# I got hit on by a 10-year-old. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 23, 2006, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-hit-on-by-a-10-year-old/373887 "2006-09-23T21:37:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-hit-on-by-a-10-year-old/373887/1 "2006-09-23T21:37:28Z")
Before you read this, you should probably know that I just moved back to the US after being in Korea for the past 11 years. I was 13 the last time I was here so I’m suffering from a bit of culture shock at the moment. Anyway. Yesterday I was waiting to cross the street when a boy, who looked around 10 but could have been a bit older, greeted me with a “Hey there.” I was startled - initially because I am still not used to being addressed by strangers on the street, but also because said strangers have never been kids. But I managed to return his greeting. “Hey.” “How you doin’?” “Um, okay, thanks.” “You lookin’ hot today.” "… :eek: " Honestly, what the fuck? I nearly said to him, “I’m fucking old enough to be your biological mother,” but my powers of speech had been startled into hiding. Thank God, the light turned green and I could cross the street before he said anything else. I might have ended up being traumatized for life. I mean… getting hit on by a TEN YEAR OLD? Is this some aspect of American culture that’s sprung up over the past decade? Hitting on people twice your age? I suppose I might look younger than my real age, but I am pretty goddamn sure I do not look like I should be getting hit on by elementary school kids, for crying out loud. I’m all for dating younger men, but at the very least they have to be LEGAL. That’s all I’m asking. It’s not a lot. Has this happened to anyone else? I feel like I’d be less traumatized if reassured that I am not alone in this. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-hit-on-by-a-10-year-old/373887/2 "2006-09-23T22:28:36Z")
2 years ago one of my 9th grade students was suspended for three days for saying, “If I were 20, I’d hit that” as the hottie teacher went by. Wow, was she mad. ---
**Author:** ![Throatwarbler\_Mangrove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@Throatwarbler\_Mangrove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Throatwarbler_Mangrove)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-hit-on-by-a-10-year-old/373887/3 "2006-09-23T22:53:50Z")
> [@](#): > > I suppose I might look younger than my real age, but I am pretty goddamn sure I do not look like I should be getting hit on by elementary school kids, for crying out loud. I can offer you no opinion until detailed pictorial evidence is provided. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-hit-on-by-a-10-year-old/373887/4 "2006-09-23T23:01:46Z")
[QUOTE=HazelNutCoffee] “You lookin’ hot today.” [/QUOTE] Were you perspiring profusely? ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-hit-on-by-a-10-year-old/373887/5 "2006-09-23T23:30:44Z")
I’m the mother of an eight year old. He likes the word “sexy” and he likes the word “hot.” He is - I’m sure - not really sure what these things REALLY mean (he thinks girls are gross), but he knows using them can get a rise out of grown ups. So its possible that the ten year old in question was giving you a “complement” he didn’t understand - one that causes a reaction in grown ups. Its also possible that he has already fathered children and was going to invite you out - that’s been known to happen as well. You should know that the average 10 year old allowance doesn’t make for much of a date - particularly after they buy cartridges for the gameboy. ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-hit-on-by-a-10-year-old/373887/6 "2006-09-24T01:25:05Z")
When I worked retail, I was bent over in a box of clothes, sorting and putting them on hangers and the like, when a six year old _slapped my ass_. I looked up and he winked at me and walked away. I was startled and a little creeped out until I realized he probably sees his dad do this to his mom or sees it on tv and doesn’t understand he just sexually harrassed me. ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-hit-on-by-a-10-year-old/373887/7 "2006-09-24T03:19:35Z")
FWIW, my then-_two_-year-old nephew was in a pizza parlor with his grandfather (my father-in-law) a few years back during the wintertime, when a two-year-old girl came in with _her_ grandfather. By my FIL’s account, said nephew was transfixed by the sight of her, actually openly staring… Then when she started unzipping her parka-like down coat to sit down, he yelled out, “TAKE IT OFF!” I have no idea where he picked this up. We all blamed my brother-in-law (his father), of course, as the obvious inculcator, who has one count of being Latino (Ecuadorean) against him, but he denied it, has never acted this way that we have seen, and he’s not alone with the kid a whole lot… I guess it really doesn’t help society improve itself that we still frequently tell this story as a complete joke 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-hit-on-by-a-10-year-old/373887/8 "2006-09-24T06:56:35Z")
