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Treecko December 21st, 2014 10:39 PM

I have been mistaken for being 15 or 16 whenever I don't have a beard or any facial hair. Which is why I usually keep my beard because I actually look like an adult.

Ice December 22nd, 2014 2:05 AM

People always think I'm older, although recently the difference between guessed age and actual age is getting smaller. People been thinking I'm 18 since I was 14, and now I'm 17 people guess me at around 20.

pkmin3033 December 22nd, 2014 4:37 AM

I haven't really changed in appearance since I was eighteen, and people STILL ask me for ID sometimes...it's aggravating, because I don't have any ID that they would accept. I suppose I don't really look 25, but I would hope I don't look like a teenager to other people...it's quite depressing sometimes. Although I expect when I get older I'll wish people stopped overestimating my age; that happens to my mother quite a bit, and it drives her MAD. xD

Keiran December 22nd, 2014 5:03 AM

While I'm at work people will ask, "is it legal for someone so young to be working?" Several coworkers have been surprised to find out that I'm really 23, thinking me to be 17. My mother looks decades younger than she is, and my 38 year old sister looks like a young adult. I guess we just have good genes. I literally look exactly the same as I did when I was 15-16, so I don't take insult to the comments. When the majority of the world would kill to be, or look, younger, I don't really mind the comments at all.

IggyKoopa December 22nd, 2014 6:14 AM

I'm 16, but I definitely look older. I get student discounts in places every now and then, and I was once approached by a local politician to whom I had to explain that I'm not even 18 yet, and he still didn't buy it.

Mark Kamill December 22nd, 2014 6:40 AM

I', 21 going on 26 apparently. Always made hitting the bars easier.

Magic Christmas Lights December 22nd, 2014 7:40 AM

This happens to me all the time. I'm under 5' tall so people regularly think I'm a high school student. I actually just graduated college. It cracks me up.

Mawa December 22nd, 2014 9:35 AM

I am 21 and some people think I am 16 or 18 years old. I don't like to look younger.

Ruma December 22nd, 2014 10:42 AM

This happens to me all. too. often.
I'm about to be 20 this month, and I'm commonly mistaken for someone between the ages of 14-17. I'm not sure how to feel about it, but I don't think it's a big deal. At least I'll hopefully still look young when I'm older, haha. I'm kinda short at 5'3" and small in general, and I have kind of a young looking face.
Doctors often mistake me for 15/16.
My 100 year old great aunt who's losing her memory looked at me yesterday and thought I was 14, lol.

#20goingon15

Bounsweet December 22nd, 2014 10:53 AM

It's happened so randomly with me with no consistency that I think it really just depends on the particular person and what they consider to be childish/mature features, honestly lol...

It doesn't really happen as much anymore, though. When I was in my mid-teens I was mistaken for a late teens/early 20-something year old, but I guess I've just finally caught up with how I look or something because I never get those "oh, but you look like a # year old!" responses, idk lol.

In my own opinion though, I think I look more like a 17 or 18 year old rather than a 21 year old, but I contribute that to my baby face and my clothing style.

mikey December 23rd, 2014 2:21 PM

People usually think I am younger than 22. I have a coworker who thought I was 19. I don't really see it haha. But I havent had anyone think I was older yet.

Danny0317 December 23rd, 2014 2:22 PM

Someone said I look 12 yesterday.
I'm almost 15 ;_;

Altairis December 23rd, 2014 3:03 PM

Well, I kind of forget how this started but there's a joke on the Battle Server where everyone says I'm 12 but I'm really 17 ;( I think it's because I type a lot differently on there - MORE CAPS and stuff like that!!

RomCom December 23rd, 2014 9:45 PM

The day I stopped getting ask for age identification at the bottle shop. THEN. I will feel like my age...

Pinkie-Dawn December 24th, 2014 12:29 PM

No one has commented on how old I look except for Galoria. I'm 22, but I look like I'm in my late 20's due to how my face looks followed by my moustache.

