I have always looked younger than my actual age! I am 20 years old, but people think I look like a 15 year old boy. I find it very insulting and discouraging.
I have been trying to find the exact problem, and solution to it...but nothing yet.
Last week, I was at a club and talking to this girl outside while having a rare smoke. We're having a good conversation until her friend comes up to me and says, how'd you get in here, are you like 15?
It's instances like those which make me very insecure...I try to be a social person with everyone, but when I meet people my own age, it's always tough because I am undersized (5'8, 135 lbs) and I constantly think they're judging me. I try to overlook it but, when they tell you how young you look...it's tough!
I dress well, I am very articulate, and very intelligent! but that doesn't matter when people only judge you on looks...it's frustrating, but it's just nice to express my feelings here! thanks for listening :-)!
I have been trying to find the exact problem, and solution to it...but nothing yet.
Last week, I was at a club and talking to this girl outside while having a rare smoke. We're having a good conversation until her friend comes up to me and says, how'd you get in here, are you like 15?
It's instances like those which make me very insecure...I try to be a social person with everyone, but when I meet people my own age, it's always tough because I am undersized (5'8, 135 lbs) and I constantly think they're judging me. I try to overlook it but, when they tell you how young you look...it's tough!
I dress well, I am very articulate, and very intelligent! but that doesn't matter when people only judge you on looks...it's frustrating, but it's just nice to express my feelings here! thanks for listening :-)!
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I love this thread.
There has never been a thread with such long posts that I have read through all of them.
All my life, I couldn't wait until I was an adult. I'm smart, I know that children are generally shoved aside in society. But I'm 18, and I look 13 years old. I've gotten pulled over 4 times since I got my license to show my ID. I missed the first few minutes of a movie because of it once.
But the one only thing that actually gets to me is dating. I know that I'll never be able to date anyone who's my age. And it just gets me so f*****g depressed all the time. I hate it. Nobody seems to care. Why should they? I'm just some 13 year old kid.
There has never been a thread with such long posts that I have read through all of them.
All my life, I couldn't wait until I was an adult. I'm smart, I know that children are generally shoved aside in society. But I'm 18, and I look 13 years old. I've gotten pulled over 4 times since I got my license to show my ID. I missed the first few minutes of a movie because of it once.
But the one only thing that actually gets to me is dating. I know that I'll never be able to date anyone who's my age. And it just gets me so f*****g depressed all the time. I hate it. Nobody seems to care. Why should they? I'm just some 13 year old kid.
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Alright, enough kibitzing.
Enough has been said about clothing, hair and makeup that I won't address them here, but I will add that if you wear glasses or contacts, get yourself a nice, modern looking pair of frames that complement your features and wear them whenever you can. I recommend metal frames over plastic for ^maturity purposes. They're absolutely worth the investment. This goes for both genders. Try to find a shop where the owner/sales person will tell you that that they won't let you walk out wearing a bad pair of glasses because it will make his business look bad.
A couple of all natural solutions here for three of the major areas involved in looking younger than you actually are:
Face:
Get some wrinkles, but choose where you put them. Smile lines are more attractive than scowl lines, so keep moisturizing that forehead and your neck, but skimp out near the corners of your eyes.
Smile as much as you possibly can. Remember those Body Shop ads that said "the only way to defy ageing is to never, ever smile"? (or something to that effect) To really speed things up, look in the mirror, smile really big, and pinch the corners of your eyes to deepen the smile lines. Repeat as necessary But don't overdo it, and don't bruise yourself.
We have an advantage here in that by actively choosing the way in which we want our skin to age and doing it deliberately, we are better positioned to age gracefully.
Sun and wind will age the facial skin. Take up sailing, or canoing, kayaking, x-country skiing or other water/snow sports. Be outside as much as you can. Wear a little less sunscreen on your face (especially around the smile line regions of your eyes) than on the rest of your body. If you want to age that face, this is a sure fire way to do it. (but don't neglect the inside of your nostrils. Let's not be stupid here.) Be aware of the skin-cancer factor, and don't over-do it. Anything you do will be pretty-much permanent, and you'll find yourself in the age-defying serum market if you're not careful.
