Not looking your age?

[axnxgxixe]

...she said that someone that is my age should not be ordering beer.

That was very rude of her- she should just ask for id, not instill her own judgement on you.

 

[Littlee300]

A little while back, I was out at a pub with my friends to celebrate my birthday (I turned twenty one.) When the waitress asked us what we wanted to drink. I asked for a Keiths and she said that someone that is my age should not be ordering beer. I asked how old she thought I was. She responded with the straightest face ?turning sixteen". I was so pissed. I showed her my ID and said to suck on that and told her she just lost her tip for that night.

I did not let this bother me, but just today when I was walking my dog at about eleven in the morning. A woman had come up to me asking about my dog and then asked why I was not in school. I told her that I was finished school and I was in college. She had apologized and said that I looked seventeen.

I know this should not bother me but it does because I am in my early twenties and people who look at me think I am still in secondary school.
So my question is
Have you ever been mistaken for being older or younger and does it bother you?

I would be scared of her spitting in my drink... I hear very bad stories about that stuff
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That would be extremely annoying if it was a common thing but that wasn't a big deal

 

[superbatranger]

There have been times people thought I was 22-24, when I'm actually 19 going on 20. Generally people either think I'm older than what I am, or my exact age, give or take a year. But no one has thought I looked younger than my actual age..

 

[Yureina]

I'm 22, but because I very rarely travel far from my immediate surroundings, much less go out to buy beer or stuff like that (I don't drink), this subject does not really come up for me. The only point of reference that I have regarding people judging my age is that, in the few cases that it does come up, people tend to think that I am older than I actually am. This is especially true online, where people who lack that age information often believe I am 5+ years older than I actually am. I'm not really sure why... sort of.

 

[jultub]

I'm 19, and I'm unsure if that waitress would have asked for my ID at all or just accept that someone who looks like he's 30 can't be too young to order beer. Most people see balding as a sign of age for some reason. And yes, I'd rather look my age and keep all the hair on my head ;P

 

[Ghost1800]

Apparently, according to the strangers I run into constantly in my day to day life, I am somewhere between the ages of 16 and 30... can somebody explain how I can be mistaken for a range that is about as big as the minimum age?

 

[Slayer_2]

I think you over-reacted. No offense, but just showing her the ID should have been enough.

I'm 6'3, maybe 6'4, and I'm not skinny or lanky, so people usually think I'm 18 or 19, instead of the 17 I actually am. It doesn't bother me much, although once I had a girl who insisted that I must be 16, as I am apparently "eternally youthful and happy". I think she was trying to call me "immature" in the nicest terms possible. I didn't much mind that, either.

 

[Littlee300]

Well i look 4 years younger than i do right now (Will i get in trouble for being too young? Wont admit age...) Girls treat my like a dog sometimes :"Aww he is so cute"

A girl once petted me.... what the hell

I think you over-reacted. No offense, but just showing her the ID should have been enough.
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Overreact? You try pulling a card out of your pocket!

 

[Omikron009]

Both my parents and I have always looked younger than we actually are. This is a good thing for my parents, who are both in their 50's and could easily pass for early 40's, but bad for little old 16 year old me. It doesn't help that I only really hit my growth spurt last year, but I've finally started looking pretty much my age. It was a tough time before that, though.

 

[Worgen]

Im almost 30 and I still look like Im 21, at least after I shave

 

[TheDrunkNinja]

It happens. But what can you do? You aren't really an "adult" to anybody no matter what the government legally says about it.

 

[Guitarmasterx7]

If I shave, get a good nights sleep (which never happens) and let my hair grow out to the point where it no longer stands up and adapts that stupid "dome" type look, I look about my age. Usually I would say I look like I'm in my mid 20s.

 

[zombiesinc]

Most people assume I'm several years older than I actually am, at least when it comes to my personality and maturity. But physically, my style has shifted over the year, and based on that alone, a lot of people assume I'm younger. It doesn't bother me because I choose to dress this way, and unfortunately, so do a lot of tweens.

This. Except the tween part.
I fucking HATE that word.
It sounds so goddamn stupid!

Teen. *Ahem*

>.>

 

[Nihlex]

I have been mistaken for over 19 at a store they asked if I was going to buy cigarettes haha, and some people at my local guitar shop thought I was 26. In reality im only 16 =D

 

[DJ Lord Destructocon]

Apparently I look about 18 when I'm 15 turning 16. No idea how they get that, I assume it's because I'm just so ruggedly handsome

 

[darkfire613]

I have the opposite problem. When I'm not explicitly with people who seem close to my age, many people think I'm older than I am. I'm just a high school freshman, but I've been mistaken for a Junior on numerous occasions. Also, a while ago at a midnight game launch, some people I was talking with thought I was college-age.

 

[Guitar Gamer]

I am 14 and have been mistaken for a 17 year old and the like......which is rather odd as I don't think I look that mature, perhaps it is my rather large nose...........hhmmmf.
Anyways it doesn't bother me in the slightest bit

 

[lapan]

i'm 21. when i'm shaved, people ask me for my ID, when i have a beard they don't.

 

[elricik]

A little while back, I was out at a pub with my friends to celebrate my birthday (I turned twenty one.) When the waitress asked us what we wanted to drink. I asked for a Keiths and she said that someone that is my age should not be ordering beer. I asked how old she thought I was. She responded with the straightest face ?turning sixteen". I was so pissed. I showed her my ID and said to suck on that and told her she just lost her tip for that night.

I did not let this bother me, but just today when I was walking my dog at about eleven in the morning. A woman had come up to me asking about my dog and then asked why I was not in school. I told her that I was finished school and I was in college. She had apologized and said that I looked seventeen.

I know this should not bother me but it does because I am in my early twenties and people who look at me think I am still in secondary school.
So my question is
Have you ever been mistaken for being older or younger and does it bother you?

You should be happy, I'd kill to look that young. I'm just now turning 18 and people say I look like I'm in my twenties. Guess who's buying the beer with the fake I.D.? Me because half the time they don't even ask to see it. I guess I'm just having a midlife crisis at 18. But when you get older and your 40, and everyone thinks your 30, your gonna be damn happy about this so called "problem".

 

[Slayer_2]

Overreact? You try pulling a card out of your pocket!

So... much... effort... Argh, I can't do it, I'll just give up and go home.