Do you get mistaken for the wrong age?

[dizzy bone]

People generally think I am younger than my age. I usually get early to mid-twenties depending on my hairstyle.

 

[Aminata]

Sometimes people think i'm a teen, not bad i like to look young hihihi :]

 

[bae-blade]

I am almost 24 and got asked just a couple days ago by a waiter if I'm over 19! Made me feel good haha

 

[ChocoPie22]

People think that I am 18 or 19, when I'm actually 16 because I'm 5'10".

 

[Croconaw]

I am almost 24 and got asked just a couple days ago by a waiter if I'm over 19! Made me feel good haha

That literally reminded me that I sometimes get a children’s menu placed in front of me at restaurants. The only time that doesn’t happen is when I’m wearing my uniform from work, which is actually more often than not because I sometimes pick up some food after work if I’m hungry.

 

[xSuperMario64x]

last month someone at a car show I went to asked me if I was a senior in HS (17 y.o.) and I'm actually 22 lol. and a few days ago someone else mention that I look like I'm 16. so yeah I def get mistaken a lot

 

[Flyffel]

Last month someone at a convention asked me how old I am. When I said that I am 28 he said "oh... I thought that you were a LOT younger".

I feel like a lot of people would probably think that I'm like 20-22 or something.

I don't mind it. If anything it's just funny.

 

[JellyBeans]

i think for the most part people see me as more or less my age (18), although a couple of times I have been IDd for a monster even though the legal age to buy them here is 16

 

[Weebgirlstan]

yes i have a lot i was told that i look 17 or 18 but im actually 15 i don't know why i think its either the way i present myself or my physical attribute

 

[nintendofan85]

Most people think I'm way older than I actually am. I'm 21 but most people think I'm about 28.

 

[piichinu]

Yea everyone loses it when I say I’m 22, but I think that’s bc people watch too much TV and don’t know what actual 20 year olds look like

 

[heyimsobored]

Not really to be honest. I look like a super generic teenager/young adult. My mom was mistaken for being much older when she was younger though lol

 

[JemAC]

I usually get mistaken for been younger then I am, I’m 25 but often when I meet people for the first time they think I’m more 20/21. It doesn’t really bother me at the moment as it’s not too far off my actual age but I feel like I look exactly the same as I did when I left high school so I’m sure I’ll still get mistaken for been 20/early 20s for quite a few years yet.

 

[~Stitches~]

People usually mistake me for 17-18 years old, when really I'm about to turn 22 lol. Which is strange because when I went to buy alcohol last week, I didnt get ID'd. I am a smol girl so I guess I can see the confusion. Hopefully I won't look my age in my 30s-40s lol.

 

[TillyGoesMeow]

People usually mistake me for 17-18 years old, when really I'm about to turn 22 lol. Which is strange because when I went to buy alcohol last week, I didnt get ID'd. I am a smol girl so I guess I can see the confusion. Hopefully I won't look my age in my 30s-40s lol.

yahhh the same thing happens to me?? Frequently asked if I'm a freshman but simultaneously never carded. It's kind of worrisome honestly lmao

 

[Tao]

I'm 30 and people generally think I'm younger than I am by like 10 years.
- I'll get I.D'd for alcohol and (when I'm being naughty) cigarettes occasionally
- A guy at work thought I was the same age as him for about a year (21)
- My partner thought I was initially closer to her age when we met (now 22)
- When I say "back when I was in school" around people that don't know me well, they'll usually mockingly say "it wasn't even that long ago for you" until I correct them (I've been out of school nearly as long as I was in at this point)
- I had an angry old man at a service station a few months ago ranting towards me of how people 'my age' are to young to be on the road


Strangely enough, when I was under 18 I was always mistaken as being over 18 (assuming from all the places I drank in where I shouldn't have been). I think I just got to 21 and stopped getting older.

 

[Mariah]

I definitely encountered a pedophile at the mall when I was 23. Definitely.

When I was getting my makeup done a few weeks ago, the woman asked me if I was 17 or 18. I was like “Oh, I’m older than that…”
I’m actually 25.

 

[moonbyu]

even though im 16, people think im 13 or 12.. i can see why though, i dress like a unfashionable tween from 2015 and i'm much shorter than most of my peers.

 

[Orius]

Sometimes, yeah. I've been told that Asians tend to age slower in appearance (before rapidly aging in the elder years). I'm 31, but I've been called out to be in my 20s.

 

[b100ming]

HA! I’m 15 and look so young that no one believes I’m a sophomore!

Post automatically merged: Oct 4, 2021

Also I love glitter and wear clothing you’ll typically see on a younger girl, flip sequins, cute animals, etc. so they think I’m a little girl.