive been working since i was 15 im 23 now, and going through a change of career from gemologist to doctor... i still get carded at the beer and liquor store except by the one women, she is my neighbour and our fiances are friends
Definitely. People at work already call my FI my husband! HAHA I remind them I'm not married yet but they still say, "So you and your husband..." It's so weird. I think a lot of people consider just a "boyfriend" to be "just a boyfriend" and even if you have been together for just a few months or even years he's "just a boyfriend". Drives me nuts.
@zoekat - me too!! i turn 27 in august, a month before our wedding... and i've always been carded (i look like im 18)... but ever since i've had my e-ring, it's like ppl assume im past my 18/21 years.
@curlysue
I totally agree with the boyfriend being "just a boyfriend". people give me so much crap when i say "me and my boyfriend..." they don't understand that boyfriend can mean so many different things. I've been with my boy for 6 years and we have been talking about getting engaged/married constantly so it will be so nice when i can say "my FI and I"...I think people will take our relationship more seriously.
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So I am in my late 20s but it's funny how at work and around my family I am still considered to be so young, and often hear things like, "oh you're still a kid." Since we have got engaged I feel like we're taken more seriously as a couple and more responsible too. It seems overall like I am being treated as more of an adult lately as funny as that sounds. Anyone else have similar experiences?