Hands:
Do not wear gloves when you wash the dishes, work in the garden (unless there's poison ivy etc involved; use common sense) or do other things that dry out the skin of the hands. Plaster, drywall mud, and clay are real hand agers, speaking from my experience as a sculptor. Don't moisturize unless they're actually starting to crack and flake. What you're doing here is toughening up the skin, which has a myriad of other benefits, such as reducing "clammy palms," which can also have a negative effect in business.
And for Pete's sake, DON'T do the big, long acrylic nails. They look so high school on everyone. A nice coat of polish if you feel like it, but nothing glittery or overly bright.
Voice:
As one ages, the voice drops in pitch. To achieve this on your own time, try these two things:
First, learn to remove your vocal blocks. These are little knots of tension that choke back the voice and keep it from reaching its full volume. Think of speech as a flowing line; you don't have to pronounce very single syllable; nobody listens like that anyways. Think of Italian accents in old Hollywood movies. There's an incredible flow, consonants get dropped left right and centre, but it's still totally understandable.
Sometime when you're alone, and there's nobody around to make you feel self-conscious, say this: "Ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-..." going up and down in volume and expression until you're either bored. If you're stuck, try it in a fake Italian accent. Then start using words. Go around your room and talk to everything that you can see "Oh, Hiiiiyyye, paaaaintiiiing, thaat's a looovely coooloooour of greeenn " etc, etc. Nobody will think you're crazy, because there's nobody but you who can hear it, any YOU know exactly why you're doing it, so it's all good.
I got the above exercise from a retired professional opera singer, and it has worked very well for me. This should remove some of the breathiness, squeakiness, and quietness that can make you sound younger.
To lower the pitch of your voice, sing ascending and descending scales, (Do-Re-Mi-Fa-So-La-Ti-Do-Ti-La-So-Fa-Mi-Re-Do) and drop the first note by a tone each time you do it. It's usually done the opposite way to warm up sopranos for their high notes, but it can also help to limber up the deeper, richer, sexier tones of the voice too. Repeat as necessary, until you feel comfortable in a lower voice range, then practise speaking in that range. Eventually it will become habit.
Make sure you're drinking plenty of water whilst doing these exercises, and don't push too hard all at once. Be patient, and it will come.
Attitude:
The big thing to remember when dealing with people is that their lack of observational ability is much more so their problem than yours. And, as is usually the case, it's the vocal idiots who are the exception to the rule. Why would anyone say "oh, my goodness, dear, you look exactly your age!"? And everyone knows better than to tell an adult that they look older than they actually are. (you think YOU'RE being insulted!) People are told that looking younger is a good thing and that it's a compliment to say so, so it's unfair to blame them for doing just that. I hate to say it, but reacting with nasty note and a 25 cent tip comes across as spectacularly classless and immature.
And for the 18-22 set, don't worry, second puberty is coming. It will bring you into your adult body. Nobody talks about it because it's not nearly as dramatic as first puberty, but it it's the reason for a lot of strange things that happen to the body at around the age of 20-22.
And as far as the ID thing goes, if you really, REALLY hate getting asked for ID in unnecessary situations, go out and get your restricted firearms license. (advice for Canadians; I'm not sure what the gun licensing rules are like in the States.) This is a valid piece of government-issued photo ID, and can be legally presented anywhere that a driver's license can be. (but be prepared to present your driver's license as well) Note: if you're trying this, always be really, really polite. There's no need to be rude; by flashing that, you've already sent the message that you'd like them to cut the BS. Just be careful with it; making it too well known that you have a gun license and the potential ability to purchase firearms can invite burglars into your home.
Hope this helps, everybody.
And hey-- stay beautiful. 8)
sincerely,
A Cute Canadian Sculptor with a Handgun License
Enough has been said about clothing, hair and makeup that I won't address them here, but I will add that if you wear glasses or contacts, get yourself a nice, modern looking pair of frames that complement your features and wear them whenever you can. I recommend metal frames over plastic for ^maturity purposes. They're absolutely worth the investment. This goes for both genders. Try to find a shop where the owner/sales person will tell you that that they won't let you walk out wearing a bad pair of glasses because it will make his business look bad.
