Sorry. I'm kinda annoyed by the ageism.

Was he in his early twenties?

he's actually in his 30's like me.

lame

I just happened to be older. And it's like: Oh I don't like old women. It's a preference.

It's like being snubbed for something I can't help like my height or my ethnicity. Yeah people have preference, it just feels weird. Like i'm born flawed to them

Anyways. It's just plain ignorant.

it is, he's missing out on experience

Yes ... And I take after my mom. She's 60+ but doesn't look a day over 40. I think my whole family stops aging after 35

Okay ... I'm done stewing.

He's an idiot

Yeah, I felt put on the spot when he started asking about my age and inferring my age. It's kind of a sore spot for me to just being my normal quirky self ...

... Only to have this stranger make pessimistic judgment about me based on conclusions they've made "you seem this, you seem that" it felt like I was being told

That me just being me was detrimental to the way I'm perceived. That could force the old me to construct and pretzel into something more palatable. But alas, I'm "older" now the benefit in that is, I'm stubborn

I'll feel hurt and annoyed and chastised but I'm okay now. I know who I am. I want to make good friends. If my age is a deterrent for 30ish old men who want 18yr olds, so be it. Good luck to him.

Shallow ass hole, who wants someone who is easier to control and manipulate is my opinion