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FireFox
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 Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 2:43 pm Post subject: For older aspies: Do you look like a teenager? |
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| I'm 20, but look about 14. |
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anna-banana
and yet it moves!
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Location: Europe
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I get ID'd on a regular basis so I guess you might say I look like a teenager.
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Rainstorm5
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With my hair styled/colored, I'm told I can pass for 32 (I'm 41).
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Brook-lynn20
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Unfortunately. I guess I'm just too sensitive about it. A lot of people seem to not mind and laugh it off, but I just can't. No one thinks I am 20. They think I'm still in high school, between 16-17. 
LOL when I read how old you are Rainstorm5, I was being a tad dyslexic. I was wondering how a 14 year old can pass off as a 32 year old! My mistake. |
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Pook
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Joined: Aug 07, 2008
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My best story still makes me laugh. My future hubby and I went to a winery and at the shop you could taste different wines. I don't drink really, but thought it would be interesting.
Hubby showed his ID without problems. I had IDs from work, school ect and without thinking I said Oh wait a minute did I give you the right one. Well I thought the ladie's eyes were going to pop out. She became so suspicious of me and my age I thought I was going to have serious problems. I was about 26 and hubby was about 22 with premature grey. Cant remember if we just gave up and left or got to take a sip. Hubby was a bit insulted, but now we laugh about when we tell the story  |
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Pook
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Oh yeah, try to have fun with it, because you will love it more and more as you get older  |
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MysticSong
Yellow-bellied Woodpecker
Joined: Apr 14, 2007
Age: 30
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Location: Roanoke, Virginia
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| Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 4:25 pm Post subject: Re: For older aspies: Do you look like a teenager? |
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| FireFox wrote: | | I'm 20, but look about 14. |
I'm 30 and I've had people who thought I was as young as 12 (that far down the age range is rather annoying) through 22. I can't be bothered to colour my hair, so when I do shopping trips for my parents since my schedule is freer than theirs, I rarely get ID'd for their wine any more, but it does happen here and there. Actually, I got this past summer at Wal-Mart when I tried to purchase Barbra Streisand's "A Star is Born". The cashier was quite rude about it too.
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Kauf039
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Location: ON, Canada
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Yes, I do. I'd explain, however I believe this exact same thread had been done many times... I think it was even done yesterday if my mind is not failing me.
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LePetitPrince
Feminist activist O_o
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Location: Beirut , Lebanon
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| Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 5:21 pm Post subject: |
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| I look around 17-18 |
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Alycat
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Location: Birmingham
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I'm 21 and people usually guess my age to be about 15. This can cause problems. Is this an aspie thing then?
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sartresue
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| Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 5:25 pm Post subject: For older aspies: Do you look like a teenager |
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Mir-age topic
I am in my mid fifties, and while I do not look like a teenager (that would be a stretch) I can pass for someone in the early forties. I am fairly healthy and have the curiosity of a much younger person, and the intellect to match.    
However, I have no desire to return to my early youth, and have no interest in youthful social interaction, for to me this is fake.
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McCann_Can_Triple
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I'm 23 and look around 14.
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Vanilla_Slice
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Age: 50
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I wish! Greying hair and the odd wrinkle mean that this stopped happening years ago.
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Rowan
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Location: North Georgia, USA
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It was so strange seeing this thread here. I haven't visted WP in several months (I've been dealing with a major time crunch.)
Yesterday one of the managers at my job who I do projects for sometimes said to me "I bet you looked the same when you were ten years old." I *think* she ment it in a nice way, but it really caught me off balance. She knows I'm 60. I didn't know what to say so I replied "A half-century of bewilderment". I have no idea if that was appropriate, but she didn't seem to take offense.
I've been wondering about that ever since, thinking how out-of-touch I felt and maybe it was a good time to visit the Wrong/Right Planet just to touch base.
Maybe there's something about us that reads as 'child like' to NT's and if we aren't *too* old it can lead people to actually under-estimate our age. |
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9CatMom
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| I'm 43 (will be 44 November 10), but look like I'm in my 20s. My whole family is youthful in appearance. |
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