A couple of all natural solutions here for three of the major areas involved in looking younger than you actually are:
Face:
Get some wrinkles, but choose where you put them. Smile lines are more attractive than scowl lines, so keep moisturizing that forehead and your neck, but skimp out near the corners of your eyes.
Smile as much as you possibly can. Remember those Body Shop ads that said "the only way to defy ageing is to never, ever smile"? (or something to that effect) To really speed things up, look in the mirror, smile really big, and pinch the corners of your eyes to deepen the smile lines. Repeat as necessary But don't overdo it, and don't bruise yourself.
We have an advantage here in that by actively choosing the way in which we want our skin to age and doing it deliberately, we are better positioned to age gracefully.
Sun and wind will age the facial skin. Take up sailing, or canoing, kayaking, x-country skiing or other water/snow sports. Be outside as much as you can. Wear a little less sunscreen on your face (especially around the smile line regions of your eyes) than on the rest of your body. If you want to age that face, this is a sure fire way to do it. (but don't neglect the inside of your nostrils. Let's not be stupid here.) Be aware of the skin-cancer factor, and don't over-do it. Anything you do will be pretty-much permanent, and you'll find yourself in the age-defying serum market if you're not careful.
Hands:
Do not wear gloves when you wash the dishes, work in the garden (unless there's poison ivy etc involved; use common sense) or do other things that dry out the skin of the hands. Plaster, drywall mud, and clay are real hand agers, speaking from my experience as a sculptor. Don't moisturize unless they're actually starting to crack and flake. What you're doing here is toughening up the skin, which has a myriad of other benefits, such as reducing "clammy palms," which can also have a negative effect in business.
And for Pete's sake, DON'T do the big, long acrylic nails. They look so high school on everyone. A nice coat of polish if you feel like it, but nothing glittery or overly bright.
Voice:
As one ages, the voice drops in pitch. To achieve this on your own time, try these two things:
First, learn to remove your vocal blocks. These are little knots of tension that choke back the voice and keep it from reaching its full volume. Think of speech as a flowing line; you don't have to pronounce very single syllable; nobody listens like that anyways. Think of Italian accents in old Hollywood movies. There's an incredible flow, consonants get dropped left right and centre, but it's still totally understandable.
Sometime when you're alone, and there's nobody around to make you feel self-conscious, say this: "Ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-..." going up and down in volume and expression until you're either bored. If you're stuck, try it in a fake Italian accent. Then start using words. Go around your room and talk to everything that you can see "Oh, Hiiiiyyye, paaaaintiiiing, thaat's a looovely coooloooour of greeenn " etc, etc. Nobody will think you're crazy, because there's nobody but you who can hear it, any YOU know exactly why you're doing it, so it's all good.
I got the above exercise from a retired professional opera singer, and it has worked very well for me. This should remove some of the breathiness, squeakiness, and quietness that can make you sound younger.
To lower the pitch of your voice, sing ascending and descending scales, (Do-Re-Mi-Fa-So-La-Ti-Do-Ti-La-So-Fa-Mi-Re-Do) and drop the first note by a tone each time you do it. It's usually done the opposite way to warm up sopranos for their high notes, but it can also help to limber up the deeper, richer, sexier tones of the voice too. Repeat as necessary, until you feel comfortable in a lower voice range, then practise speaking in that range. Eventually it will become habit.
Make sure you're drinking plenty of water whilst doing these exercises, and don't push too hard all at once. Be patient, and it will come.
Attitude:
The big thing to remember when dealing with people is that their lack of observational ability is much more so their problem than yours. And, as is usually the case, it's the vocal idiots who are the exception to the rule. Why would anyone say "oh, my goodness, dear, you look exactly your age!"? And everyone knows better than to tell an adult that they look older than they actually are. (you think YOU'RE being insulted!) People are told that looking younger is a good thing and that it's a compliment to say so, so it's unfair to blame them for doing just that. I hate to say it, but reacting with nasty note and a 25 cent tip comes across as spectacularly classless and immature.
And for the 18-22 set, don't worry, second puberty is coming. It will bring you into your adult body. Nobody talks about it because it's not nearly as dramatic as first puberty, but it it's the reason for a lot of strange things that happen to the body at around the age of 20-22.
