Looking older or younger, What's your experience?

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  • jenbit
    jenbit Posts: 4,289 Member
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    I'm 32 and I get carded for everything . I'm used to it now. I always smile at the person and they always double check the date. Though I have had some people think my I.D. is fake since I've lost weight and cut my hair. What kills me is going to the casino down here. I swear I'm gonna wear my I.D. like a name badge so the security will stopped perstering me
  • GambinoGirl
    GambinoGirl Posts: 139 Member
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    I'm always carded and sometimes they even think my ID is fake ;l It annoys me because all I want sometimes is my beer. lol
  • deagh93
    deagh93 Posts: 77 Member
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    I honestly don't think that people know what 40 should look like. I look in the mirror and I think I look 40. (I'm 42) But people tell me they think I'm in my early 30's. (Yes, I know, not a picture of me in my avatar, but the most recent face shot I have of me is 10 years old, so it doesn't mean anything anyway.)

    I was carded the last time I was in a bar, which was...oh...hmm...6 years or so ago...and my younger friend with me didn't get carded, so it wasn't that they were carding everyone.

    Of course, she may have been just carding all the women in hopes of getting a better tip (it worked!) but it was still flattering.
  • RitaSantoss
    RitaSantoss Posts: 986 Member
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    I get both. But lately it's been a tad bit older.
  • bllowry
    bllowry Posts: 239 Member
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    I was at the grocery with our son in TN and the woman at the till thought he was my husband!! He was a bit flabbergasted and stammered out "um, no, I'm her son and we're both old enough to buy beer!" He'll be 35 in November so I felt good!
  • DonniesGirl69
    DonniesGirl69 Posts: 644 Member
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    I get ID'd all the time and I'm almost 40.
  • 126siany
    126siany Posts: 1,386 Member
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    Younger, thank goodness.
  • catpow2
    catpow2 Posts: 206 Member
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    You do look very young. But you are very young still. When you are like 40-ish and people think you are 30, then you will really appreciate it.

    Yep. I routinely got carded until I was in my late 30s--still do on occasion at 42. I'm a college professor and three times this semester I've been asked if I'm a student. I don't look 20--maybe early 30s--so maybe they think I'm a grad student. I'm not complaining--I'll take it!
  • Susie_Q12
    Susie_Q12 Posts: 40
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    I look like a fetus and always have my ID ready.

    HAHAHAH almost fell off my chair laughing... and I'm so sorry for your misfortune!! :laugh:
  • supahstar71
    supahstar71 Posts: 926 Member
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    You do look very young. But you are very young still. When you are like 40-ish and people think you are 30, then you will really appreciate it.

    Yep. I routinely got carded until I was in my late 30s--still do on occasion at 42. I'm a college professor and three times this semester I've been asked if I'm a student. I don't look 20--maybe early 30s--so maybe they think I'm a grad student. I'm not complaining--I'll take it!


    It might be the pink wig. Makes you look like a youngin.

    I occasionally teach a college course. I always dress ultra professionally on those days. I think the students think I'm in my 30s until I start making cultural references from the 70s.
  • mommy2AR
    mommy2AR Posts: 2,802 Member
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    will be 31 at the beginning of November... I usually get about 25 :)
  • Ruthe8
    Ruthe8 Posts: 423 Member
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    I'm 36 and people tend to be pretty surprised by that. I don't usually get carded though. On the other hand when I was 30 I got carded trying to go into a place that had a no one under 16 rule.
  • Jersey_Devil
    Jersey_Devil Posts: 4,142 Member
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    people usually think I'm younger. I'm fine with that.
  • nicdilor
    nicdilor Posts: 49
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    Younger...it's actually pretty cool, I'm still a big kid at heart, I love video games, superheros, fantasy books, and most of all play with my kids and my dogs
  • ChelseaYepThatsMe
    ChelseaYepThatsMe Posts: 457
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    Everyone thinks I'm like 13-15. They see me with my daughter and give me really dirty looks. Or they think she's my little sister. I'm going on 19. I worked at a gas station and customers always asked if i was even old enough to sell cigarettes. I get carded for buying lottery tickets even. Its ridiculous. Everyone at college thinks i'm some little kid.
  • rozsbluejay
    rozsbluejay Posts: 303 Member
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    When I'm a lone I'm mistaken for being 5years younger than my real age. When I'm with my mother surprisingly enough they think I'm older and she's younger because they think that we are sisters.
  • dustygn
    dustygn Posts: 28 Member
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    Younger. I'm 26 but still have to keep my ID on me. Though when I'm out with mum if she's dyed her hair recently people ask if we are sisters, but then she's only about 17 years older.
  • DayumStraightIAmEllie
    DayumStraightIAmEllie Posts: 160 Member
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    Ive gotten pulled over for looking like an under-aged teen driving without an adult...smh
  • lbmore33
    lbmore33 Posts: 1,013 Member
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    I'll be 45 next month but if you saw me (I get this alot...really) that wouldnt be the first age that comes to mind...i like it...as I tell them "im an old man lol"
  • gill24mac
    gill24mac Posts: 9 Member
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    People always say I look younger. My hubby's 13yrs older than me and often gets mistaken for my dad, lol!

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