The "I hate having a babyface/looking younger than I really am" thread

[Techie2000]

This is for those of us who still get asked if we want a kids menu in a restaurant, get asked if we are graduating from elementary school instead of high school, and other things that people do when they assume you are much younger than you really are. Well at least that's what happened to me. Anyone else got stories?

 

[the rockin edge]

that used to happen to me a few years ago, not for a while though. now people usually guess my age about right

 

[love_u2_adam]

This is for those of us who still get asked if we want a kids menu in a restaurant, get asked if we are graduating from elementary school instead of high school, and other things that people do when they assume you are much younger than you really are. Well at least that's what happened to me. Anyone else got stories?

i hate when u get asked that "do u want a kids menu" god do i look like i want to color!!

 

[BVS]

I got carded for a Rated R movie the other day...and I'm 30ish

I used to hate it, but the day will come when you really appreciate it.

 

[redkat]

I love getting carded... shocking but true it still happens to me

believe me there are worse things than being thought of as too young

 

[Dismantled]

I'm 27... I get carded buying certain CD's....my ID gets the total exam if I buy any type of alcohol....I work at a high school so you can just imagine what fun that is..lets see where do I begin I get hit on...asked on dates by kids who don't know I teach there I get yelled at for getting coffee because its for "faculty" only I get asked to leave the faculty lunch table everyone thinks my husband is older...he's actually 2 years younger

 

[MissVelvetDress_75]

I it now when I am carded and I get the "you are 30!?" comments and looks.

I used to hate my young looks but I love them now.

 

[U2Girl1978]

I was working at my 2nd job one day and this guy said you look like your 17! People always say I look young for my age.

 

[MacHat]

I once got called a kid by some random guy cos of my height, I'm 5'2" and he was something like 6'8" .

 

[~BrightestStar~]

I went out to a restuarant on NYE.
They handed me a kids menu.
But then didn't card me when I ordered a drink.

 

[sallycinnamon78]

I'm 27, and am 5'2" with a little face and big eyes. For YEARS, I got asked for ID when buying cigs/alcohol. It drove me mental at the time - I really detested it. Here the smoking age is 16 so I was regularly asked until I was about 23. Some nasty old bat asked me if I was 16, a couple of years ago. I replied "No, dear, I'm 25."

After that it didn't happen much, apart from one little incident in 2004. I had to show my passport to get into a club... at the age of 26.

It hasn't happened for over a year. It pissed me off something chronic when it happened all the time, but now, I don't care anymore. I used to get exceptionally irritated when people told me I'd be glad of it one day, but BonoVoxSuperstar is right, I'm afraid.I still fully empathise with anyone who's been irritated by this.

I worked at a petrol station before I went to uni. I remember being infuriated when some arrogant 16 year old imbecile, who was queueing at my till, turned around to his mate and said "watch me get asked for ID by someone younger than me." I was 21!

That said... I once had to ask a 22 year old to prove his age. He did look about 12, but I was a bit embarrassed when he produced his driving license and various other things. His friend thought it was hilarious. I hated doing it, but if I'd sold cigarettes to some underage brat (who were ALWAYS trying), I could have been fined £1000 and been sacked for gross misconduct. So I do feel for the unfortunate staff that have no choice but to ask.

 

[trevster2k]

I still get carded occasionally at clubs and liquor stores and I'm 36. The guy at the liquor store in Edmonton in October was apologetic after he saw my ID, he was like, shit, sorry man. But I don't have a babyface.

 

[U2Girl1978]

^ You honestly don't look 36. You look about 28-29.

 

[TripThruUreWires]

when i'm not wearing makeup, i tend to look like an older adolescent. it's minorly irritating, mainly because i get hit on by said age group--and i'm not exactly a cradle-robber. Also, whenever i'm lugging around one or both of my two darling babies, people often assume that i'm either the "big sister" or the babysitter. Oh well, you get used to it. And, yes, as others have pointed out, it will be regarded as a blessing in the years to come.

