Gone is the teenage!

well, it's not everyday i get upset about not being a teenager! infact, there are quite a lot of times, when i really felt happy that i am no longer a teenager...But 2 instances really made me upset that i am indeed a grownup person :(

First incident happened at home...Thanks to the quite aggressive Gym activity, quite a few inches have been lost successfully...And the one person to whom i really like showing off is my mother...Because she tends to be quite blunt at times in a very subtle manner...so winning her approval really gives a pride for me...so here i was, wearing a pretty new dress and walking in front of her and asking her the usual question,"so, what do u think?"....she replied,"Good...you really lost some weight"...so it continued with so many questions as how is the dress from this side that side and so on...for the next 5 minutes...
After this parade, while sitting for lunch, i asked her,"so, do i look old?". She replied,"No...why do you ask?". I replied,"So, how do i look? Do i look like a final year college student?" And she replied,"No...you look like a person who has finished college and working".
Till this time, all the answers were quite inline with my expectation...This last reply did really upset me...I asked her how she can tell like this...she replied that it's the truth...so the argument was taken up with my stupid brother who was quite political in answering that the look corresponds to a confident, young woman!
Later on, i was telling this incident to my friend here and i was cribbing that as a mother even if it's a lie, she should say that i look young...My friend didn't reply immediately and i asked her,"isn't it right?"...She replied,"How can she say such a blatant lie? You have actually asked her whether you are looking like a teenager when we are no longer in teens"...

Second incident happened in Gym...It is not everyday i notice whether a person sports a beard or long hair....But some change in hairstyles are so obvious that we tend to see the difference...
The incharge person in Gym was a student doing part time activity...quite a good, friendly person,always giving the right advices...
One fine day, as he greeted me, i observed that he looked quite different on that day.I immediately blurted out,"You look different, today...maybe it's the haircut"...And this guy looked so damn embarrassed that i felt very bad and really regretted for my blurted reply.
Later while talking to my friend, she pointed out that this has got to do with age...Maybe thats true...Because as we grow, we just seem to become quite a pachyderm lot.

Not only these, i guess there is just no real innocence left in us, as an individual...probably the side effect of really growing up and facing the world on our own!!!