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The thread on how old are you made me think about this. How well are you aging? Poll coming soon

(E.G. Do people think you are 5 years older, five years younger, etc)

EDIT: (Just noticed, 1,500th post)

The thread on how old are you made me think about this. How well are you aging? Poll coming soon

(E.G. Do people think you are 5 years older, five years younger, etc)

EDIT: (Just noticed, 1,500th post)

Some people tend to say I´m lying when I tell them I´m 27. Many people think I´m 20-21 years. And in some ocassions, when I go clubbing, I´m still asked for my ID. I feel flattered.:p

Some people tend to say I´m lying when I tell them I´m 27. Many people think I´m 20-21 years. And in some ocassions, when I go clubbing, I´m still asked for my ID. I feel flattered.:p

A friend of mine who was a waiter told me he always carded women because they almost invariably left a bigger tip.

A friend of mine who was a waiter told me he always carded women because they almost invariably left a bigger tip.

LOL! If my mom is any indication, your friend´s correct.:p

people say I look about 24....looking older is a good thing right?

I'm already getting job offers for 35k OTE maybe I should just find a trophy wife and accept that the ways of the Sith are slowly turning me into Palpatine :(

I believe by a general breakdown of cellular processes, but I have to admit my knowledge of the subject is limited.

don't be silly its clearly your essence escaping

I believe by a general breakdown of cellular processes, but I have to admit my knowledge of the subject is limited.

My phrasing of the question leaves much to be desired. Yes, I got it. :D

i am 27 but people think i am 19ish. a bar even seized my id as a fake and refused to give it back until i had the police come down and verify I was who is aid I was. though afterwards I got free drinks all night.

I am in my mid-twenties, and I am regularly told that I look like a teenager. I have never been to a bar or liquor store without being carded, often multiple times, and I think I've only managed to buy a ticket for an R movie once without getting carded. I have even had a few people believe I am still in middle school (i.e. around 10-13 years old), which is a bit ridiculous, since as baby-faced as I may be, I am nonetheless demonstrably post-pubescent. :p

My friends tease me about my youthful appearance, but they generally shut up once I point out that they're going to hate it when we're all in our mid-forties but everyone thinks I'm 28. ;)

Oh dear. Before I turned 20 people were telling me I looked 25.

I believe by a general breakdown of cellular processes, but I have to admit my knowledge of the subject is limited.

People seem to think I'm around 20 ish when I'm 18, not that big of a leap but still...

How are you aging? one year at a time.

people have thought me younger, but I don't really ask so...

Depending on how long it is since I shaved, anywhere from 17 to 24.

I'm 19 btw.

And what the hell, 1 hour time warp in Call to powers post...

I no longer look like a kid. At least I look like an adult, though that isn't saying much. -_-; People still think I'm way younger than 25.

I'm 22 and still get asked for ID in some places, especially during school holidays. My Mums approaching 50 and still looks about 35, so I'm hoping I got those genes :p

At 21, I have serious bags under my eyes, a permanently furrowed brow and my hair is slightly greying.

Mind you, that could be just because it's finals in 4 weeks time and my dissertation, due in this coming Friday, is still more than 2000 words over the limit.

I am, however, an hour younger on the forums than I appear in real life. Aren't time warps wonderful?

Hotly(?) well. I'm 20 and I look 20.

Way to damn old, I'm 17 and I already reflect on my youth as if I would be an old geezer, I talk like an old geezer and I feel like an old geezer because I'm expected to be a grown-up when I'm definatly not. It's a hard time for teens...

I'm 22 and I rarely get ID'd for clubs or in off licences, but it happens every now and then. People tell me I look about 20. Fine by me.

I'm 18 but people think I'm 14 or 15.

A friend of mine who was a waiter told me he always carded women because they almost invariably left a bigger tip.

I once knew a woman of 25 who was very offended by that when she tried to enter a club (18 or older) :p

The thread on how old are you made me think about this. How well are you aging? Poll coming soon

(E.G. Do people think you are 5 years older, five years younger, etc)

EDIT: (Just noticed, 1,500th post)

Most of the time I'm slightly younger. But it really all depends on how I dress up. In suit: slightly older. In clothes for going out, slightly younger.

I'm 40, will be 41 in a few months, and everyone tells me I look 25-30. So, either they're all blowing smoke up my ass, or I look damn good for my age.

I'm 27, but people think I'm about 6.

I'm 27, but people think I'm about 6.

You´re Arnold from Diff´rent Strokes?!:eek:

I'm 27, but people think I'm about 6.

The question was old you look not how old you act. :D*runs away*

I've been carded for buying beer, so that would imply that I look younger than I am...

People usually think I'm anywhere from 15 to 17, though I'm 20 years old in actuality. I guess I got my parents' aging genes.

My dad never looked his age. When he was 43, he looked maybe 30 years old. Same goes for my mom.

People usually think I'm anywhere from 15 to 17, though I'm 20 years old in actuality. I guess I got my parents' aging genes.
Hmmm, based on your picture in the other thread, I thought you were 12...

j/k I did think you were in your teens though...


My dad never looked his age. When he was 43, he looked maybe 30 years old. Same goes for my mom.
She looked 30 when he was 43?
That's fairly meaningless...
;)

Until a few years ago, People always thought I was a lot younger than I really was, usually guessing I was in my early twenties. Now I am 40, and with a little gray starting to show up, I look 40.

