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Today a police officer stopped me while I was walking around NYC and said, "Excuse me, miss, how old are you?" He must have thought I was like twelve or something. I showed him my college ID and he was like "Oh, okay." It was really bizarre though, because I get comments that I look really young quite often. xD
Anywayz, do people ever think you're younger or older than you really are? Has that ever benefited and/or disadvantaged you?
The homeowner whose house we were cleaning today asked me if I was married and had kids. :D
I hope I don't look that old... :(
I look a good bit younger than I am. I always get hell for it at work, because a lot of the under-aged/barely legal women who come in want to flirt. Awkward.......
I know I will be carded for at least another 3 years.
I've been mistaken for 16, and I've also been mistaken for someone older than 20. I'm 18.
I've also been mistaken for a girl before, too, most likely because of my voice.
I look about my age, I think.
The proudest day of my life was when I was like, 16 or 17 and a little kid called me a man. I'm usually too stubbled to look younger than I am these days.
All the men that hit on me think I'm at least 24 and then, they get all pissy when I'm 19 like I TRICKED THEM!
NYC is the worst for this. I feel you, Shiny.
I had a french oral proficiency exam today and accidentally wrote the wrong year of birth (I put that I was a year younger than I am) on my test sheet. The dude I had to do it with freaked out, and thought I did it on purpose. This has little to do with the thread, so I'll add that I think I look my age, and if people think I'm older it's only by a year or two. No big difference.
Yeah, it was totally weird, someone called me a man the other day and was totally serious about it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Psychotic
That's not something I've ever been called, or even considered myself as. I figured I wouldn't be considered a man until I'm older, but hey, this works too.
I was once mistaken for a werewolf. =/
Then Elvis. =s
Finally Wolverine. >=0 I do not look like Hugh Jackman goddamnit.
I look younger than I really am, maybe cause I'm tall and lanky with my suave face and ever present beard. Regardless it sucks to be 20 and look 17.
Some people think that I'm twelve years old; some people think that I'm fourteen years old; and some people think that I'm sixteen years old. I'm not sure how old I look, but most people think that I'm a high school student. :snowman:
Apparently, I look about 4 years older than I am. The fact that if I don't shave I have half a beard in three days might have something to do with it.
Still, it made for some akward conversations back in the US where women approached me, I start hitting on them, and then they turn out to be a divorsed mother thinking I was 24 or so, and probably looking for a one-nighter or a sugar-daddy(I did work at the Nanotech, that's like being the jackpot for those girls).
I'm generally mistaken for 21. When Hux and I went out to eat, we were offered all sorts of drinks. I don't think they would have carded us. I was nervous and unsure, so I didn't order them, but next time, I may well take advantage!
People have thought that I'm older than I really am ever since my voice became deep. As far back as 12 people were mistaking me for my dad on the phone.
Just a couple of months ago I was drinking with some neighbors that were 23+ and they were surprised to find out I wasn't even old enough to buy beer. One of them thought I was 25.
It's never bothered me, really. I'm used to it.
I look a ton younger than I am.
I was pouring myself some coffee one time and this older guy came up to me and demanded to know why I was drinking coffee. He was all, "what are you, 15??" (I'm 22). And I always always get carded when I'm buying alcohol. Or when I'm on the Casino floor in Vegas. :p
But I figure it'll benefit me in the long run. When I'm 40, I'll look 32!
My face is (very) boyish, and I wear flashy colors. But my height gives it away. =D
When I tell people my age, they're always like, "Whoa, November '87? I thought for sure you'd be at least a September kid!". And I'm like, "Yeah.
Thanks for THAT. :grr:"
Thanks to my height, voice, and awesome genes, people always think I'm about 14, maybe 15.
I look older than my mental age, at least.
Seriously, I look like I'm in my early twenties, and I'm about to (in 9 days) turn 29.
Everyone thinks I'm 16. If I had to guess, I'd even say I look 16. I'm 18.
I'm about to turn 19, but people always think I'm older than I am.
People ask me how old I am, and I tell them and they always seem to be shocked! I'm most commonly mistaken for 23. I don't think I look much older than I am, though!
Everypne always thinks I'm way way older than I am. I hope this doesn't mean I've reached my max height, because I want to hit 5'8'' plox.
People seem to think I'm 17 and in the last year at college, when I'm 16 and only in my first year. I think I always thought I had a young, baby face but I have so many people correct me and say that I could easily pass for 18 that maybe I should stop thinking that.
I've never tried to get served for anything though, I'm way too scared for that, I do fancy trying my luck getting into clubs this Christmas though.
When I was 12 I looked 18 and now that I'm 19 I look more like 15. My cousin Carissa looked like she was 20 when she was 11. (definitely looked older than me)
It never really gave me any advantages/disadvantages cus I stay out of trouble. Since I turned 18 I haven't even bought anything that requires an ID. I just went into a sex shop a few times.
When I was 17 I must have looked alot younger cus I tried to buy a game that my mom had to buy for me cus I didn't have any ID on me :( So I guess if anything it disadvantaged me!