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Omg i am so sick of everyone saying how young i look. sigh.im 23. i was at my dad's place (own a chucke cheese type place) and my dad was talking to customers and when he talks to ppl he always introduces me and tell them im getting married.(i guess my dad is super excited abotu the wedding! i mean he TELLS EVERYONE, its usually goes like "oo this is my daughter katie, shes getting married in august... tehn ofcoarse everyone responds "oh we thought she was one of the kids here." urghhh I AM NOT A KID. it happens everywhere i go. ppl see me driving they commment that i dont look old enough to drive. WTH. sick of looking young sometimes!!!! heres a picture of me, i really dont think i look like THAT young. please say i look almost my age!!! lol. i know, i know i will apperciate it when i get older lol.
I don't think you look that young! You probably look younger than people because you don't wear makeup.
I get that all the time. Someone thought I was FFIL's granddaughter (he's only 50.) It's mortifying. I feel like all manners go out the window when it comes to looking young. People thinks it's hilarious to joke that I look 12, or that I make R look like he's robbing the cradle (I'm a month older than him.)
It's not like I dress sloppy, or don't wear make-up. It's just a side-effect of being short and baby-faced. I get the "oh, you'll be glad you look young later!" but honestly, I wish I didn't!
I get that ALL the time! I try to tell myself that I'll appreciate it when I'm older and people are still mistaking me for being much younger. :)
I think you look late teens/early twenties, so about your age. I'm sure you've heard this before, but the day will come soon when you'll be happy about how young you look. Seriously - I'm only 5 years older than you and have in those years gone from hating being young looking to being really excited about it, but also terrified I will start to look older. Stupid youth worshipping peter pan culture!
Ha, I know how that goes. I got questioned by a gas station attendant not too long along because he thought I wasn't old enough to drive. I'm 27! lol!
My mom swears I will like it when I'm older, but she's been telling me that for years, and I still don't even come close to liking it! :)
You know, I can't tell how old anyone is any more. You look young to me, but then you ARE a lot younger than I am.
I know I always looked younger than what I am...and it drove me crazy. I was given kid's menus until my senior year in high school, asked if I was on a high school trip when going on a trip with my husband (we were 26), mistaken for a student all the time when I worked for a univerity in my late 20s, etc.
Now at nearly 40....I love it. I still get called "kid" and am usually guessed to be in my late 20s. It did take a long time, but starting in my mid-thirties, I began to like looking younger, So take some comfort in the fact that although it sucks now, and I know you are tired of hearing it (I was), it really is a wonderful thing as you get older.
Im 25, I will be 26 in July and EVERYONE always mistakes me for just turning 20 or 21 :( Its quite annoying, but I just try and remind myself that it will be great when Im older! My mom is 55 and she sometimes gets carded!! HAH!
@ lillyfaith, girl i totally here ya! im 8 months older then teh FH and he gets weird looks all the time when they see him with me lol. def agree about the manner things to. when i take my niece out with me shopping (she's one years old) i get all these stares. i have even heard people talking about how young i was to have a baby, its like hello, im right here i can hear you!!
@entangled- one day i kow i will come to apperciate it. my mom was the same way. she is 53 but ppl think shes about 40. i also think by looking younger and getting seen as younger is acutally going to lead me into a mid life crisis by thte time im 25 lol. i blame it on the peter pan culture too, i mean my birthday is next firday and i hate the thought of turing 23! lol. i just wish ppl wouldnt think im 14-15. LOL
Aw, looking young is a good thing. That must be annoying, though. I think you look adorable. People are just really rude!
I have a super young face. As does my mom and grandma. I hate it now, but I know when I get older I will LOVE it. My grandmother is 75 and my mom is 51 and both look at least 10 years younger than they are.
I'm 22, 5'0 and weigh 100 pounds. I work with middle school kids and blend right in so I know how you feel. When I'm not in my work uniform, though, I am always dressed nice with my make-up and hair done, and usually a pair of heels or nice flats. If I didn't, people would constantly think I am about 16 :/
These are two pictures at Disneyland, so the clothes i'm wearing make me look especially young!!
I can sympathize with you. I usually get asked if I am 15 or 16.
