Your age vs. others' perception of your age

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Elegant Winter said:
People think I'm only five. I'm 26.

Good genes and exercise, you know? :m1:
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Well YAAH. I assumed you were around 4, maybe 5, yrs of age. This was my main reason for befriending you. I hoped to get close enough so that I may one day drink your young, virgin blood.

Please tell me it's not too late...?? :drama:
 
25, often regarded as 5-10 years younger by strangers. So far, that's been more of a disadvantage than an advantage. A student younger than me by 5 years gets served alcohol but they wouldn't serve me because I 'just look so young'. I think I was 23 then. Or I go to Ohio with a friend after graduating from university, and this random elderly woman catches my gaze and comes over, putting her motherly arm around me and asks why aren't I in school today. My extroverted friend had a good laugh.
 
People tend to think I'm 16-18 when I have a book bag on and no makeup. If I have makeup and no book bag, people assume I'm in my early 20s. If I'm dressed up, then they tend to think I'm older. If I have on heavier makeup and heels, people think I'm in my 30s. So it really depends.

I'm 25.
 
I have a beard most of the time. Folks thought I was older when I was in my twenties, but now it's par for the age.

In the rare instance where I shave it off, I get immediate comments about looking older. I reckon the age lines start to show.
 
At 22-24 people thought I was 27 or around there.

25 now, but it seems my chronological age has caught up to my appearance.
 
Older by the way i speak, write. And i mean, way older. My age, slightly older by appereance, depending if i grow my beard or not, which is usually not the case.
 
Always looked younger than I was, which bothered me for years. Was told the other day that someone thought I looked older than my elder brother which resulted in:

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When you're approaching mid thirties you don't want to be told you look old.
 

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Jacobi said:
Always looked younger than I was, which bothered me for years. Was told the other day that someone thought I looked older than my elder brother which resulted in:

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When you're approaching mid thirties you don't want to be told you look old.
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I'm about 1.5 times your age.
Sometimes I act 3 times that.
Sometimes 1/3 of that.
Sometimes people don't know what to think.
Sometimes. :D
 
Perpetual Youth: Peter Pan: Puer aeternus (physically; not psychologically)


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I am 35 but 2 guys at work were like you are 27 but I said I am 35. I think it is because my face looks younger than it actually is and my body(frame) looks young-ish for my age I guess.
 
I look about 24 to 25 - much younger than my actual age. I kind of like it because I know it will be at advantage when I am much older. Passing off as a hot 55 year old but Ill be actually like 62 or something...lol

I think your genetics and state of health plays a HUGE role in the way one ages. Stress, cigarettes, drinking and being overweight doesn't help- we can get away with it in our earlier years but not so much as our aging bodies call for healthier lifestyles.
 
im usually perceived as younger than i am, even though im bald. my brother is 3 years younger than me and people always think he is my older brother. when i was 30 i was still sometimes getting carded. its because ive got a bulbous baby animal shaped head and some slightly feminised features like soft looking flesh. i hate being treated like a child. i think my age is beginning to show these days though.
 
People have always thought I was younger, sometimes shockingly much younger. In third year of University, some old guy thought I was fresh out of highschool. When I was finishing my Masters, people approached me thinking I was a first year. In my late twenties I get offered student prices or asked which highschool I go to. I'm still ready to show my ID when I buy alcohol and I'm now 32.
My partner has fun asking new people how old they think we are ( we're only 6 days apart in age). It's always the same, he'd be a few years older while I'd be 5 years younger.
I don't think people actually look at my face, just the way I dress and act. I tend to stare at nothing and look uninterested. Or so I've been told. It's no longer surprising or embarrassing for me now. I just wonder if I'll ever look my age.
 
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