I'm 20, and I'm constantly treated like I'm 12. People ask me how I'm doing in high school, they ask me what year I'm graduating, they ask if my mom or dad are home if I answer the door. Then they act shocked and actually ask to see my ID when I tell them how old I am, and then they look it over like they think it is fake or something. It's degrading, and I am tired of it. I know I look young, but even if I try to dress "older", I still don't get treated like I'm older. It's one thing to get ID'd four times in one night -- it is quite another to talk to me like I am a child when I am clearly a fully-functional, mentally competent adult. How many twelve-year-olds have facial hair?
How do I get people to recognize that I'm not a little kid? I don't even know what it is about me that makes them think that I am so young, but it is really frustrating and I am really tired it.
A few years from now you probably won't think that is such a bad thing. I'm 20 and I still look like a 15 year old.