And as far as the ID thing goes, if you really, REALLY hate getting asked for ID in unnecessary situations, go out and get your restricted firearms license. (advice for Canadians; I'm not sure what the gun licensing rules are like in the States.) This is a valid piece of government-issued photo ID, and can be legally presented anywhere that a driver's license can be. (but be prepared to present your driver's license as well) Note: if you're trying this, always be really, really polite. There's no need to be rude; by flashing that, you've already sent the message that you'd like them to cut the BS. Just be careful with it; making it too well known that you have a gun license and the potential ability to purchase firearms can invite burglars into your home.
Hope this helps, everybody.
And hey-- stay beautiful. 8)
sincerely,
A Cute Canadian Sculptor with a Handgun License
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There seems to be quite alot of people dealing with this issue, more than I thought in the first place.
People don't damadge your body to look older, it's dumb and shortsighted.
If anybody are interested we could start a club/support for people suffering with this issue.
Since you all have been so open to me, I will share one of my personal stories with you. Last time I was on vacation we went to a tour bus, the bus driver asked how old I was so he could find out how much my ticket cost.
I said I was 16, which he just had to reply that I looked like I was 10, That really hurt and actually ruined my day, Good to know I'm not alone though.
Please let me know what you think, And keep on biting the bullet.
People don't damadge your body to look older, it's dumb and shortsighted.
If anybody are interested we could start a club/support for people suffering with this issue.
Since you all have been so open to me, I will share one of my personal stories with you. Last time I was on vacation we went to a tour bus, the bus driver asked how old I was so he could find out how much my ticket cost.
I said I was 16, which he just had to reply that I looked like I was 10, That really hurt and actually ruined my day, Good to know I'm not alone though.
Please let me know what you think, And keep on biting the bullet.
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Glad to see this topic. Im in sweden.
I´m 24 and hate when people younger than me patronize me, thinking they are older. And it seems like people don´t take you serious as well. This takes a toll on your career and social life, since you dont have the "authority" figure look.
I´ve read through this thread and it has almost depressed me more. I´ll be turning 25 and reading about people in their 30´s still looking like teenagers isn´t good news to look forward to.
I´d be happy if people could compile some tips or anything .
I tried to google or search for information on tips but all I could find was "How to cut 10 years from your looks " XD The irony
/Leila
I´m 24 and hate when people younger than me patronize me, thinking they are older. And it seems like people don´t take you serious as well. This takes a toll on your career and social life, since you dont have the "authority" figure look.
I´ve read through this thread and it has almost depressed me more. I´ll be turning 25 and reading about people in their 30´s still looking like teenagers isn´t good news to look forward to.
I´d be happy if people could compile some tips or anything .
I tried to google or search for information on tips but all I could find was "How to cut 10 years from your looks " XD The irony
/Leila
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Glad to see this topic. Im in sweden.
I´m 24 and hate when people younger than me patronize me thinking they are older. And it seems like people don´t take you serious as well. This takes a toll on your career and social life, since you dont have the "authority" figure look.
I´ve read through this thread and it has almost depressed me more. I´ll be turning 25 and reading about people in their 30´s still looking like teenagers isn´t good news to look forward to.
I´d be happy if people could compile some tips or anything .
I tried to google or search for information on tips but all I could find was "How to cut 10 years from your looks " XD The irony
Oh well, glad t see i´m not alone......
I´m 24 and hate when people younger than me patronize me thinking they are older. And it seems like people don´t take you serious as well. This takes a toll on your career and social life, since you dont have the "authority" figure look.
I´ve read through this thread and it has almost depressed me more. I´ll be turning 25 and reading about people in their 30´s still looking like teenagers isn´t good news to look forward to.
I´d be happy if people could compile some tips or anything .
I tried to google or search for information on tips but all I could find was "How to cut 10 years from your looks " XD The irony
Oh well, glad t see i´m not alone......
