Current Events > Getting mistaken as a teen when you're almost 30

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Is pretty damn great tbh. Not sure why some folks get mad at it. If it continues, I will enjoy being mistaken as a 20 year old at 40, lol.

If your so youthful and attractive den post pics

Does that mean that the people you've been with have been pedophiles?

People mistake me for being like 22 when I'm 36

I have a friend (petite Asian) who looked about 17 when she was 27. She hated it. Always carded at bars and clubs, always asked if she was travelling with a parent at the airport. She would get visibly upset when this would happen.

The trick to curing baby face is to do a bunch of drugs. Abuse sleep too

I've gotten a few funny looks because all my girlfriend's winter clothes are from the child's section, despite her being only a year younger than I.

It sucks

Happens to me all the time too, I'm 26 but people always tell me I look 19 my ego loves it every time it happens lol

I look a lot younger than I actually am. Estrogen is a hell of a drug, it takes literal years off most girl's face. And my mom didn't start to wrinkle or show other signs of aging until her 50s. So I've got 20 years of looking younger than I am, at minimum.

same but it sucks

always getting carded

It sometimes depends on the environment.

Older people generally think I'm younger than I am.

When my brother went to the hospital they thought I was his dad.

people still think I'm in hs... I'm damn near 23

I love it lol. I also never understood people who get pissy when someone thinks theyre younger than they actually are. Its a compliment.

I think I've officially left that phase in the last couple of years. I'm 38 but was still being mistaken as a teen until recently. Now everyone thinks I'm 20-25 instead.

A bunch of my coworkers were talking about me and another one spoke up and said "he's damn near 40, you don't need to treat him special." They admitted that they thought I was early or mid 20's at most.

People on here told me I look like I'm in my mid 20's but I think they're just being nice

If I shave my beard I'm pretty sure people would think I'm a teenager

its annoying. only really happens if i shave though.

1337toothbrush posted...

Does that mean that the people you've been with have been pedophiles?

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Conflict posted...

Facial hair makes all the difference

This is a common misconception.

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I think it has the opposite effect for me because I can barely grow anything on the cheeks. It makes me look like a teenager growing their facial pubes out for the first time

TC goes into restaurants and the waiter gives him the kids menu

Im 34 and I still get carded for shit if I shave my beard off

Approaching 40 and still look 22. It is great indeed.

However, i very much feel my age.

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I got carded by some kid when I tried to buy Jurassic Park on dvd at Walmart a few years ago :|

I was like really bruh I was 6 the first time I saw this movie

thronedfire2 posted...

I got carded by some kid when I tried to buy Jurassic Park on dvd at Walmart a few years ago :|

I was like really bruh I was 6 the first time I saw this movie

It's rated PG13 you didn't get carded for it lol

JoanOfArcade posted...

It's rated PG13 you didn't get carded for it lol

well maybe it was a game then? It did happen lol but it was years ago

thronedfire2 posted...

well maybe it was a game then? It did happen lol but it was years ago. JP was the last dvd I remember buying but now that I think about it it I bought Spartacus on DVD around the same time so it could have been that

The show or the movie? Always meant watch that Spartacus show

Pre-covid people often thought I was pushing 20. I'm 35 now.

I grew my hair and a beard for the last couple of years and now people think I look older than I really am.

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Agreed. When I first got my license, I was clean shaven in the ID photo. I got pulled over like 2 months later, and I had grown my beard and mustache in. The officer looked at my ID, then at me, and was like "wow this photo was a long time ago huh?"

the show, I highly recommend it. the first few episodes can be hard to get through until you get used to the way they talk but the rest is amazing. The dialogue actually becomes one of the best parts of the show.

episode 5 was when it really hooked me

Feline_Heart posted...

I think it has the opposite effect for me because I can barely grow anything on the cheeks. It makes me look like a teenager growing their facial pubes out for the first time

this

hell I didn't even start getting whiskers until I was 18, and I still can't grow a beard

I've often been mistaken for being younger ever since my senior year in high school. I still do nearly 20 years later. But aside from having gained a little weight, I pretty much still look the same as I did in high school. It must be genes, as my mother and sister look younger than their age as well.

rexcrk posted...

I love it lol. I also never understood people who get pissy when someone thinks theyre younger than they actually are. Its a compliment.

Yeah I don't understand that as well. I mean, when I was in my 20s, I wouldn't want people thinking I was in my 40s.

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Aren't you 13?

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What do you mean?

A lot of people peak physically in their late teens to mid-twenties.

It's absolutely a compliment.

For me it gets annoying at times, hence why I grew out my beard.

must be nice, i'm being treated as a dad of four when i was a teen

everybody keeps trying to put diapers on me, it's sooooo annoying

Nukazie posted...

must be nice, i'm being treated as a dad of four when i was a teen

My brother looked older than he is, and I look younger. He is 2.5 years older than me, and one time someone mistook him for my dad. He was seething.

Prior to mask wearing if I had a good size beard, I would not get carded for drinking. When I don't really have a beard, I would almost always get carded.

Simp posted...

everybody keeps trying to put diapers on me, it's sooooo annoying

wtf

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You're not a kid in your layer teen years though.

Is this you doing the weird 'you're a child until you're 25' thing that you get on this board?

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My friend hates it.

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I mean it depends entirely on your age lol. when you're 25 you might not want people thinking you're 18 but when you're in your 30s it doesn't feel bad when people think you're early 20s

Most people pin me as 21 or 22; I'm 28. Though when I was 25, people legit thought I was 18