Is it rude or pleasant chit chat to make a remark about a woman's age?

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goo_head_83

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We have all heard about the references people make to women. If a woman and her daughter are together, someone may say that the daughter must be her sister because the woman looks too young to have a daughter that age. Or a woman may hear that she is too young to have a granddaughter that age. And sometimes a woman may even hear that she must be her father's wife and not his daughter. I myself was mistaken for being over 21 at a liquor store when I was only 11. Are these mistakes with women's ages, based solely on their appearances, something flattering or insulting?
 
Looking like sisters - flattering.
Too young to have a granddaughter - flattering.
Told you must be the man's wife, not his daughter - although well-intentioned, not flattering on any level.
Liquor store thinking an 11-year-old is 21 - Well, Goo', either the clerk had been drinking a lot of the merchandise, he was kidding you, or you had on way too much makeup, that one is ALSO troublesome on many levels.
Comments on a woman's age usually are called "catty," and that's not flattering. I think it's always best to stay away from a woman's age unless she brings up the topic - twice.
 
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