Perspective

"So you're from California? I never would have guessed. You don't seem like the typical California girls I've seen here."

Thus spake one of the guys in my freshman class. I'm in a small group that meets on Tuesday night. Tonight was our first meeting and we were visiting afterwards. This same fellow, Andy, gained points a little later on when another guy, Mike, asked how old I was. (Rats. I would rather they live in ignorance on that score.) I somewhat reluctantly told them, and Mike said he thought I was probably twenty-four.

(insert Andy to Mike)

"Really? I wouldn't have even guessed that old."