Looking Younger than your age...

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Ariel82

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I'm 23 but some random people thought I was 15! My teenager cousins look older than me. When I'm with my mom and we bump into her friends, their comment would be like "you've grown now!" (In my country, that kind of compliment usually said to a child who just hit puberty). Even in the job interviews, they gave me a strange look. I tried to dress my age but it seems like I'm a little girl rushing to look like an adult. I just laugh it off but when I keep hearing it over and over again, it's annoying. well, I don't have a choice but to embrace it. Besides, people say i'll appreciate it in my 30's. :D :D :D Does anyone feel the same way?
I just turned 34 a few days ago and one of my 10 year old sons boy scout friends asked if I was HIS Sister.....that was a month ago.

Everyone else got a good laugh. I just chalk it up to a way God teaches me patience.
 

melita916

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i've heard people say i look 25ish.

i'm ok with that.

:D
 
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Tinuviel

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I'm 23 but some random people thought I was 15! My teenager cousins look older than me. When I'm with my mom and we bump into her friends, their comment would be like "you've grown now!" (In my country, that kind of compliment usually said to a child who just hit puberty). Even in the job interviews, they gave me a strange look. I tried to dress my age but it seems like I'm a little girl rushing to look like an adult. I just laugh it off but when I keep hearing it over and over again, it's annoying. well, I don't have a choice but to embrace it. Besides, people say i'll appreciate it in my 30's. :D :D :D Does anyone feel the same way?
Well, all my family has a history of looking younger than we are, so I just assumed I did too until just the last few months, when two incidents happened that are making me wonder...

An elderly lady asked my how old I was, and when I told her I was 17 she said, "oh MY! How old are your twin brothers, I thought they were working? How old do you have to be to get a job?"
Me: "uh, they're 21 so yeah, four years older than I am."
Lady "OH! They look so much YOUNGER than you!!"

Incident #2

We had house guests over, and as I am from a rather large family, the house guests (who had never met us before) had rather a hard time keeping us all in order. Well and good. I have never had an problem answering to my sister's names. But when age order got introduced, things got a bit sticky.
Mrs. House-Guest "So...I'm still trying to figure out ages," (Turns to my oldest sister, age 36) "you're the oldest your mom said, right?"
Oldest Sister: *smiles and nods*
Mrs House-Guest turns to me: "And you're second?"
(That would put me at 33...:rolleyes:)

However, I've also had people SHOCKED that I was as old as I was ("I thought you were 12 or something!" is a common phrase...) so I've concluded people just aren't very observant. :D
 

BruceWayne

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That's part of the reason I started wearing facial hair. I did that around 22-23 because I got tired of looking younger lol.
 
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renewed_hope

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I get mistaken for my mom's sister when we hang out together.....I'm like thanks a lot lol
 
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MollyConnor

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I went to the movies with my cousin and his uncle and other cousins were going too. I was 22 at the time and they asked him if I was his girlfriend...My cousin was 12 then. There's a 10 year difference. lol but I don't mind looking young at all!
 
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Tinuviel

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That's part of the reason I started wearing facial hair. I did that around 22-23 because I got tired of looking younger lol.
Yup, my brother did the same thing. He's 24, and he goes around to flea markets selling different stuff, among them some knives. He's been asked "Is it really legal to sell knives when you're 16?" :D
 
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Tinuviel

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I get mistaken for my mom's sister when we hang out together.....I'm like thanks a lot lol
Well, you could think of it this way: it will be flattering when you're the mom!
 

BruceWayne

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I get mistaken for my mom's sister when we hang out together.....I'm like thanks a lot lol
One of my nursing teachers once asked my mom if we were brother and sister. I'm sure she was just complimenting my mom, but still... lol
 
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Tintin

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#32
People have almost always thought I looked younger than I really am. I'm 33, but you wouldn't have to go too far to find someone who mistakes me for a man in his early 20's.
 

melita916

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There was an incident when i was with sis in law, and i was asked if i was her mom :/ lol
 
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AuntieAnt

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There was an incident when i was with sis in law, and i was asked if i was her mom :/ lol
WAT???????? :eek:

When I'm around you, your sister & sis in law, I feel like Methuselah's grandmother. LOL!!!

You three are all beautiful flowers!


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LiJo

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When I was younger I didn't like it when people thought I was younger than my age.....now it's a different story ;)
 
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TemporaryCircumstances

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People usually guess I'm my age or older because of the way I "present myself in public"
I don't know how to take that lol
 

Adstar

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I'm 23 but some random people thought I was 15! My teenager cousins look older than me. When I'm with my mom and we bump into her friends, their comment would be like "you've grown now!" (In my country, that kind of compliment usually said to a child who just hit puberty). Even in the job interviews, they gave me a strange look. I tried to dress my age but it seems like I'm a little girl rushing to look like an adult. I just laugh it off but when I keep hearing it over and over again, it's annoying. well, I don't have a choice but to embrace it. Besides, people say i'll appreciate it in my 30's. :D :D :D Does anyone feel the same way?
Yes.. But it is far worse for men.. Woman looking younger then they are does kind of pay off when their in their 30's But it never really pays off for men..
 
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Tintin

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Yes.. But it is far worse for men.. Woman looking younger then they are does kind of pay off when their in their 30's But it never really pays off for men..
Exactly. I used to find it downright insulting. Now I couldn't really give a rat's behind.