Should I Be Insulted?

This morning I had to run into the dollar to store to get the last minute giant plastic containers I need to transport 700 pounds of food to the State Fair horse show.  Why in the world would anyone need to bring food to the state fair you ask?  Well the horse complex is far enough away from the actual ride goin’, animal pettin’, fried food eatin’, carnival game playin’, turkey shootin’, red neck watchin’ part of the fair for all the riding girls and their families to schlep over there just to eat.

If you have never been to a state fair horse show it is a hurry up and wait beauty pageant for horses, a nerve racking-fear-filled-terror-time for parents and a better than a trip to Disney World time for riders.  The terror comes when you watch your child along with 50 other riders all in the same arena at the same time try and practice jumps with horse flying through the air in different directions and no real rules of the road.

Now I have gotten way off tangent here, so back to the trip to the Dollar Store.  As I was searching for blue ice packs for coolers, which apparently are considered seasonal and not available now, I ran into a man I go to church with.  I said hello to him and called him by name.  He looked at me and called me the name of another woman we also go to church with.  I corrected him and he said, “Oh sorry, you look different.  Have you lost weight?”  I said, “Yes” and told him to have a nice day as he left the store.

Now that encounter does not sound so bad until I tell you that the woman whom he mistook me for is at least 20 years older than I am, has grey hair, but is much thinner than I am.  I am unsure if I am flattered that he considered me that thin or insulted that he thinks I look that old.  She is an attractive woman, just not me.

So is it better to be old and thin or young and fat?  And should I be insulted to be confused with someone who is old and thin?