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I am so glad to have found this; I didn't know there were a lot of others going through the same thing. I really don't like being dramatic about looking so young, but it really bothers me. I'm twenty, and can pass for twelve to fourteen. People are usually shocked to find out I'm in college. I always try to laugh it off, but it's hard cause it makes me feel insecure, even if I know they don't mean it as an insult. I feel the same as an earlier poster, saying that they don't act/feel their age probably because they don't look their age and the way people treat them because of it. I've even heard some snickers and snide comments from students at my school, wondering how someone as 'young' as me managed to get into college. It's depressing. :-( If that serum that makes you look older ever comes out, I'll be first in line to buy it. Anyway, thanks for listening, or rather, reading my rant.
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I am 27 years old and I'm constantly reminded of how young i look.
Going to clubs, meeting others my own age and just hanging out with my friends I feel paranoid that people are thinking how young I look.
Recently I got a job as an analyst in a team of people who were in their early to late 30s. In my first meeting introducing myself to the team, it was made clear to me as to how young they all thought I was with the comment "so did you start working when were 12 8) or something?"
I worked hard to get to a positition where I would be respected and before even getting a chance to show people what I could do I was insulted. I am now thinking of starting my own business so that I don't have to prove myself to anyone, If anyone discovers the ageing serum i'll sell it! 8)
I have read through all of these posts and I am glad to see that I am not alone.
Going to clubs, meeting others my own age and just hanging out with my friends I feel paranoid that people are thinking how young I look.
Recently I got a job as an analyst in a team of people who were in their early to late 30s. In my first meeting introducing myself to the team, it was made clear to me as to how young they all thought I was with the comment "so did you start working when were 12 8) or something?"
I worked hard to get to a positition where I would be respected and before even getting a chance to show people what I could do I was insulted. I am now thinking of starting my own business so that I don't have to prove myself to anyone, If anyone discovers the ageing serum i'll sell it! 8)
I have read through all of these posts and I am glad to see that I am not alone.
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Isn't it funny how there are so many of us that feel the same way and there's really nothing to do about it? I was just watching "What Not To Wear" and got online to see if they had any tips about looking older, since I knew it had been addressed on the show before (they don't, by the way).
I don't have it as badly as some of the rest of you, I'm 26 and look like maybe 15. I teach grades 5-12 and the younger ones think I'm older (like 28!) so that makes me feel better. People who don't know me come into the classroom (in high school) and look around for the teacher and can't find me. Also, I lost about 20 pounds during that 'second puberty' a few years ago and I look even younger. I like my body better now, and refuse to give it up to look older and frumpy.
I stayed home sick today and went to Walgreens (without make-up, in jeans) and got ID'd for the cold medicine I purchased. The guy was so surprised at how old I am and said, "Wow, you're getting up there, huh?"
I think we should just all remember that people say these things without using empathy-- they don't put themselves in your situation. So, be the bigger (ha!) person and put yourself in their situation, think of people being surprised how young you are all the time or if you saw someone who was 40 and looked 12.
Stay young!
I don't have it as badly as some of the rest of you, I'm 26 and look like maybe 15. I teach grades 5-12 and the younger ones think I'm older (like 28!) so that makes me feel better. People who don't know me come into the classroom (in high school) and look around for the teacher and can't find me. Also, I lost about 20 pounds during that 'second puberty' a few years ago and I look even younger. I like my body better now, and refuse to give it up to look older and frumpy.
I stayed home sick today and went to Walgreens (without make-up, in jeans) and got ID'd for the cold medicine I purchased. The guy was so surprised at how old I am and said, "Wow, you're getting up there, huh?"
I think we should just all remember that people say these things without using empathy-- they don't put themselves in your situation. So, be the bigger (ha!) person and put yourself in their situation, think of people being surprised how young you are all the time or if you saw someone who was 40 and looked 12.
Stay young!
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Glad to know I'm not the ONLY one out there with this problem. I'm 41 and look between 23-25. I have been a computer tech for 20 yrs. People look at me funny when I say that. One guy tried to "school" me about the older system on one of their computers, I told him "I cut my teeth on DOS, thanks anyway,". He has the stones to say I was too young to understand DOS. I dressed him down in front of his staff, "Look I am older than you, my IQ is higher, and I get paid more. So p*****f and let me do my job and fix what you screwed up". (I own my own network troubleshooting company)
So I understand what it means to be taken "at face value", and not for what you really are. When my wife and I go out people think she is my mother, and our 13yr old is my brother. It gets very annoying very fast!
