You look like you're 16!

[rudeguy]

I'm 32

with a cat avatar

 

[rudeguy]

with a cat avatar

no its a dog

It has to be a dog

 

[Sulaco]

LOL, what's the difference between 21 and 18? 21 year olds are hardly visually different from 18 year olds.

Examples in this thread should be limited to people 30 and up.

Because the societal difference between the two ages is pretty big in our culture? So yeah, it makes a difference when you're living it daily, I suppose.

 

[Thump553]

Enjoy it while you can. I was that way until at least age 50. Then my hair turned gray, receded rapidly and got a lot thinner. I now look my age at least after spending most of it looking at least a decade younger.

In my job I have to view a lot of people's IDs. I must admit though that I still get a thrill out of seeing someone's license that is within a year or two of me that looks a decade older.

 

[Sonikku]

Damn, I have the opposite effect. I'll be 40 in May and people think I am in my 60s. Sucks to bald and have bad skin. :'(

Kind of makes it grating when people complain about people thinking they're young huh. Just imagine when they're 50. "Oh you look 30!"

 

[maddogchen]

I walked into the New York MET with a backpack and they sold me the student ticket without asking if I was a student...I was 30.

 

[jlee]

Because the societal difference between the two ages is pretty big in our culture? So yeah, it makes a difference when you're living it daily, I suppose.

Not from an appearance perspective, though.

 

[cronos]

I'm used to people thinking that I'm in my mid 20s (41). My wife is the same age as me, and she's got it even more. When we're out just the two of us and meet new people, and we mentioned our 10-year old kid, almost always right away we see them stared and did a double take to re-assess our age.

Anyway, I'm just enjoying this as much as possible now. Although I sometimes experiment with what I could do to look different. E.g. I found that a total buzz cut will cut a couple of more years, wearing a goatee adds at least 5, gaining some weight makes me look older, and vice versa losing weight makes me look younger, etc.

Thanks to my dad's awesome head of hair (which he still has full of, at 72), I'm not scared of losing anything up there, but the caveat is that they're solid white. He refused to color them, and when my time is come I would wear it with pride as well. He started getting his silver streaks in his mid-40s, so I should get them pretty soon too (some random strands are already showing pretty solidly).

 

[slayer202]

pics

 

[Vdubchaos]

Take it as a complement rather than take offense.

Enjoy it while it lasts.