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Originally Posted by manaboutown
Even the movies discriminate on age. Did anyone else ever pass as a child, or try to do so, after one reached the age of having to purchase an adult ticket?
When I had reached 55, the age of being entitled to a senior discount at the movies locally, I was single and dating. I used to never ask for a senior discount on a date so I would not appear cheap or 'old'. At age 56 I had started to date a 37 year old woman who I took to the movies. She knew how old I was, at the box office teased me about it, and insisted I ask for a senior ticket, which I did. Although we only dated a couple years we remain friends and get together from time to time. When she turned 55 I took her to the movies and bought her a senior ticket! Yes, she had to show her ID to get it!
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The first time I went on a date to the movies, the guy that took me went to the window and said: "one adult, and one child". Being 18, I was totally offended. I ended up marrying the cheap jerk anyway. Didn't last.
I wouldn't think that here in TV, you would meet up with much age discrimination because of the demographics. (There's that word again!) Except maybe against younger people. For example, even though my hard-working daughter is a resident, she can't swim in most of the pools, because she is under 30.