Blastin'Tyruntz December 24th, 2014 12:35 PM

By the way i talk to people on the internet, until i tell them i'm nearing 17, they usually think i'm about 21-22.
irl, i somehow passed as 18 and 14...weird. I don't think i look 14,and i'm 5'8...which is pretty average around here at my age. So i guess some people are dumb...

Lunaris Adamantine December 24th, 2014 2:56 PM

I used to be mistaken for being younger than I actually was, but it hasn't happened in a long while. The most likely reason for that is because I haven't talked to anyone who doesn't already know my age. Though people tend to agree that my face looks like an 18 year old, even though I'm currently 23. Even my beard looks like it is a teenagers first facial hair.

That sort of youthful looks seems to run in my family. My parents are both around sixty, and (if they tried to keep themselves healthier) could easily fool anyone that they were around 40 or possibly even younger.

soda_fox December 24th, 2014 3:32 PM

I'm 24, and haven't really had anyone ask my age recently other than older folks who think I just look young in general. But a year ago, I was pretty frequently asked my age (lived in the city at the time. Now I live in a small town, less people, don't get asked as often), and people were often surprised. Some people thought I was older than I was- I'm a bit of a workaholic and perfectionist, so some of my coworkers found me more ambitious than other people my age. Others thought I was younger than I am, because I'm fairly naive and energetic.

Pepperton December 26th, 2014 9:04 AM

I actually get mistaken for older than I am, because of my beard. I like it. :]

Pendraflare December 26th, 2014 7:58 PM

I can't remember if I was ever told this, but if you were to tell me I would not take it hard at all. Because while i'm 23 2/3, I definitely think I don't look that old. Some have told me they think I do look as old as I am, though.

Brendino December 26th, 2014 11:55 PM

In the span of the past week, I've both been asked what high school I was going to (despite having graduated almost 5 years ago), and not getting ID'd when buying lottery tickets (not only is it against the law to sell them to anyone under 19, but it's against the law to not ID anyone that looks under 30). Not that I have a problem with people thinking I'm older/younger than I actually am, but it always baffles me that I get such a wide range of ages guessed depending on who I'm talking to.

Bellsprout December 27th, 2014 2:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alfieri (Post 8541671)

all this time I thought you were 16 lawl

Usually people think I'm older. In fact I don't think I have ever been mistaken for being younger.

Altaria December 27th, 2014 11:22 PM

This is gonna sound like I have a huge ego, but I think most girls can relate to the creepy old-dudes-hitting-on-you side of the age guessing mistakes? T-T

I'm 17 years old, and for some reason I get thought of AND seen as much older. Late last year when I was working at Taco Bell (*long exasperated sigh*) I wore bangs, which made me appear much older. I had college age guys (and..much older) come in and hit on me from time to time and then get very weirded out when they all played 'guess her age' and realize they were about 7 or 8 years off. x: Merp. Kinda awkward enough when it's from a mental standpoint, it's a whole other kind of weird when the physical aspect is brought in, especially depending on how far it goes.. and people like to take it there. -.-

I've had my fair share of guessing way off with people's ages, though. I remember a few months back meeting a girl (who has thankfully become a pretty good friend of mine) what high school she was currently attending, having her embarrassingly reply that she was about to graduate college. *shrugs* It happens to everyone at some point, I guess. The less awkward that both people make it, the better. I'm sorry though, if they make it super sexual or over-the-top rude, it's their own damn fault for being weird/creepy/a jerk if people get mad. XD

Meganium December 28th, 2014 1:32 AM

I'm 24 and people think I'm 17 or 18. I've been told that for years. :(

Espurr_Kawaii December 28th, 2014 3:13 AM

Honestly, im 24 of age. Damn its too older lol. But the look / see with other people of me im 14 of age haha its too young than i though. But i accpted what they say..Its depend what people they think about you! ^_^ ..All of us, is going older and older XD .


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