It is considered impolite to ask a woman's age.
But chivalry didn't apply when Kristen Bell was the one who did the asking.
The Good Place actress just turned 39 and indulged in a guessing game with her two young daughters, Lincoln, 6, and Delta, 4, whom she shares with her husband, actor Dax Shepard.
She asked for it.
Bell filmed herself asking her girls:
"How old do you think I'm turning?"
The girls, who are obviously too young to comprehend the concept of time, answered with as much accuracy as other kids their age.
Nevertheless, their guess-timations felt like tiny daggers in mommy's loving heart, as evidenced by her facial reactions.
Delta, who is off-camera with her sister, thought long and hard.
"Six … fifty …," she said, verbalizing her thought process before arriving at her final answer:
"63."
Bell turned the question over to her eldest:
"How old do you think I'm turning, Link?"
After a prolonged pause, she declared:
"89."
How cute is that?
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Making sure everyone had an equal guessing opportunity, Bell turned to Shepard, 44, and asked the same question.
The Without a Paddle actor diplomatically answered:
"I think a safe bet, somewhere in the middle of those two guesses, so … 71?"
Through giggles, Bell finally revealed to them she is 39.
She shared the video on Instagram where it got over 2,460,000 views.
She captioned her post:
"My kids are kind. I don't care if they cant do math."
Followers were charmed by the hilarious family interaction and also commented on her age-defying looks.
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Mommy's a good sport.
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Shepard gave a special birthday shout-out to his wife on his Instagram page by sharing a video of the pair putting their sensitive palates through their paces with some overly spicy foods and burping and moaning through the painful process.
He captioned the post with:
"Happy Birthday Buddy!!! I've been with you on a third of your ride, and I hope I'm lucky enough to burp/throw-up/suffer/thrive with you for all the rest."
He added:
"Best Mom, best wife, best friend, longest story teller. You're everything to me and more."
After dating for six years the couple delayed tying the knot until the state of California legalized same-sex marriage.
The Supreme Court ruled section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) unconstitutional on June 26, 2013, prompting Bell to propose to Shepard on Twitter, to which he said, "yes." The pair married on October 16, 2013.
They welcomed Lincoln into the world in March 2013, followed by Delta in December 2014.
Happy birthday Kristen!
You don't look a day over 12.
Most people became familiar with Kristen Bell thanks to Veronica Mars. You can get the complete series and the movie here.
Moore and West had incredible chemistry on screen, and that may have been due to the fact that Mandy got a little caught up in playing pretend and found herself catching real feelings for Shane. She was a new actress and Shane was kind, patient, and helped her learn things quickly. Mandy admits she couldn't quite figure out if this was a crush, professional appreciation, or if she was just taking her role to heart a little too much.
She told Entertainment Weekly:
Shane was so cool. The way he dressed...and the music he listened to... He was the character to me and there was definitely a part of me that absolutely fell in love with him. I don't know if I could discern the difference between him and the character at that point in time because, again, it was my first experience doing anything like this and I was a 16-year-old, impressionable girl.
Moore also went on to talk about how Shane helped her to learn the ropes at a time when she knew, essentially, nothing.
Shane was so wonderful. I didn't know what I was doing and he'd done movies and he was on a critically acclaimed TV show. He had a lot of respect as an actor and I was just the total newbie. I didn't even know how to hit a mark, I was so fresh-faced and naive. I felt incredibly lucky right off the bat that I had someone who was as willing to work with me and who was patient and understanding. He was just the perfect partner for that.
So look, we totally get it. So does Twitter. When news of Mandy's crush on Shane hit the internet, internet responded like "same."
@TeenVogue We all did, Mandy. We all did.— Nancy the Cat (@Nancy the Cat) 1545020011.0
@BuzzFeed But who wasn’t in love with Shane West in a walk to remember?— Monica Aksamit (@Monica Aksamit) 1517002084.0
@TeenVogue Me too, you ain't special Mandy— sasasauce (@sasasauce) 1545023911.0
@BuzzFeed I did fell for him too hehehe— Gracey Grae (@Gracey Grae) 1517404825.0
@TeenVogue I also did 😊😊😊😊😊— Qu33nn_Leader1248 (@Qu33nn_Leader1248) 1545045389.0
@TeenVogue We did too omg 😭😭— Madison Roberts (@Madison Roberts) 1545042051.0
@TeenVogue Obvs! We all did 😄— essKentaro (@essKentaro) 1545039373.0
Let's take a stroll in Feels Field with these two.
Hello. I just cried while reading a buzzfeed article about Mandy Moore and Shane West’s unrequited love on the set of A Walk to Remember.— Emma (@Emma) 1517086501.0
@BuzzFeed Shit now I really want to watch this movie but I've been such an emotional wreck lately I have to hesitat… https://t.co/VtvyGpKkVE— Kara (@Kara) 1517026980.0
Shane West giving Mandy Moore a cardigan in A Walk to Remember is my number one most romantic gesture of all time.— The Wreathed Bodice (@The Wreathed Bodice) 1517270911.0
My sexuality is "that time Shane West gave Mandy Moore a butterfly tattoo in 'A Walk To Remember'"— Lauren Duca (@Lauren Duca) 1467174829.0
shane west and mandy moore again please— tj cabana (@tj cabana) 1516514033.0
Real men drink whiskey. Real men fight. Real men hate the part in A Walk To Remember where Shane West's friends play a prank on Mandy Moore.— Elamin Abdelmahmoud (@Elamin Abdelmahmoud) 1459952025.0
I'm not crying, you're crying. https://t.co/X2NGzWPK32— Erin DeGregorio (@Erin DeGregorio) 1545020419.0
The way Shane West looks at Mandy Moore in the movie "A walk to remember" is breath taking, I love this movie 😌— Destiny Price (@Destiny Price) 1363830906.0
