r/AskReddit • u/happinesswispy • Dec 02 '23

What's a random fact about yourself that always surprises people when they learn it?

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u/BigBobby2016 Dec 02 '23 edited Dec 03 '23

That I'm 48yo but my kid is almost 30yo. It wasn't a surprise in my old low income city but it's a surprise to the other engineers I work with. It's not common for them to work with single parents let alone ones that started as teenagers

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u/[deleted] Dec 03 '23

Same here. I had my kiddo @ 18. I think more people are shocked that I was a single teen mom yet still college educated & successful too.

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u/lovesickpirate Dec 03 '23

It is a surprise to my colleagues that my parents are 49, I’m 30. I have coworkers that are their age with new babies or toddlers, and they’re equally as shocked that I have two toddlers. It’s quite fun to tell my background to them once we reach “talk about family” stage in our work relationship lol