Why Is Nature So Cruel ?

Take that as a compliment. You look young and that's a good thing. Not everyone is blessed with genes that makes them look young for a long time. You are, so smile -hug-

I get this all the time too. People generally think I'm 16/17 (though once in college my date was asked if I needed a child's ticket at the movie theatre... you have to be 12 or under to buy one :mad: ) because I'm 5'2 and have a bit of a baby face.

It's really frustrating because people will treat you like a child or with contempt. I can walk into a store and be completely ignored, and if I ask for assistance people will be rude to me because they think I'm a kid wasting their time.

The funny thing is that my fiance is a lot older than me so people will think he's my dad and I've had young men try to get my number from him or ask him if I'm single :laugh:

Without my beard, everyone guesses that I'm 18-21. I'm actually 27. I never complain about it.

It's better than someone telling you that you need a seniors bus pass. That time will come soon enough....

I'm in my late 30s and recently passed for 12 at a local amusement park, where I was let onto a ride with my daughter, when the age limit for the ride was 12. Being short, in shape and wearing tomboyish clothes is what I blame it on. It's nice to be able to say you've been mistaken for being your daughter's sister..... but not so much when she's only 7 :laugh:

used to regularly get charged child fare on the buses when I was in my 20s (that was in London where 13-14 yr olds are supposed to have bus company ID cards to prove they're still eligible for child's fare so if they automatically charge you child fare without asking for ID they think you're 12 or younger) and also been asked my age in pubs pretty much all the time. One time when i was 21 I was with my 25 year old cousin, who's an inch or two taller than me and was in the British army at the time... we both got age ID'd in this pub.... the look on the bartender's face when my cousin pulled out her army ID card was hilarious. :laugh: Maybe it runs in families.

I've always been told to take it as a compliment. Even more so these days now I'm technically an old fogie.... trust me when you get older it's much easier to take stuff like that as a compliment.

I'll be 29 in February and I still routinely get carded when buying liquor, and I still get told I only look about 19 or 20 fairly regularly. It used to annoy the crap out of me but believe me, you'll appreciate it more and more the older you get.

Makeup. And lots of it. I stopped getting carded at 18 cause I look older so all of you can bite me :-p

enjoy it while it lasts

This!

I still got carded before I left the States and I'm 30 (they're super lax here in Russia, and the drinking age is 18 anyway). When I first got here I had to break out ID to prove my age to my co-workers because, "there's no way you're any older than 25" haha, they thought I was 21-22. As I've lost weight I've looked younger and younger... it'll be interesting to see what happens when I'm done.

People always think I'm still in school as well, I kinda like it though will be a blessing when I get older :P

Oh nature why are you so cruel to this poor girl, giving her youthful looks! You are a harsh mistress indeed, the world is just so unfair. *smh*

Nothing wrong with looking young. In England they're pretty lax with drinking, and I started going to pubs when I was nearly 17 (you have to be 18 to drink) and never had to show ID. I went to the US when I was 25 and had to go back to my room to get my passport for ID so I could have a drink at the hotel!

People generally think I'm younger than I am, and the same happens to my husband. He's 39 and people think he's about 28.

You'll grow into it OP

I wish I had that problem!!