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Are Men Self-Conscious About Their Age Too?
Last week as I was making my way into the grocery store, I overheard a man probably in his 50's outside the grocery store asking another man, who was accompanied by a woman, “how old are you?”
I don’t know what they were talking about that led to that question and if the question was targeted to both the man and woman.
That other man who was probably in his 20's or 30's said he would rather not disclose.
Not long ago I was put in the same uncomfortable situation and asked how old I was by a man.
For a woman, I can rationale why it is inappropriate to ask a woman her age.
For a man, I am not sure. I can only try to put myself in that other man’s shoes and speculate.
If a man ask another man his age, why would he be self-conscious about his age?
Do men share the same insecurities as women?
