[leomouse]

many people have told me that i look younger and they're surprised when i tell them my real age, i'm 23 almost 24 and look about 16.......... it's not really convenient for me since i just graduated uni and i should be looking for professional jobs and i'm sorta scared people won't take me seriously, a few times people asked me if i'm still in high school blahhhh also i smile a lot and i guess people think i'm "cute", possibly baby cute cause of my rounder face.

i'm also trying to meet new people and i'm wondering if people my age would think i'm too young for them.

my bf is slightly older and once some man was staring and my bf thought it was cause i look young and my bf looks older, i don't want people to think he's some pedophile lol. i dunno. what do you think of 16 year old girls how do they act/ look like to you? i can't remember if i changed ever since i was 16. so any ideas of how i should act etc.?

 

[dax]

That's nothing, I'm 30 and look about 19. When I tell people my age they're in a state of shock. I'm sure most of them think I'm right out of high school or something. It makes it really tough for me to get co-workers to take me seriously in my professional corporate job. I think it's also harder being a guy- looking boyishly young for a guy is considered an extremely negative trait by most people. Guys are supposed to look like men, not boys. Looking young for a girl is considered cute and attractive.

To answer your question tho- if you want people to perceive you as older, the best ways to do it are to talk and act more mature and dress more professionally.

 

[leomouse]

thanks for the advice dax

i guess we'll be happy to look young in like 10 years or we're like Brat Pitt in his movie Banjamin Bunton where he ages backwards.

i wonder why we look so much younger, maybe sleeping too much (i usually get 10 hours per night), not much drinking, no smoking or maybe not enough life experience.
i think sometimes i act mature other times i really act younger as well.

 

[WineKitty]

... we're like Brat Pitt in his movie Banjamin Bunton where he ages backwards.

Do you mean Benjamin Button by any chance? :lol :b

Looking a bit younger is less of big deal than you might realize right now. It wont last forever. No one can believe my age either but that is fine. I am sure one day EVERYONE will. Enjoy it while it lasts.

 

[Futures]

I used to have that problem. But then when you truly do start to get older, you realize it's a good thing.

 

[climbingupthewall]

Looking young is an incredibly positive thing for both guys and girls. Wouldn't that be better than being young and looking old? You're going to look young when you're old! What's more important is your maturity level. If you look young and act young, yes this is unappealing. Maturity is so unpopular these days...there's no bigger turn-off than an immature person.

 

[WineKitty]

i wonder why we look so much younger, maybe sleeping too much (i usually get 10 hours per night), not much drinking, no smoking or maybe not enough life experience.
i think sometimes i act mature other times i really act younger as well.

I think its genetics. I used to never get sleep all through my 20s, drank plenty, smoked, and had plenty of experiences, including raising a kid and two marriages. I should look 10 years older than I am if anything. I dont know why I have always looked younger; its pure luck, certainly nothing I have ever done!!! :lol

 

[Bredwh]

I've always looked older than I am and when I was 15 kids tried to get me to but them cigarettes. I look like I'm in my late 20's even though I'm only 22. I apparently look younger than I am if I completely shave though. I've been trying to have a short, trimmed beard to find a middle ground that would show my real age.

 

[DeeperUnderstanding]

I'm 26 but look like a teenager. It's frustrating when everyone asks me why I'm not in school.

 

[MissChocolateMilkshake]

I get the same thing, Im 27 people still think im between 16-20 years old. I rather look young,than look old. It used be annoying at first, but now I say thank you when someone say you look young. Its a compliment, I wont need any botox lol!

 

[Fairyxo]

I'm 20 and I look about 14, it's irritating, yeah, but when we're older we'll be laughing Everyone else will look like old hags x]

 

[InAFog]

Weird I'm the total opposite. People think I'm 5-7 years older than I am. I see how looking young could be a disadvantage but looking older comes with its own bag. Example: I'd feel uncomfortable dating someone my age or younger because they make me feel old (unless they look old for their age as well). Whereas when I hang with people in their late 20's early 30's I feel comfortable. I don't feel like people are thinking geez what is this older guy doing with these young people lol.

 

[shyvr6]

We need pics for proof, hehe.


I used to look a lot younger, but I think I'm starting to look my own age now.

 

[Bredwh]

For guys, if you want to look older, grow a beard. For girls, also grow a beard. Or just glue one on. You'll definitely look older. Much older. Also much more like a circus performer.
Is it weird that I find girls with beards and mustaches oddly hot?

 

[leomouse]

yea i think it's sorta genetic cause i asked my mom and she said she looked younger too at my age although my brother looks his age.

haha, i'm too chicken to post pics for proof, maybe i will one day.

and nooo i'm not growing a mustache but who knows maybe i would make a one sexy man, and then i can hide behind my beard/mustache.

 

[Desperate]

People used to say I looked young for my age too.. When I was 15, people said I looked 12.. I don't know.. I'm 20 now and I have a friend who is also 20 and looks a bit older than me. Her sister is 16 and looks 18 or 19.. I don't know.. It's so weird..

 

[Cheeky]

When people guess my age they usually say 22 or 23.
I work in a very specialized place where most people are really senior (in both senses of the word lol) and I always get the "Oh is this your first job?" or "Did you just finish school?"......Ummmm I've been working for 12 years and I finished university in 2002, thanks.
In most cases I like looking young but it's hard where I work as I feel that I don't get as much respect because I don't have wrinkles or a grey, white or bald head. Once I was having a conversation with a guy at my desk and told him my real age and he literally shouted "OMG - I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE THAT OLD!!!" LOL It was funny and I was glad that practically the whole floor heard. :haha

 

[christ~in~me]

ugh story of my life i go through this all the time,i have to pull my i.d. out on a regular basis,buying alcohol always ends up with then studying my id and staring at me funny. my advise is to dress older,wear skirts/dresses get a mature hair cut,there are a lot of cute shorter cuts that make people look older.

 

[Graye]

Same 'problem', but since my hairline started receding, I stopped complaining.

 

[srschirm]

I get the same thing. When I graduated from college, I used to tell people I just graduated, and they thought it was from HS.