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Synesthesia
Tufted Titmouse
Joined: Aug 19, 2009
Age: 31
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Yes, and I hate it. I'm turning 31 next week and no one every believes I'm 30
They think I'm 18 or 19. One girl thought I was in MIDDLE SCHOOL!!!
Folks say I will like this when I'm 40, but since I'm not 40 it's kind of annoying.  |
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xalepax
Random Videomaker
Joined: Feb 25, 2009
Posts: 1502
Location: YouTube
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| Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 11:54 am Post subject: |
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^ I know!! Its the same with me and Im turning 35 
I hate when people say I "should appreciate the comment" when people think Im like 20 years younger
I only feel offended as those who say that dont see that Im a mature adult that had life experience of 34 bloody years!!!
Maybe I will appreciate it in 10 years or so...
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Icecypher
Yellow-bellied Woodpecker
Joined: Aug 23, 2009
Age: 29
Posts: 60
Location: Aguascalientes, Mexico
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| Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 6:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Ticker wrote: | | I'm a few months shy of 40 and am told I look 19. That's even with trying to wear more "adult" looking clothes. I am really short though. I think Aspies look younger because we generally don't have the stresses of marriage and kids that bring gray hairs. Though I do have a few gray hairs myself. Whenever someone tells me I look young at work I want to say "well not drinking, doing drugs and smoking nor having a spouse nor kids has a lot to do with not aging so quickly". But I don't say that I just think it. |
I think you are into something here.
I believe the eyes also have a lot to do with this. See the eyes of a young teenager who has had to see a lot in his short life, perhaps bad things and suffering. You will see his eyes are those of an older person.
Perhaps we look younger because our eyes still have not forgotten to look at the world with kid's "innocence" (or whatever you wanna call it).
I love the "you look younger than you are" comment more when it comes from people who are actually younger.
I am 29. People who work with me are so used to see me that they tell me I look my age, people who know I graduated some time ago and am working now for years will tell me they thought I was like 23 to 25. People who I just met (even teens) may think I am way younger than that, since they have no reference. Some teens or 20~21 year olds have thought we were the same age.
Of course, this changes if I am wearing boring office clothes. Not so much with a suit and shirt (those look cool sometimes), but a regular work attire. Since I am not comfortable in them, it shows. I look more like a "sir" then, LOL.
If I don't sleep enough (or at all) not only my eyes, but also the skin on my face will suffer. I can look pretty old then. |
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Icecypher
Yellow-bellied Woodpecker
Joined: Aug 23, 2009
Age: 29
Posts: 60
Location: Aguascalientes, Mexico
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| Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 6:42 pm Post subject: |
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Two months ago. This is me two months ago. Twenty-nine years old. I do have some make-up, so that could help a little.
Six months ago, at work. This is in January. I was still 28. I had not slept that well, so the lines in my face are more visible. I think I look older here than it the more recent photo.
Wearing a cap (1). Wearing a cap (2). These are from last Christmas (7 months ago). I was 28, but I think caps somewhat help with the younger look. I do not know how old I look, because I am used to seeing myself. I do know lots of younger guys who look so much older, though. |
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dossa
Deinonychus
Joined: Aug 25, 2009
Age: 32
Posts: 307
Location: Wonderland, Alice...
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| Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 6:09 pm Post subject: |
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I also find it annoying to be mistaken for being younger than I am. Mostly because of how it bothers my children. I cannot count how many times people have spoken to my thirteen year old daughter and I and made mention of us being sisters. It used to embarrass my daughter, but she has become used to it and now she will mess with people like cashiers while we are in a line somewhere... scolding me the way a mother might, about how I cannot have a snikers bar before dinner. She figures that if they cannot tell one of us is clearly a parent, well then they have that bit of surreal coming to them. My twelve year old does not have her sisters sense of humor about it. She gets mad at her friends for dwelling on how young I must be (18 is the average age guess). She also tries to get me to dress like 'an old lady' for things like school orientation so she will not be embarrassed by having a mother who looks like she could be a senior classmate.
The thing that I find most curious though, is that I have looked this age for a long time, gray hair included. I began going gray at age 17, have not grown an inch since I was in seventh grade, and have weighed pretty much the same since I was a teen as well. People used to tell me how old I looked as a child and now it has reversed completely. It is interesting to me that I am not alone in this. Most of the people I knew who looked old as kids look older than they are now... |
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CMaximus
Deinonychus
Joined: Nov 04, 2007
Age: 26
Posts: 369
Location: Calgary, AB, Canada, Earth
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| Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 7:19 pm Post subject: |
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| I've come to believe it's because of the way I dress and my kind of awkward, head-down, seeming closed-off-ness. |
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Icecypher
Yellow-bellied Woodpecker
Joined: Aug 23, 2009
Age: 29
Posts: 60
Location: Aguascalientes, Mexico
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I think those are factors, as well. I see other people my age dress in a "more boring" way than I do, limiting themselves to conservative clothes, so to say. They may not use "young" haridos, either.