So I understand what it means to be taken "at face value", and not for what you really are. When my wife and I go out people think she is my mother, and our 13yr old is my brother. It gets very annoying very fast!
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Thankyou everyone for these posts, I thought I was the only one with this problem. I am 26 but often get mistaken for a teenager. The worst thing is when you give someone your name and they say "So that's Miss...what?" and I say "Try Mrs" and they are really shocked. Its even worse now because I've just been awarded my PhD and people definitely do not buy that I am a "Dr". I get the funniest looks.
It doesn't help me with my career at all because I don't get taken seriously and people assume I am a first year PhD student or even an undergraduate doing a lab project. I honestly believe that my appearance will end my career because I am in a really competitive industry where authority and leadership are necessary to progress, and I just can't project those qualities from the body of a child.
The worst thing that happened to me was when I was offered the children's menu in a hotel restaurant when I was 21, in front of my husbands family. I nearly burst into tears.
I think its important to realise that people who think you are young or treat you like you are younger don't mean offence, how are they supposed to know whether you are a kid or not? You can't blame people for assuming you are younger if you look that way. If they continue to treat you differently even after you tell them your age (e.g. they don't believe you), that's the time to get angry.
It doesn't help me with my career at all because I don't get taken seriously and people assume I am a first year PhD student or even an undergraduate doing a lab project. I honestly believe that my appearance will end my career because I am in a really competitive industry where authority and leadership are necessary to progress, and I just can't project those qualities from the body of a child.
The worst thing that happened to me was when I was offered the children's menu in a hotel restaurant when I was 21, in front of my husbands family. I nearly burst into tears.
I think its important to realise that people who think you are young or treat you like you are younger don't mean offence, how are they supposed to know whether you are a kid or not? You can't blame people for assuming you are younger if you look that way. If they continue to treat you differently even after you tell them your age (e.g. they don't believe you), that's the time to get angry.
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Im 23 year old man and I get asked for ID pretty much everytime. My self confidence is at all time low because of the issue I've had my whole life and always thought it would some day get better, but now at 24 I've come to realize that I wont get any bigger and my built won't change from here much. im 5"6-5"7 but I look like im 16.
Few stories to tell: went to buy liquor, the lady in the counter in his 50 asked for my ID, ok no problem have done this hundreds of times. Well he checks the ID and starts staring at me, taking glances at the ID.
Im just thinking that no way this is happening. Then she says 'this is not your id'. I try play it of cool, there are people behind me. I tell her calmly its my ID.
She says there is no way its mine. I ask then whos ID is it. She replies that it must be my brothers... She puts my id to the counter thinking probably that I will just take it and leave since there is no way im 18... Well I dont leave and tell her its my ID. At some point I remember I have a another id in my wallet and give that to her, now she gets dead silent and probably realizes its my ID. And finally starts moving my groceries, and at this point the line behind me is huge.
And how much liquor did I actually buy? 2 freaking beers. At the age of 23.
OK another story, this happened two days later than the previous. I go to buy takeaway food from this restaurant at 22pm. I go to the counter and pay, I give the woman in the counter 100€ bill which is like 140$ or so. And she starts mumbling about something weird while she is leaving the counter, I tell her that i can pay with my credit card if the change is a problem. She tells me that its no problem this late. So im wondering what the hell is the issue. But I dont say anything.
Well she comes back with the money, and while handing it to me she tells me that it was just because she thought it was a bad idea for a boy this young to be carrying that much money at that time of the night. Im pretty much in shock and while she is leaving the counter I get some urge to try to tell her im actually a GROWN MAN but my voice get blocked by some other guy coming to order at the same time. Oh well I guess correcting her wasn't important. It just made me feel terrible again. I guess I really look that young, because I have been told I sound like im actually in my 20s.
Don't get me even started about trying to get girls my age to date me. The whole thing is so embarrassing if the girl don't know me, its like I can't do it. I have to pretty much tell how old I really am before even telling my name, and my experience is that no woman in her 20's wants to go out with a guy who looks like 16.
So if you women think you have it bad to look very young, think what guys need to go through with the same issue.
Few stories to tell: went to buy liquor, the lady in the counter in his 50 asked for my ID, ok no problem have done this hundreds of times. Well he checks the ID and starts staring at me, taking glances at the ID.