@Neva: The night I left to drive to my freshman year of college my sister, mother, and I went out to eat. I got asked if I wanted a kid's menu by the hostess who was younger than me (She went to my high school)!!
eh, give it 10 years and you'll be thrilled.
don't worry about it. you are a grown up beautiful woman!
I hear you. I am a teacher and once I used a teacher tray in the lunch line and got scolded, because they weren't for students :S When I do anything professional, I have to wear makeup, high heels, and professional looking attire.
When people says things like "Oh, you look too young to be a teacher" I now look at them in the eye and reply "I am about to complete my 7th year in teaching" or I don't respond at all and watch them become sheepish. I think it's kind of a rude thing to say, because as those of us with the issue know, it often comes with a lack of respect or an expectation of inexperience. I don't go around saying "Wow, you look so old for your age." I'm not down with indulging the comments anymore at 29.
And yes, I know I'll appreciate it when I'm older, but I also deserve respect now.
I worked in high schools for a few years during/after college, and twice I got yelled at for being a student. The first time, I was on my cell phone in the hallway a minute before the last bell of the day rang, and a teacher walked up to me and said, "UNACCEPTABLE!" and held out her hand for my phone. I was like, "uhh... I work here." And she paused, looked angry, and said, "Well, we still don't allow cell phones!" and walked away.
The second time, I was passing through the cafeteria area at a different school a couple years later, looking for some of my students, and a teacher asked for my hall pass. Luckily I was wearing my badge and I showed him that and he laughed and apologized and said I needed to get some "age" on me.
So yeah... I was well past high school age when these things happened! As my students advised me, just tell them, "I'm a GROWN woman!" Hahaha.
@Vonnegurl - hear, hear! P.S. I wonder if we were at the same school? haha.
I know exactly how you feel! I'm 30 and up until a couple of years ago I was still being offered the children's menu at restaurants by people 10 years younger than me. It's not the looking young part that bothers, it's the attitude that goes along with it; being ignored in stores because you don't look 'worth it' is one of my big pet peeves.
Anyway, the best I can say is hang in there! I've tried different styles of clothing and haircuts trying to age myself up, but unfortunately it never seemed to work. Now I have a boyfriend (soon to be FI? hmmm ;)) who's 7 1/2 years old than I am, and I think that helps. Either that or people think he's robbing the cradle ;).
that happens to me all the time! but, as my mom says, i'll enjoy looking younger than my age soon enough so i don't worry about it now. lol.
When I was a cashier, a customer actually had the nerve to ask if I'm 18 because he was surprised I was old enough to have the job. Um, I'm 24, thanks. So... yeah, I sympathize. And I know, I know it's hard to think "we'll appreciate it later" but it's so true. No one believed my mom was in her 50s till she hit 60! But it can be frustrating, as Vonnegurl said, because it seems like people don't take us seriously.
@jduck84-- MSP high five! I like your go-to phrase and hope you get to put it to good use.
I haven't been offered a children's menu in a while, thank goodness! But when I turned 21, I was in a wedding where another bridesmaid was 16. The groomsmen thought *I* was the 16 year old!!!! I just turned 27 this month, and I still get carded EVERY TIME I order a drink some place. It doesn't bother me too much, especially 'cause I know I'll appreciate it when I get older. If I was still being offered kids menus, it would probably bother me more.
I always thought I should work for the cops as one of those people who goes in stores to buy cigarettes or liquor to see if they are carded people or not.
Glad you posted this thread! I know you're probably frustrated, but reading some of these posts, you HAVE to laugh!
so glad to hear that their our other young look people out there wiht me! lol. these stories are kinda funny.... omg and dont even get me started on getting asked if i want a kids meal!! i got asked that last year at hte age of 21. the worst thought was getting handed a baloon by a mascot. so embarrasing! but my family thought it was hilarious and totaly played into it. "Aw katie, tell the mascot thank you for you balloon, wave by to him." eek, it was kinda funny though. lol
I know what you mean. People have always thought I'm younger than I am. When I was 16, more than one person thought I was 12. When I was 18 and 19, they thought I looked 15. Now that I'm 20 almost 21, I don't get it quite as much but if I mention my age they still don't believe me. Most people seem to think I'm 17 or 18 at the oldest. By the way, my name is Katie too. :)
I get asked all the time. Im 24 but some people think Im still in highschool. When I go to the pub i still get asked.
