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Have people thought you were younger due to your looks?

I used to! But thankfully due to a life of fear and stress, I’m appropriately well aged now.
karens · 22-25, F
all the time...
Dlrannie · 31-35, F
Nope but for some reason some think I’m Japanese 🙂🐼🥢
Dlrannie · 31-35, F
@DrWatson haha - the Giant Panda I use is Chinese. Japan does not have indigenous Pandas be they Giant or Red ones 😂😂🙂🐼🥢
DrWatson · 70-79, M
@Dlrannie (I know)
Dlrannie · 31-35, F
@DrWatson I assume you checked it with Sherlock before you teased me 😂😂😂😂🙂🐼🥢
CoffeeBean · 31-35, F
I get 17 pretty regularly 😅 usually when I’m going make-up free.
Emjay · 18-21, F
I look a bit younger than my real age. I'm okay with that.
SW-User
Yes. Not recently. 😅. But when I was in my early twenties and in college, I often got mistaken for a high schooler. Being skinny and on the shorter side was probably part of it.
dancingtongue · 80-89, M
Constantly. Used to upset my late wife and my subsequent late partner because people would assume I was their son. Latest was in the hospital when presumably I wasn't looking my best. I had two nurses during change of shift, reading in the summary of my case to the next shift's nurse, stumble over my age and then blurt out to me "You're 83? That never fully registered when I came on shift. You look 20 years younger and I just assumed you were in your 60's."
DrWatson · 70-79, M
Yes, people nowadays sometimes are surprised when I tell them my age, and they say I look younger.
Yeah I do look younger than my actual age :)
Morrigan · F
I used to look younger but it has all caught up now
SW-User
I have neotenous features so yes
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smileylovesgaming · 31-35, F
There has been a few people thought I was 16
DearAmbellina2113 · 41-45, F
Yes. In high school I was told I had a "baby face" (I just assumed that was code for fat), and in my late 30s, I had college kids telling me they thought I was their age.

Now that I'm 42, I've gained weight and I'm letting my grey roots grow out, so I'm looking more my own age.
deadgerbil · 26-30
@ShepherdBard how's that hairline tho
ShepherdBard · 31-35, M
@deadgerbil could be worse
deadgerbil · 26-30
@ShepherdBard sounds like it was just maturing
Queendragonfly · 31-35, F
Only all my life.
SW-User
Yeah sometimes. Based on the comments almost everybody said yes so I think the general public is kinda clueless about guessing ages. I blame the media lol. Like in the movies they often hire older actors to play roles where they are 5-10 years younger 🤷🏽‍♀️
IWasCallingYaLarry · 26-30, M
I always get that I look older than I am rather than younger. Has happened ever since I was 10 because that's when I started growing a mustache and hair everywhere. Some people my age in 9th grade didn't even believe me when I said I was a freshman.
Adogslife · 61-69, M
Hmmm, I look young physically, but my hair is a dead giveaway. It’s solid gray, long since passed are the days of blonde. Thus, I can only act younger than my age and compete like a younger person.
ChiefJustWalks · 26-30
Yeah. Growing up people always thought my lil brother was my big brother 😂

Nowadays people think I look my age finally but even just a few years ago people were thinking I looked younger
reflectingmonkey · 51-55, M
I don't think I look much younger than my age but I definitively have a young personality and energy which would explain why 2 of my best friends and my girlfriend also are women in their 20's.
SW-User
YEARS ago when i was last ID'd at the liquor store, feels like just the other day, but time is pretty funny when i remember it.
SW-User
People always assumed that I'm older.

But I can pass for 30 for atleast a another 3 to 5 years.
MellyMel22 · F
Yeah, quite often. As a kid I was always confused as older though 🤔
lancetroy · 31-35, M
@MellyMel22 reverse effect
SubstantialKick · 36-40, M
All the time lol. Several years ago I was asked for an ID when buying some pain medication.
Maverick96 · 36-40, M
Yeah guilty.. I get the “r u 18” all the time and I’m sick of it
SW-User
yeah, I can't even buy monsters unless I got ID with me
craig7 · 70-79, M
Yes often - and still often did when I was well into middle-age.
SW-User
People started calling me ma'am when I was 21 so I doubt it.
No, they understand that I am their mother's elder sister.
caPnAhab · 26-30, M
It happens often. However, I've also been mistaken for being older
QueenOfTheNerds · 41-45, F
Frequently. I think a lot of it is because of my height (or lack of).
akindheart · 61-69, F
All the tiime. I don't dress or act old
jackson55 · M
@akindheart Only as old as you feel.
akindheart · 61-69, F
@jackson55 true. i was kind of shocked when i experienced age discrimination for the first time
Piper · 61-69, F
They very often did, up until I was in my late 50's.
ChipmunkErnie · 70-79, M
Yes -- most people say I don't look a day over 68.
Muthafukajones · 46-50, M
My ex is 43 and is often mistaken for mid twenties
Selah ·
Yeah. My personality and lifestyle mostly.
exexec · 61-69, C
Yes. It happens often, but they still see me as old.
MsMiley · 31-35, F
All the time. I’m baby faced and 5’0” on a good day.
fun4us2b · M
All the time...nobody believes I am my age....
deepblacknothingness · 56-60, M
No, i get thought of as older
WaryWitchWandering · 36-40, F
They used to, I doubt it now
Yes, most take about 5 years off
gummybears · F
They do.. it’s annoying to be honest
I naturally don’t look my age.
QueenOfZaun · 26-30, F
Not anymore lol
WandererTony · 56-60, M
On the contrary …. 😑
MarineBob · 56-60, M
Normally older
Yes. All the time.

 
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