Not looking your age?

[Aurora219]

I've been ID'd a few times before. I stopped shaving frequently; that did the trick.

 

[Corpse XxX]

Look on the brightside.. When you turn 40.. you'll be looking like 30..

Thats my perspective on it, cause i have it the same way.. im 28, people say i look like 19-20..

 

[Sunrider]

I was told I looked 23 when I was 16. This is not as pleasing as one might think, as I was considered 30 when I was 25. Now I'm 26, and just waiting for "You don't look a day under 40!".

 

[Snowpact]

It varies with me. Even though I'm 19 years old, people are genuinely surprised to discover that I'm not 23 or 25. It has it's advantages; When I was 17, I got into all sorts of clubs, because I looked 18 or 19 to the bouncers and bartenders. (18 is the minimum drinking age the Netherlands.)

It's always been a fun game to play with people I meet to see how surprised they're going to be about my age. I've also had several girlfriends in their mid-twenties because of "the looks".

As much fun I can have (and have had) with my 'older look', I seriously don't hope that by the time I turn thirty, that I wind up looking 45...

 

[Cpt_Oblivious]

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.

That's just rude of her to phrase it that way. She should've politely asked to see some ID to prove your age.

As for your question, I'm frequently mistaken for someone older. I'm 17 and can get away with buying alcohol in most cases. People I talk to ask what my job is or what University I go to.
The one downside to this is that I generally attract older girls. Nothing wrong with that but then they think it's pretty odd when they inevitably find out how old I am. That sort of kills off any chances of anything happening and makes for a very awkward time.

But then again I'm six foot, usually taller if I wear some goth boots, and how many 17 year olds have Mohawks?

 

[Cpt_Oblivious]

As much fun I can have (and have had) with my 'older look', I seriously don't hope that by the time I turn thirty, that I wind up looking 45...

You should hope you look like a good looking, healthy 45 year old and not one who looks like a human train wreck.

 

[Jonluw]

I'm 16, but I am often stopped on the street for surveys that require me to be at least 18 years old. Also, the last time I got a haircut the hairdresser asked what my work was; when I said I was still in school she asked what I was studying (As in in a university).

I think it's fun, but upon looking myself in the mirror in some mornings, when I have mysteriously aquired wrinkles (e.g. today), I begin to worry what I might look like when I turn 30.

 

[Elric_de_Melnibone]

And how many 17 year olds have Mohawks?

I see lots of those running about in my area, actually.


And hey, if them women finding out about your 'true' age is killing any chances of anything happening, they're just stuck up. If they went that far already, they might as well give it a try.

Their loss.
Or not, as I don't really know you, and I'm not in the place to judge.

 

[hardpixelrain]

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?

Strange. This is pretty much the opposite of what I get. I've repeatedly been told I look like I'm in my 20's, even when I was 17 or 18. Sometimes waiters at restaurants ask me if I would like to try the wine...

Must be my facial hair though, because when I shave I have a real baby face.

 

[Srdjan]

Well I never had that problem, I always looked older. People tend to give me few extra years when we meet.

 

[Danny Ocean]

I think I look a bit younger, 19 maybe. Some people don't believe me when I say I'm 20 going on 21. ;O

Take it as a complement.

People think I look far younger than I really am.

That and a girl.

So people look at me and think I'm a very tall 13 year old girl.

I was once called "Miss" when I had my hair grown out long, Never again!

I get mistaken for a girl even when my hear doesn't reach my collar. How d'ya think that is!?

I'm always mistaken for being younger than I am. I'm 17. Apparently I look 13-15. Especially when I don't shave.

But that gets blown out of the water when I talk. My voice is very deep; even deeper than my dad's!

 

[Druyn]

Im the opposite. I look my age (17,) but as soon as I grow out a beard people start mistaking me for being 20-21. Its wierd. I know beards arent magic like that, but I guess thats how it works for me.

 

[SultanP]

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?

Self contradictions galore.

On topic though, people think I am older than I am. When I was twenty, I was sometimes pegged as 25 or there-about. I aged a lot between 17 and 20. When I was 17, I looked like I was 14. It also helped a lot when I shaved off my curly hair and grew a beard.

 

[Sam G]

Actually, as it happens I generally come across as looking exactly how old I am, so this really hasn't been a problem for me.
I do sometimes get mistaken for a girl though. But alas, that is a tale for a different thread.

 

[Flames66]

I get ID'd all the fucking time!!! I'M 20 FOR FUCK SAKE!!!

Spose i should take it as a compliment, but does get annoying after a while.

My girlfriend says it's because i've got a baby face .... whatever that means lol

I just always carry my Driving licence and expect it to happen. No problem.

 

[Thirsk]

People usually guess my age to be somewhere between 20 and 30, though I'm 17, and it've been like that for the past few years.

It must be the beard that does it.

 

[latenightapplepie]

It depends for me. Unshaved I think people think I'm older than my age (20), shaven, the opposite.

 

[Flames66]

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!

Try wearing pants that don't cut off the circulation to your legs.

I don't get why anyone would wear trousers that you can't move in, can't put anything in the pockets and make you look like an ostrich. Wear combat trousers.

Ya, I'm 20 and people tend to think that I'm like 25 or 26, I could care less though it's probably better to look older anyways.

Sorry to be a grammar nazi but what do you actually mean here?

 

[Berserker119]

I get confused for being a lot older than I am. After all, I'm about 6"3, and I have a beard, so people wouldn't really think I'm 15.

 

[Vrex360]

I'm nineteen and people always seem to think I am much, much older.
Once, not too long ago I was with my mother and my sister while she was looking at potential wedding dresses (I know, a male going into unfamiliar territory but given I was largley raised by a mother and two sisters and a father constantly on work trips it wasn't too surprising) I recall a shop attendant asking my sister why her 'fiance' seemed so disinterested in the purchases.
Apparently this happens quite a lot and it's a little awkward for her to have to explain:
"No, this is my brother... who is eight years younger than me."