Im not actually minding it because my mum says it will pay off later. When im 30 I will look like im 24 and so on and so forth.
Your not alone. :)
I work for a daycare thats inside of a kindergarten thru 8th grade school and today I was walking down the hall with my cell phone in my hand (my employer requires we carry a phone with us and it doesn't get service in my pocket most times) and the school principal stopped me and tried to take my phone because she thought I was a student. I was able to laugh it off but honestly that means she thinks I'm 13 or younger when in actuallity I'll be 25 in August. Seriously?!?!
I am glad that people think I still look young. When I graduated from college two years ago, people thought that I was graduating from high school. lol
Edit: I forgot to add that a few months ago I went to vote. This man began to yell, "First time voter in the car"! When I told him that I had voted in 2 presidential elections, he told me that I looked young. lol
I am 25. People asked if my parents had to give legal consent for me to get married. I just laughed, and joked that yes, and I would serve milk at the wedding too. I don't mind it - it's just funny :-).
@Amaryllis- Exactly! I used to try to brush it off as flattery or whatever, but no more. If the comment comes with any indication of questioning my abilities or discounting the respect I deserve, I'm not indulging it anymore. Like JDuck said, "I'M A GROWN WOMAN!"
I'm a teacher and I get asked where my hall pass is ALL THE TIME. I went in to the nurse's office to get some Advil and she told me she can't give medication to students. The confusion happens a lot and the majority of people apologize profusely when they realize they've made a mistake but when students confuse me for a student and start hitting on me, I lose it.
I know its not what you wanna hear, but you do look young in that picture. I have the same problem, when i was introduced to my future father in laws family one of them made a comment that my fiance was robbing the cradle...hes 25 im 24...we went to high school togther. I too hear, oh that will be great when your older, mabey, but so far its just been a pain. I went to look at a bridal shop with my mom, and they thought it was her wedding.
I completely agree with you! It gets old! I'm constantly being told how young I look. When I was trying on dresses at this bridal/prom store I will never forget this family that asked me while I was trying on wedding dress if that was for my prom!!! I'm going to be 23 NO it's not for prom! 
You look early 20's to me! If you want to look older, hair and makeup are about the only tricks I know! I looked older when i had darker hair that was in a bob. Now it's long and blonde and I actually get told I look my age (24). Before i was 19 being told i looked 27 or so.
On a side note, it is GOOD to look young. My mom had me when she was 27/28 (so not super young by any means) and is 52 years old now. She looks ridiculously good for her age. No joke. When i was in high school, she got mistaken for being my older sister. Not even as a way of being polite--the lady in the office thought she was my sister trying to ditch me out of school. My mom was livid because the lady just wouldn't believe her! Finally had to bust out her drivers license. But it's b/c she looks young!
And more recently, my dad is 57 and a checker at Walmart thought he was my boyfriend. So...being young is good when you get older. Even if it grosses out your kids some day =]
You WILL appreciate it when you got older!
When I was in a bar at 21 (drinking age here is 19 so I had been in bars regularly for 3 years at this point) someone stopped me in the bar saying how did I get in - did I have a fake ID? I said no I'm 21 and then said OMG you look 16! LOL
Now I am 27 and people think I am 23 and 24 all the time and I LOVE IT! I am sure it will just keep getting better too!
Oh trust me! You will appreciate it when you get older! I used to be told all the time how young I look. I'm now 29, and I'm excited when people don't think I'm that old!
My husband and I moved in September, and I was coming in and out of a liquor store with boxes. There is a bar right next to there, and a few guys were outside smoking. One of the guys asked if I was moving into college. I had to laugh, but darn did that feel good!
Take it with a grain of salt - when people say things like that to you, just tell them you hope they still say it when you're 30, 40 and 50! It will only get better as you age, so eat it up!
I know exactly how you feel. I am 20 years old, and I always get that I look 15! I guess I should take it as a compliment. But I hate having to assure people that I am the age that I really am.
i have hit a new ultimate low today- me and my mom were at sams club and we went up to get a sample and the lady asked my mom if it was ok if i can have one!!!!! LOL. my mom siad she should of said no, just to see the response of the lady.- i just walked away. lol
Don't feel bad - I was at Sam's with FFIL when the greeter said, "oh, day out with your granddaughter?" it must be something about the people who work there!
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