But there's also the factor that our eyes or skin or something else makes us look younger in general. Try to see if that applies to you, as well. Focus on your face only, and compare it with the others'. |
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luvmycutebaby
Tufted Titmouse
Joined: Aug 27, 2009
Age: 32
Posts: 48
Location: US
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| Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 11:40 pm Post subject: |
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I have always looked much younger than I am. Though since I had my son (he's always with me wherever I go) people finally treat me like I'm an adult. I'm short and I must have a young looking face because even in pictures people have thought I was much younger.
One time in college I was out shopping with my then-boyfriend who was only a few months older than me and a sales lady thought he was my dad.  I found that hilarious! Though my husband is a decade older than me and has a daughter, and I never did find it the least bit funny when people have thought that I was his daughter or when people would refer to his daughter and myself as his "girls". Now his daughter is almost a foot taller than me as a teenager so I'm sure that confuses people, especially when I was pregnant!! If I wasn't so serious around strangers I probably could have had a really good time messing with people. |
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Night_Owl_Amber
Snowy Owl
Joined: Jan 31, 2009
Posts: 163
Location: Noa's World
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| Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 12:34 am Post subject: |
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People always tell me I look younger, I'm 18 and been told I look 13 
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NarcissusSavage
Blue Jay
Joined: Sep 03, 2009
Age: 27
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| Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 3:49 pm Post subject: |
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I've often wonder this too. I've consitantly maintained a young apearance relative to my actual age. As a teenager, I loked 2-4 years younger than I was, in my early 20s I maintained a 15-17 year range appearance, and now, at 27, still look about 18-19. Most people think my son is my younger brother.
My father (Undiagnosed, but very AS) is the same way. He is nearly 60, and looks in his late 30s.
My guess has always been that I use facial expressions far less than normal people do, and as a result have fewer lines/wrinkles forming. Or something to that effect. Could be anything though. It's interesting to think it may be related to AS.
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Francis
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Joined: Jul 07, 2009
Posts: 123
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| Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 10:02 pm Post subject: |
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No. I look much older then I am.
I think its due more to genetics then anything else. My direct family all looks older then they really are. While my wifes family, all NT, they all look like they are 18. Even the ones well into their forties. They still get carded when buying booze.
I also have facial grimaces as a motor tic. They have added 'old man' winkles around my eyes. |
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DeadFire87
Raven
Joined: Sep 17, 2009
Age: 22
Posts: 114
Location: USA/VA
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| Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 9:28 am Post subject: |
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| I am 22 and people keep telling me I look like I am 15 or 16 years old. I hate that though. Everyone thinks my brother is older than me. |
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Sati
Velociraptor
Joined: Sep 03, 2009
Age: 23
Posts: 466
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| Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 11:25 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm 23, but people usually guess my age anywhere from 14 to 18. |
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thebob42
Hummingbird
Joined: Oct 19, 2009
Age: 29
Posts: 18
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| Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 11:17 am Post subject: |
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I'm almost thirty yet everyone still guesses my age to be around nineteen-twenty. My appearance hasn't changed much over the past ten years, my weight now is still the same as when I was in high school. Being tall and underweight, my co-workers (mostly female) are usually jealous that my eating habits consist of living off the vending machine or involve anything not buried beneath salad. To annoy them and their insecure weight issues I usually remark about my pure ramen and coffee diet, along with my fears that my love handles will suffer from this delicious cinnamon bun. ( I've found that sarcasm is useful in getting away from pesky small talk, I wish I discovered this when I was younger. )
One time my wife and I went to a doctors appointment together, one couple in the waiting room asked her if I was her son (she's six months older then me). After exclaiming "that's my HUSBAND", there was an awkward silence that I was rather amused wasn't a result of anything I said or did. I contently resumed reading my book and resisted the urge to ask my wife: "mom, can we get ice cream when we're done?"
I like being mistaken for being younger, also I like not taking other people seriously because I've found that people get along with me more if I'm a smart ass then if I was my usual distant self. I don't know why this works so well, I haven't quite figured it out. |
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Cowbird
Yellow-bellied Woodpecker
Joined: Oct 20, 2009
Posts: 60
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| Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 8:01 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm older than flowering plants, but people think I am in my late 20s at most. |
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