People usually think I'm a few years older...but it depends on both my facial hair and what I'm wearing at the time. If I'm dressed professionally, or have a full goatee, I look much older than if I'm wearing a t-shirt and jeans, or I'm clean shaven or just have a chinstrap.

http://photos-e.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sctm/v185/12/11/23114960/n23114960_32672700_3781.jpg

versus

http://photos-g.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v170/12/11/23114960/n23114960_32525502_3086.jpg

versus

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versus

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I'm 18. Sometimes people think I'm 1 or 2 years younger, and sometimes people think I'm 1-4 years older.

Hmm.. if I'm not shaved people think I'm older, if I shave people think I'm in my late teens. So none of these options really work for me.

Hmm.. if I'm not shaved people think I'm older, if I shave people think I'm in my late teens. So none of these options really work for me.

when your dressed for a night out are you shaved or unshaved?

when your dressed for a night out are you shaved or unshaved?

I always have a mustache and soul patch or full goatee... occasionally for reasons unknown to even me I'll shave off all my facial hair and then inevitably grow it back to the mustache and soul patch. Does that help?

There's been a couple of occasions when I've been asked my age when buying a bus ticket and I get asked for ID fairly consistently when buying alcohol, I'm 21 so between 3 and 6 years younger. Ironically people seem to think i'm younger when I haven't shaved (yes, I still can't grow proper facial hair:headbang:).

I always have a mustache and soul patch or full goatee... occasionally for reasons unknown to even me I'll shave off all my facial hair and then inevitably grow it back to the mustache and soul patch. Does that help?

well go with what you look like most of the time then

I'm 19 atm; people tend to think I'm about 23-25.

I once knew a woman of 25 who was very offended by that when she tried to enter a club (18 or older) :p

There's always one...

Younger, but I don't know exactly how much... I'm 27, but everyone keeps thinking I'm still a student and is surprised when I tell them I already finished my studies (computer science) and that I'm working since a few years.

I'm 20, and I look about 20 :)

For the last 5 years or so most of the people who've commented have said that I looked to be "about 30" (I'm 37), but I seem to have gone into a fairly rapid decline over the last year.

When I was having my hair cut last week I noticed a fairly large patch on my head where it seems to be really quite thin all of a sudden, and I managed to get a sunburned scalp while playing golf at the weekend which was a new, and fairly unpleasant, experience.

Oh, and there's a streak of grey in both of my eyebrows, and a significant proportion of grey & white in my facial hair when I go without shaving for a few days.

The clock is ticking :p

Ugh, I'm retarded. I put 6-10 years older rather than younger.

It's the dementia, it must be.

Anyway, my brother and I took my kids to the store one day, and we had an old woman glaring at us the whole time...who then said to a fellow busy-body "teen parents, pffft".

:D

Anyway, I'm 30, and I'm tired of the conversation that goes:

"How old are you?"
"30."
"hahahah. No really."

Ugh, I'm retarded. I put 6-10 years older rather than younger.

It's the dementia, it must be.

Anyway, my brother and I took my kids to the store one day, and we had an old woman glaring at us the whole time...who then said to a fellow busy-body "teen parents, pffft".

:D

Anyway, I'm 30, and I'm tired of the conversation that goes:

"How old are you?"
"30."
"hahahah. No really."

Show them your boobs. That should help. :eek:

Show me your boobs. That should help. :eek:

Isn't this what you're really trying to say Joc?

She looked 30 when he was 43?
That's fairly meaningless...
;)

Heh, I should've caught that, but yeah, they're the same age.

Heh, I should've caught that, but yeah, they're the same age.

Actually, it was clear what you were saying, I was just being an ass.

Actually, it was clear what you were saying, I was just being an ass.

I could've made it clearer, honestly.

Though I do know that you were being an ass... Shit, I do it all the time, myself. It's all in good fun.

I could've made it clearer, honestly.

Though I do know that you were being an ass... Shit, I do it all the time, myself. It's all in good fun.

It is indeed, sometimes especially if the person you are doing it to doesn't catch on...

Most of my life, people said I looked younger than I was. But the last few years, my bald spot has grown, and my remaining hairs are getting grey. :( I did have someone ask if I was 35 (I'm 47), but he was trying to sell me something. :p I'd say that I still look younger than my age, but the gap is getting smaller. :(

It is indeed, sometimes especially if the person you are doing it to doesn't catch on...

That's what makes a decent time of being an ass a golden time, my friend.

with my beard people think i'm about 3 or 4 years older. without it i look my age i'm told but i think i look about 15.

It's not bad for me; I'm 20, turning 21 in June, and my friends say that I look 23 or 24. Meh, not a big enough difference for me to care.

with my beard people think i'm about 3 or 4 years older. without it i look my age i'm told but i think i look about 15.

There's an American I know that is here in Spain through the Erasmus program and with his beard he looked maybe 25 or 26, and he shaved it and I couldn't even tell it was him until he spoke up - he's like 22 or something.

I am 22, Most people say I look older than that (but not much). Wii fit says I have the health of a 32 year old :/

Depends;

Sometimes I get refused alcohol without an ID even though I'm two-years older than the age limit, other times I get told I took about 23.