Anyone look younger than their age?

[confused88]

Does anyone here look younger than their age?

I do im 21 but people always say "you look about 12" or "you have baby face". It really pisses me off that I dont really look the same age as my age group and im sure it makes me less confident.

Anyone the same???

[s0me_guy]

Yep. Always. Shaved my hair today to and it's taken another couple of years off I reckon.

When I actually want to start looking young for my age though in my 30's, can guarantee I'll suddenly start going grey and wrinkly and look 5+ years older than I'd like.

Sods law and all that.

[png]

Used to in my 20s, but life has paid back in full since then :rolleyes:

[Wheelie Bin Bird]

erm no

[Ankylopithekos]

I'm 30 and look about 20. It would be quite handy if I were legally allowed to change my age.

[Stu24]

I'm almost 25 but the last person who asked how old I am was shocked cos she thought I was about 17

[GhostOnMagneticTape]

I used to be told I looked a few years younger than my actual age when I was in my 20s, take it as a compliment if you can and not an insult, it's a sign of a healthy looking person!

Just wait until you are in your 30s... :rolleyes:

[skald]

I am told I look around 23yo and I'm 27 and a heavy smoker. not bad i guess

[julie6672]

being really pretty and looking a lot younger than i am has been a real curse for me but, its something i've gotten use to now

[Defiance]

happens to me alot. for example twice in the past couple of months i went and bought painkillers from the supermarket and the checkout women were asking me how old i am. ...i'm almost 24 for gods sake.

anyway i have been experimenting with clothing and i think i have found a style that makes me look passable for 20's

basically jeans and a jumper. jumper is one color. no logo's or stuff on it. seems to help somewhat ..atleast for me.

[Jas]

Nope, i've been getting told i look 20 since i was 14

[Andy]

In school I was told I looked alot younger.

[яemus]

yeah I probably look about 5 or more years younger

[W!llow]

hell no! Every bit of stress is etched on my face and body.. It pisses me off actually as I have never abused my body apart from through obviously worrying, this condition etc I take that back I did abuse my body, I liked the sun too much when I was younger (probably worst culprit), I was always insecure about looking pale and the fact though I was paler I didn't have a beautiful skin tone so I liked the look of a light golden tan though I never went dark like some and didn't go for the overcooked look but still for a delicate skin it was too much.
Having said that sometimes people say I look younger (by a few years) than I am but not drastically I don't think anyone is going to be asking for ID put it that way.

[diplodocus]

Yeah I'm 34 but I look late twenties is mostly what I am told. I have had stupid incidents in the last couple of years being asked to prove I am 21 and even asked for ID buying alcohol but I put that down to the people asking being idiots :rolleyes:

It used to annoy me looking young but I'm pretty happy about it now.

[Charax]

When I shave I look ridiculously young (or just ridiculous) - then again I've had facial hair since I was 17 and it hardly ever comes off for any extended period of time, so I guess that's understandable (bozrena won't let me shave it all off).

[Tailgate]

if I'm all clean shaven I do tend to look a bit younger but if I've got a nice bushy beard I look older; that's partially why I like having beards.

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

im 19, I look about 15

[xNelliex]

no sorry

am 44 look 10 years older

so im told. I put it down to not having 'lived'

[brakesgirl]

Yes apparently so. I am 3 and a half years away from 30 myself and get asked for ID all the time (luckily I don't drink so much anymore) but I have to carry my passport around with me everywhere just in case.

Are the people asking idiots? Possibly and especially bar managers as they like to think they're setting an example by asking the wrong people! When I produced my passport once after being asked for ID, the server then asked 'why do carry your passport around with you?' to which I was like 'well I get asked all the time for it, er, like now?!' Doh! :rolleyes:

[threadbare]

i look my age, but in many ways i quite like being my age, so it works out semi-ok-ish (for the time being)

[Raskolnikov]

I was at the post office a few weeks ago getting my car tax, and this old man overheard me and mentioned something like "you drive?", as if I was younger than 17...he was out by nearly 10 years, which is not good

I think having a baby face is a good thing if you're female, since to look young is an attractive quality, but for a man it signifies weakness, child likeness, immaturity etc.

At my previous job I was called the babyfaced assassin...after Marco Antonio Barrera the boxer, because I have a young face and always used to smile when giving them lots of work to do...it was amusing for some reason to give them lots of work they didn't want.

[Kevin Hodge]

Originally Posted by mousey

so im told. I put it down to not having 'lived'

bunch of people won't believe i'm thirty, say i look way younger. which is fckin great obviously

but yeah, i've not exactly "lived" much either, i think we are supposed to be well on our way to a liver transplant by now, with all that sociable drinking and smoking and that :rolleyes:

hopefully i'll still be around for another two times thirty years at least!

[Kevin Hodge]

Originally Posted by Raskolnikov

I think having a baby face is a good thing if you're female, since to look young is an attractive quality, but for a man it signifies weakness, child likeness, immaturity etc.

nah man, yr seeing it all wrong. what about youthful vigour, playfulness, zest and all that?

i think lots of women still look great showing signs of age, whereas lots of men just look more and more like depraved perverts as they get older...*slinks off*

[Raskolnikov]

lol how does a depraved pervert look?

like...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZdBNtC5iUA

[hardy]

well over 55 people have thought around 40

beginning to wonder if it made people treat me non seriously assuming I was much younger than I am . could this be something that helped to give me SA?

[png]

I remember Matthew Parris saying how he had grey streaks put in his hair to appear older because he wasn't being taken seriously enough

[Sandyjw]

Hi yes get told that i look younger than 34 all the time and that i look in my late twenties. I have been asked a couple of times for id in the past few years and they have actually refused to serve me because i did not have id on me at the time. Its wierd because i drank alcohol in the pub at 17 and most of the time i never got asked. Anyway, it is getting so pc because now they are asking people for cigarettes and alcohol who look under 25 years of age and i know people in their late 30s and 40s that have been asked for id. My fella met me when i was 28 and he confessed that when he first met me he thought i was about 18 lol!

[Mark_N]

Yes! I'm 23 tomorrow but if you bumped into me you would think I'm only around 17 or something. I still can't get served in most bars, and I had a most unfortunate time when I went out with some friends. I was the only one stuck on coke because I had no ID on me!

I do look older obviously when I grow facial hair, so I tend to rarely have shaves for that reason!