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Dear Annie: May I say something about people who make assumptions about someone's age? My 18-year-old daughter is on the petite side. She is 4-foot-11 and weighs 95 pounds. On several occasions, we have been invited to dinner at a restaurant and asked by our host if we would need a child's menu.
親愛的安妮：我能談談那些猜測別人年齡的人嗎？我有個18歲的女兒，她身材嬌小。她高4英尺11英寸，重95磅。我們去別人家做客時，主人有時會問我們是否需要兒童菜單。
I usually respond by giving them a quizzical look, and saying, "No. Why do you ask?" Sometimes, however, the question brings my daughter to tears. If someone wants a child's menu, they will ask for one. If it turns out you accidentally hand an adult menu to a child, the worst that can happen is that the young person will be pleased to be mistaken for someone older. — Shorty's Mom
通常我的反應以探尋的眼光看著對方，然后說“不，你為什么會這么問？”然而有時候，這樣的詢問會惹哭我的女兒。如果有人需要兒童菜單，他們會自己去要。就算偶然錯把成人菜單交給兒童，最壞的結果也是孩子們很高興被人誤認為是年級比較大的人?！拥膵寢尅?/div>
Dear Mom: Granted, no one should make assumptions about another's age, regardless of how old, but your daughter needs to toughen up. She is going to be confronted with this for the rest of her life and should find ways to deal with it instead of bursting into tears. (The good news is, when she is 50, people will assume she is 20 years younger.)
親愛的媽媽：誠然，任何人都不能隨意猜測別人的年齡，無論多少歲也不能。但是你的女兒需要堅強起來。她以后的生命中都要面對這個問題，所以她應該想辦法處理這件事，而不是以淚洗面。（不過好消息是，到她50歲時，人們會認為她只有20來歲。）
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