Im just thinking that no way this is happening. Then she says 'this is not your id'. I try play it of cool, there are people behind me. I tell her calmly its my ID.
She says there is no way its mine. I ask then whos ID is it. She replies that it must be my brothers... She puts my id to the counter thinking probably that I will just take it and leave since there is no way im 18... Well I dont leave and tell her its my ID. At some point I remember I have a another id in my wallet and give that to her, now she gets dead silent and probably realizes its my ID. And finally starts moving my groceries, and at this point the line behind me is huge.
And how much liquor did I actually buy? 2 freaking beers. At the age of 23.
OK another story, this happened two days later than the previous. I go to buy takeaway food from this restaurant at 22pm. I go to the counter and pay, I give the woman in the counter 100€ bill which is like 140$ or so. And she starts mumbling about something weird while she is leaving the counter, I tell her that i can pay with my credit card if the change is a problem. She tells me that its no problem this late. So im wondering what the hell is the issue. But I dont say anything.
Well she comes back with the money, and while handing it to me she tells me that it was just because she thought it was a bad idea for a boy this young to be carrying that much money at that time of the night. Im pretty much in shock and while she is leaving the counter I get some urge to try to tell her im actually a GROWN MAN but my voice get blocked by some other guy coming to order at the same time. Oh well I guess correcting her wasn't important. It just made me feel terrible again. I guess I really look that young, because I have been told I sound like im actually in my 20s.
Don't get me even started about trying to get girls my age to date me. The whole thing is so embarrassing if the girl don't know me, its like I can't do it. I have to pretty much tell how old I really am before even telling my name, and my experience is that no woman in her 20's wants to go out with a guy who looks like 16.
So if you women think you have it bad to look very young, think what guys need to go through with the same issue.
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I too feel the burn when it comes to being short and younger than I look. I am a 25 year old female teacher in a middle school. I stand at about 5 feet 1 inch and am very athletic and petite. Every day I get some annoying student who says "gee...you're really short" or "how old are you"? And it isn't always the students. Today was our dress down day and I had at least 5 coworkers tell me that they thought I was a student. I felt like saying "oh well I thought you were a grandmother who was volunteering." I also work for the athletics department of our high school. Just last weekend, I had an instructor ask for a parent because he thought I was a high school student. I am just so sick and tired of being looked down upon because I am short and look younger than I really am.
And to top it all off, my fiance looks just as young as I do, so when we are together we always get treated like we are 16.
Thanks for helping me to realize I'm not the only short, tiny, young looking intelligent person in the world.
And to top it all off, my fiance looks just as young as I do, so when we are together we always get treated like we are 16.
Thanks for helping me to realize I'm not the only short, tiny, young looking intelligent person in the world.
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Like most others on here I was very relived to have found this thread! I am 28 and most people think I'm about 18 - I do still get Id'd sometimes as well as it's so embarrassing - it actually stops me from wanting to go out sometimes. Everyone looks at me strangely when I say that I'm married and people talk doen to me like I'm a teenager. I gree that it's hard to get on in your career as people assume you don't have much experience as they think you are so young. A lot of people can't understand that it gets you down to look so young - everyone is obsessd by staying young and no one gets that you might want to look older!!
I haven't managed to find anyways of looking older, all haircuts, make-up styles, clothes etc just keep me looking the same age! Like someone else earlier on in the post I just want to look my age not 10 or more years younger!! I just keep tellinh myself that when I'm 60 but look 40 they will all be very jealous!! lol
I haven't managed to find anyways of looking older, all haircuts, make-up styles, clothes etc just keep me looking the same age! Like someone else earlier on in the post I just want to look my age not 10 or more years younger!! I just keep tellinh myself that when I'm 60 but look 40 they will all be very jealous!! lol
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The God is great who gives us the precious life. The men should be taking care of it.
Well according to my view every man should be always accepted the good habits. The
Men should never smoke. And always have a balance diet. That is protecting to our health.
kuldeep singh
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Well according to my view every man should be always accepted the good habits. The
Men should never smoke. And always have a balance diet. That is protecting to our health.
kuldeep singh
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