[QUOTE=kawaiitentaclebeast] I can offer you no opinion until detailed pictorial evidence is provided. [/QUOTE] Okay, fine [Here](http://myhome.naver.com/elienta/coffee.jpg). Do not tell me I look like a 10 year old. :o ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-hit-on-by-a-10-year-old/373887/9 "2006-09-24T12:06:00Z")
Just to add to the scaryness. The Google ad is for Partnership Ceremonies. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-hit-on-by-a-10-year-old/373887/10 "2006-09-24T12:48:03Z")
[QUOTE=HazelNutCoffee] Okay, fine [Here](http://myhome.naver.com/elienta/coffee.jpg). Do not tell me I look like a 10 year old. :o [/QUOTE] No, 10 definitely isn’t the age I’d guess based on that picture. [QUOTE=AngelicGemma] Just to add to the scaryness. The Google ad is for Partnership Ceremonies. :eek: [/QUOTE] And a few seconds ago, “The Hottest Gay Jewlery.” Just in case **HazelNutCoffee** would rathe be hit on by a ten year old girl. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-hit-on-by-a-10-year-old/373887/11 "2006-09-24T12:53:27Z")
[QUOTE=HazelNutCoffee] Okay, fine [Here](http://myhome.naver.com/elienta/coffee.jpg). Do not tell me I look like a 10 year old. :o [/QUOTE] You do not look like a 10 year old. (If I were 30 years younger, I would make a suitable non-invasive highly complimentary remark. 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![Throatwarbler\_Mangrove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@Throatwarbler\_Mangrove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Throatwarbler_Mangrove)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-hit-on-by-a-10-year-old/373887/12 "2006-09-24T13:37:58Z")
Hmm? I get a 404. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-hit-on-by-a-10-year-old/373887/13 "2006-09-24T14:05:25Z")
I suspect a teenager put him up to it. Were there other young people around? ---
**Author:** ![JustAnotherGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@JustAnotherGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustAnotherGeek)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-hit-on-by-a-10-year-old/373887/14 "2006-09-24T14:46:18Z")
[QUOTE=HazelNutCoffee] Okay, fine [Here](http://myhome.naver.com/elienta/coffee.jpg). Do not tell me I look like a 10 year old. :o [/QUOTE] I would not say 10. … but… if we had met where the picture was taken, I might avoid hitting on you as being too young. (Much to my loss. Since I know you’re _not_ too young for me, How **you** doin?!? 😃 ) Otherwise, I might agree with **Bosda** that he was put up to it, or the couple of folks who think he might not have really known what he was saying. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-hit-on-by-a-10-year-old/373887/15 "2006-09-24T15:00:09Z")
[QUOTE=kawaiitentaclebeast] Hmm? I get a 404. [/QUOTE] Try cutting-and-pasting the URL into a new browser window; that made it work for me. ---
**Author:** ![Throatwarbler\_Mangrove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@Throatwarbler\_Mangrove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Throatwarbler_Mangrove)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-hit-on-by-a-10-year-old/373887/16 "2006-09-24T15:07:03Z")
Hmm, that worked, thanks **Ferret Herder**. Your height might have something to do with it? I think it’s been mentioned on the boards that Asian women tend to look younger than they are compared to women of other races, perhap due to culturally reinforced mental image of what women at different ages are supposed to look like. It looks like the OP is in her early 30s, but In Chicago most people will probably think somewhat younger than that. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Understander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3da27b/32.png) [@The\_Understander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Understander)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-hit-on-by-a-10-year-old/373887/17 "2006-09-24T15:09:12Z")
Well, at least the kid’s got a good eye–he just needs to adjust his chronometer and he’s good to go! ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-hit-on-by-a-10-year-old/373887/18 "2006-09-24T15:30:14Z")
My grandfather used to try to get me and my brother to say to any cute waitresses, “Not too shabby!” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-hit-on-by-a-10-year-old/373887/19 "2006-09-24T16:07:42Z")
[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor] I suspect a teenager put him up to it. Were there other young people around? [/QUOTE] Nope, it was just him. He was just hanging around near the bus stop - waiting for a bus, I assume. > [@kawaiitentaclebeast](#): > > It looks like the OP is in her early 30s, but In Chicago most people will probably think somewhat younger than that. Hah! So now we’re going to the other extreme? FTR, I’m 24. But thanks for all the compliments, guys. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-hit-on-by-a-10-year-old/373887/20 "2006-09-24T16:10:54Z")
[QUOTE=Lord Il Palazzo] And a few seconds ago, “The Hottest Gay Jewlery.” Just in case **HazelNutCoffee** would rathe be hit on by a ten year old girl. :dubious: [/QUOTE] Well, now I’m getting hemorrhoid cream. :dubious: I may actually prefer the hot gay jewelry. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-hit-on-by-a-10-year-old/373887.md?page=2)