I was shopping for shoes at a large size shoe store with a male friend who had been working with a sales clerk for some time trying to find size 16 shoes that fit in something other than a basketball shoe.
When the sales woman had run out of shoes in his size she turned to me optimistically and asked if she could help me. I showed her several styles I was interested in and then asked for size 11.5 W. She looked at me and grimaced, saying good naturedly (but seriously) ” I hope you two don’t have children”