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To think she thought I was 10 years younger than I am

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Mairzydotes · 04/05/2024 13:28

I was at the dentist yesterday. The receptionist asked my date of birth first, and I gave it , and she then asked my name. She then quiried if it was the ' somethingth' or the 'twenty- somethingth' and I confirmed the correct one. ( I referred to the month by name).

She said there was nobody coming up. Then she asked if I was at the correct dentists. I was because I always go there. She asked me if I was sure I was I was actually registered because they had no patients with that dob 1993. I was born in 1983. She finds me , and I have my check up.

Then I've been thinking, she didn’t check the year at all, so she must have took me as being 31, 10 years younger than I am .

But according to mumsnet, nobody can ever be mistaken for 10 years younger than their actual age, in the real world.

OP posts:
Beatrixslobber · 04/05/2024 13:58

So you think that she ignored the year that you gave her because she assumed that you must be ten years younger because you don’t think that you look your age? 😂

MargaretThursday · 04/05/2024 13:58

Someone once took my birth year down as 2004. I can assure you I did not look 6 at the time. The two children clinging to me should have given that one away.

IDontLoveTheWayYouLie · 04/05/2024 13:56

Do you actually look younger though? Because she probably just misheard the year

Comedycook · 04/05/2024 13:53

I imagine she put in the dob you gave and misheard you say 1983...so she put in 93. This would probably only pull up those with that dob...then she didn't see your name obviously. She then most likely searched your name rather than dob and saw you come up in the system with the dob corrected to 1983 and realised she had misheard you.

Elebag · 04/05/2024 13:50

Yanbu. I've just had a significant birthday and people have been doing a double take.

One of my colleagues assumed I had my kids really young.

Luxell934 · 04/05/2024 13:50

I’m sure you look fabulous for your age OP but really the receptionist obviously just misheard the year and was struggling to find you on the system, she likely didn’t do the mental maths to find your age. It’s highly unlikely she was going to say “you look older than that are you sure about the year” 🤣

and I’m sure all the “I look 10 years younger than I am” people will be here soon…..I say prove it then with a picture!

Didimum · 04/05/2024 13:47

No one can really tell you if you pass for 10yrs younger without knowing what you look like.

But ignore MN if they claim it’s impossible. I’m 39 and am never not IDd when I buy alcohol! I’m sure my luck will change one day.

tennesseewhiskey1 · 04/05/2024 13:45

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

ReallyUAreAnElegantChap · 04/05/2024 13:43

If you deal with the public daily you come to realise that people can look older or younger than you'd expect for their age (if you know their age). I doubt she was looking at you and felt you couldnt possibly be 40 unless you genuinely look like you're in your early 20s. She might have felt you look good for your age, but most likely she misheard your dob

Dacadactyl · 04/05/2024 13:43

She was hardly going to say "1993...blimey you've had a hard paper round" was she?!

PossumintheHouse · 04/05/2024 13:41

Brace yourself, you've just released the hounds.

Vastlyoverrated · 04/05/2024 13:41

Some early thirties people do look very very young. I did until I was about 33/34, absolutely young and baby-faced looking, and then I hurtled towards looking my age with two young children, then it evened out again, and now I have the jowls/facial appearance of someone my age (mid-fifties).

I don't think it's so much disbelief, but people can also appear younger by wearing younger generation clothes, and many younger people are bad at guessing ages. Older people usually know what to look for to tell age because they spend ages staring at their own wrinkles etc so are not as easily fooled, but they might be by a young person who just appears 'young' to them, as young people are also fooled by 'older people' (they don't know the decades!)

Comedycook · 04/05/2024 13:39

Sounds like she misheard you

Sillyjane · 04/05/2024 13:38

OldKingCole · 04/05/2024 13:34

Ahhh OP you should have just taken the compliment and left it at that instead of brining it to Mumsnet where undoubtedly you will be told that couldn’t happen - but I think yes, it probably was the case.

Oh cmon, I know you’re being nice, but no way was she sitting judging th ops age and guessing her dob. She just misheard and didn’t do the math.

Sillyjane · 04/05/2024 13:37

she just misheard the year, she wasn’t going on your appearance 😂

Revelatio · 04/05/2024 13:36

I think she just misheard the date - sorry! I’ve done that a few times with 80s and 90s.

OldKingCole · 04/05/2024 13:34

Ahhh OP you should have just taken the compliment and left it at that instead of brining it to Mumsnet where undoubtedly you will be told that couldn’t happen - but I think yes, it probably was the case.

ThreePointOneFourOneFiveNine · 04/05/2024 13:31

Sound like she just misheard the year. I doubt she gave any thought to how old you are.