Wait a Minute, You Look Older!.

Started by Archy March 23rd, 2015 8:20 AM
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Hikamaru

Age 30
Female
Australia
Seen January 24th, 2019
Posted September 4th, 2018
50,214 posts
12.2 Years
I'm a 22-year-old who looks too much like a 15-year-old. I even admit that when I was still in my teens I still look the same as I am today, and trust me people assume I'm such a wreck because I throw terrible tantrums that make me always feel stupid.
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Bay

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Dani California
Seen 18 Hours Ago
Posted 4 Days Ago
6,347 posts
17 Years
I'm very, very short for my age so a lot of people tend to think I look much younger. A lot of times when someone sees me and my younger sister everyone assumes my lil' sis is the older one. I don't mind it too much, but there are some situations where you don't get taken seriously.
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Physically, I haven't really changed in appearance since I was eighteen or so; I'm in that grey area where shop assistants are constantly asking me for ID just to be on the safe side and thoroughly aggravating me as a result, and people think I'm still in College when I'm nearly seven years out of it.

In terms of my personality...well, I'm a lot more mellow than I was when I was a teenager, but I've had people place me in my thirties before going by my personality without knowing my age...apparently someone as young as I am shouldn't be so pessimistic or cynical.

So I have the mind of someone double the age of my body. Sometimes I feel like a very unlucky anime character. xD

Nah

Age 30
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Seen 2 Hours Ago
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15,644 posts
9.5 Years
It hasn't happened in a while cuz I don't get out much these days so who knows what people would say now, but people always used to think I was in high school when I was in college.
"What year are in high school?"
"I'm actually in my 3rd year of college"

The only exception was this bartender at one of the bars in the Minneapolis airport back in July. He was like "You're probably 23 or 24 but I still need to see your ID anyway". But I was 21 at the time.

I do wonder though what age people peg me as here if they don't know. Do I come off as 22 or what?
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Sylphiel

Between your fantasy and my reality
Seen March 28th, 2023
Posted January 9th, 2023
13,114 posts
18.5 Years
When I was younger, like kid years and teens, people always seemed to think I was at least a few years older than I really was. I don't know how much older exactly, but it did lead to quite a few dubious looks. "Yes, she really is x age, believe me."

Of course, now that I'm older, people have mistaken me for someone in my teens at times. I've had several people ask me if I'm either still in high school, or have guessed my age as 18.

...Neither is anywhere close to correct.

I don't even know why they think that, they just do. o.O Although I've always been kind of tall for my age, especially when younger, so I could see them thinking I was older then. I can't explain why people think I'm younger now though.

starseed galaxy auticorn

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Age 34
she/he/they
the land of magical unicorns
Seen 1 Day Ago
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6,648 posts
18.9 Years
People think I'm younger because I look younger. I'm 26 years old, and yet I'm psyducking 5'4 like wtf. It doesn't really happen as much as it used to. I have on occasion had people ask me why I'm not in school. They are usually shocked to realize that I already graduated high school.

With my mom, it's even worse. She's only 5'3, and on occasion as well... people have actually thought she was my sister. I think this could also be due to the fact that she wears a lot of clothes that teenagers wear.
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Seen July 5th, 2017
Posted March 7th, 2016
351 posts
8.2 Years
hmmm, it really depends? i mean, some people have thought i was under 18 years old, and some people have mistaken me for being my dad's girlfriend (well, to be fair, he does look way younger than he actually is. hopefully that's hereditary). i think i used to be mistaken for being older than i was more often when i was a teenager, though. now i think i look pretty much my age, but some people have asked me for my id when i have to prove i'm a legal adult. even this one time, this guy straight-up told me he thought i was lying when i said i was over 18. i'm not sure how to feel about that though; should i be flattered that i look younger than my age to some people, or should i feel insulted that they don't believe i'm telling the truth about my age?
I've never seemed my age. When I was 10 people thought I was 13, When I was 13 people though I was 15, now that I'm 15 people usually think I'm 18-21.

It's because mainly I'm 6'4" and I generally look older then I am. Not to mention I'm more mature then others my age (Or I like to think that I am at least.) and I sound like I'm a lot older then I really am.

Jayce

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Age 28
Female
Portland, OR
Seen February 25th, 2016
Posted November 9th, 2015
204 posts
8.4 Years
People often think I'm around 16, because I'm 5'1" and I have kind of a round face. It's happening less and less often, thankfully, but in the last two months I've had two different bus drivers give me a Youth pass.

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Age 28
Female
New Zealand
Seen July 7th, 2021
Posted July 24th, 2020
4,713 posts
14.8 Years
I look around 16-17 apparently nowdays which is a lot better than what I've previously received where when I was 18-19 I looked like a 12-14 year old apparently.


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Margaery Tyrell

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Age 24
Female
USA
Seen February 28th, 2018
Posted November 27th, 2016
335 posts
10.4 Years
I have a pretty youthful face, so I often am mistaken for being younger than I am, at least if were going by appearance. Its when I speak that people generally get that I'm around 16-17, because my voice sounds deeper than you'd expect. Although even then you'd expect me to be younger because I usually have a very childish and robust persona I put up, although its when the situation requires it that I become much more like my actual maturity level, which, I'd like to think, exceeds my body's age.
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TwilightBlade

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Age 31
Female
Florida
Seen 8 Hours Ago
Posted 5 Days Ago
7,098 posts
16 Years
Plenty of people have told me that I look like I'm 16-17 or so because I was so thin. I've tried my best to maintain a healthy weight since 2013. Now, I'm actually at a point where I look like I'm correctly in my early 20s. :D which means old and creepy co-workers look at me funny :(

Alexander Nicholi

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Age 25
Male
Research Triangle / Jakarta
Seen February 15th, 2023
Posted March 5th, 2021
5,498 posts
13.5 Years
I think my looks are my age, but sometimes I think people don't know what to think of me in terms of maturity. Probably older than I am. I mean I talk slow, am very articulate, but then I'm limber af and stretch in public, and sometimes sleep in group meetings upright. lol
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Olli

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Skyloft
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Posted July 24th, 2021
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12.8 Years
It's not as though people have ever pointed it out, but I feel like I look a bit younger than my actual age. It's a bit iffy though, since most people in the 16 to early 20's age differ a lot between how old they look, but yeah, personally, I do feel like I look a bit younger.That's mostly the case when I'm clean-shaven though, as I feel like even a bit of stubble can seem to add a bit to the age, but again, in this age group it can be a bit iffy to point out exactly how old you'd think someone to be 8D
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Meganium

memento mori

she/her
Houston, TX
Seen February 1st, 2023
Posted February 1st, 2023
I'm in my 20's, but people say that I look 17 or 18. I guess it's due to my soft voice. :(