Does anyone else havethis problem? My wife was 41 and I was 43 when we became grandparents and we both look in our 30's so people think our grandson is our own son.We are forever telling someone he is not our son but grandson, only so our daughter is not offended.But aside from that he is very special to us and feel very lucky to be blessed with him in our lives.We hope to have more in the future, we can only hpoe we are as close to them as we are to our first grandchild.

I am very often mistaken for "Mom" when I'm out with my grandchildren (ages 12,12,10,7,5,3,3 and 18 mo). I don't feel it's a problem and neither do my children or grandchildren. The older grandkids think it is fun when someone thinks they are mine and the younger ones are too young to care one way or the other. I have always looked years younger than my real age. When my kids were teenagers people often assumed that I was their sister. My kids thought that was really cool.

Don't worry about it. There are lots of people who are grandparents while still in thier 30's. I will say that I always ask about "your kids" as opposed to "your grandkids" of people I don't know, as there are so many older parents now. Sort of a better safe than sorry. Always better to be mistaken on the side of young than old in our society.

My four grandchildren are always with me, shopping vacationing etc. Many times people come up to my husband and me and ask if they are ours. Our reply is always, just "yes, they are." The kids love it and so do we. Enjoy it! It's just one of the many perks of grandparenthood.

Being a 37 year old mother of a 4 year old only child, I can certainly understand why people would think you were the parents of this child rather than the grandparents! I would rather be confused in that way than the other way around!

My DH is 44 and I am 43 and when we take our 9 1/2 month old granddaughter out in public people have thought she was ours. We just laugh and say we are her grandparents. It doesn't bother us that others think she belongs to us.

I am 43 and I have 5 grandchildren of my own and 2 step-grandchildren. My mother was a grandmother at 32! Enjoy people thinking they are yours! Its nice when someone thinks you're not old enough to be a grandparent!

I have three daughters and 6 grandchildren, one in heaven and I have 2 new grandbabys on the way. I am 46 years young and love to have them with me, they make me laugh and feel young.

Just enjoy them. I was 37 when I became a grandma and my hubby 39. A lot of people think we're the parents, till we let them know otherwise. Then they say " but you look too young to be grandparents" We just laugh and say Thanks. Our daughter laughs about it too, when we tell her what happened.

I just turned 37 and am a GM to a 2 week old.....I just say no I am the Gramma when they talk to me about Gabriel...and say her momma is right her..and look at my DD! STacy

Yes, I know what you are saying, I am a 38 year old grammy and my husband is 35. Everyone thinks my grandson is our son and he is 11 months old. We always tell them we are his Granparents and they cannot beleive it. I enjou him so much. I love the name Grammy and I am like you, I hope I am this close to all my Grand kids.

My (just turned) 60 year old mother gets that too. She does look young and dress young. Her reaction? Yes and she is glad teenage pregnancies don't have the stigma they once did -- meaning she is saying she is 20 something. Brother. This is an improvement over her pre-grandma days when she made me (her daughter) lie about my age. "How can I tell people I am 40 when you are 30?!! They will write me up in a tabloid."

My parents were young too when my son was born. Dad was 39 turning 40 two weeks later, mom was 36. She was young when she had me, too. My children spend alot of time with my parents and they could easily be their kids. If I am out with my mom, people always, much to my dismay, think we are sisters. I think it is great for the kids to have young grandparents, I spent some time with my maternal grandparents but none with my paternal, they were old and then died. Same with my husband, only he never saw his grandfathers and only spent time with one grandma.

Oh yes, when my husband and I take our three grandsons Buck, 6 Bren, 3 and Colton 17 months, peope just assume that we are the parens...We have both just turned 43, so yes we were grandparents at 37, pretty young...But I have to tell you I love it!! I am thrilled to be young enough to get our and run around with those boys....And #4 is on the way!!!Grandkids are the best!!!

My mother attended church just after my birth (some 45 years ago!). A visitor to the church asked her how old her grand-daughter was. (My mom was 42) When she explained that she was my mom, the lady had the gall to argue with her! hehe She didn't do THAT again!