 

[Carek1230]

Everyone tells me I look 10 years younger than I am and it feels good. I belive you are as young as you feel, age is only a number. My sister is 2-1/2 yrs younger than I am but everyone always thinks she is the older one! I haven't been carded in a long long time tho.

 

[neonheart]

I went out to a restuarant on NYE.
They handed me a kids menu.
But then didn't card me when I ordered a drink.

do they usually card in canada?


i was in europe for a month this year & got carded 1 time

 

[Zoomerang96]

when i'm not wearing makeup, i tend to look like an older adolescent. it's minorly irritating, mainly because i get hit on by said age group--and i'm not exactly a cradle-robber. Also, whenever i'm lugging around one or both of my two darling babies, people often assume that i'm either the "big sister" or the babysitter. Oh well, you get used to it. And, yes, as others have pointed out, it will be regarded as a blessing in the years to come.

it should be noted at this point that i never have said you looked younger than you really are.



alright, i promise to treat you better.

starting


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now (meow).


sorry trip, we're still friends right?

 

[TripThruUreWires]

sorry trip, we're still friends right?

friends that fuck. . .
























. . .ing. . .

























have vowed to undermine each other til the end

 

[Sicy]

I get carded alllllllll the time.. I'm 33.



Hey yo trip did you get my email?

 

[indra]

When I was a teenager I was mistaken for being older than I was (I think because I was really, really reserved in public), but since my mid twenties I generally am taken for being younger than my actual age. Best of both worlds!

I did go to a club where "they card everyone" and was just waved in a couple of years ago. That was fucking depressing.

 

[Zoomerang96]

friends that fuck. . .
























. . .ing. . .

























have vowed to undermine each other til the end

that was SO HOT.

seriously. i'm in wads here, it's pretty gross and it's thanks to you.

i'm absolutely speechles...

i'm without speech!

 

[TripThruUreWires]

Hey yo trip did you get my email?

Just read it and replied now

<---does not consistently check emails

 

[TripThruUreWires]

Ahhh,

no thanks necessary Zoomdiddy,

that's what friends (according to our category of friendship) are for, ya know.

 

[Zoomerang96]

don't smile like that, it's my move.

i don't like copyers.

yeah.

if i did

then i'd like, you know, carry 'round a xerox machine with me wherever i'd go.

and OBVIOUSLY i don't do that.

<--- mine, but whatever.

 

[Sicy]

Just read it and replied now

Cool thanks!

 

[hcbiggs2002]

I got carded up until I was in my mid 30s. Example, I was about 33 and travelling to Stockholm from Turku on curseliner with a my work mates when we decided to go and have a drink in one of the many ships bars. I ordered a beer and the bar tender asks for my ID! I reluctently hand over my card and he looks at it in utter disbelief and says this must be your older sisters ID card and I say "Well, that's impossible coz I don't have and elder sister!" and my work mates confirmed this!! Now that I'm into my mid-forties strangers assume I'm in my early 20s! Which doesn't bother me at all!

 

[u2granny]

It irritated me when I was in my late twenties and still got carded. It didn't bother me at all when I was in my thirties. Then it suddenly stopped and the "mams" started. That bothered me. I'm quite a bit older than my husband (45) but people think I'm younger than him. Now THAT doesn't bother me in the least.

 

[RavenBlue]

Another babyface one here... It does get quite annoying sometimes. Though one day I'll probably learn to appreciate it, I hope

The one that sticks out in my mind is when I went to vote, this woman went on about how I didn't look old enough to vote. I think I said something sarcastic in response. Can't remember quite what, but it made my brother laugh.

 

[alison0313]

I'm 25, I was carded at a casino the other day.

Highlight of my week

I fear the day I turn into "ma'am" so I'm going to enjoy looking younger while it lasts.

 

[Lil'Bono]

Someone once asked me when i was starting high school, you should have seen their face when i told them i'd left high school the year before! Also, round where i live i have trouble getting into bars, the bouncers on the doors always tell me to come back when i turn 18, they're not so smug when i show them my id.