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

Receptionists don't go around guessing people's ages. She must have misheard you or mistyped something into the system. They have much more pressing things to think about, and if they are decent they'll be trained not to assume anything about a client. So I'd say it's unlikely to be that in this circumstance.
That's not to say you don't look younger. I just think in that situation they wouldn't be thinking along those lines. Simply trying to book the patient in, a task they do multiple times a day.

I did this the other way round, went to 6th form parents evening, asked woman in front of me if she was in the queue for X. She was a student. I swear she looked old enough to be her own mother. My DD though it was hilarious when I told her but she did say people generally did think that girl was in her 30s. It wasn't her face so much but her clothes and hair do.

People say ‘young lady’ to get your attention? 🤔

I’ve lived in many countries and even when I was a ‘young lady’, no one ever got my attention by saying that.

Surely no one actually believes that, I can't think of a single person who actually does, famous or real life.

That said I'm in my 40s and when someone is trying to get my attention, I quite often get "Young lady, over here pls" and such like. So I know I look younger than I am.

🤣🤣🙈

Could have been a v simple keying error TBH.

That said I'm in my 40s and when someone is trying to get my attention, I quite often get "Young lady, over here pls" and such like. So I know I look younger than I am.

However, I've never started a thread about it. I don't see it as something to be proud or happy about. It's depressing as I am the older of the two figures. A million times look older but actually BE young.

Yes! I think this is a thing.

I love them too.

A copy of today’s newspaper with the photos please. 😉

The delusion is real.

If you were a horse she could have easily calculated your age from your teeth.

I love these threads. It’s like catnip to those mumsnet posters who like to believe they genuinely look decades younger than they are. Photos please, ladies, or I think you’re kidding yourselves 😂😂😂

If she misheard you, she will have thought she heard correctly so of course she wouldn’t have thought she’d made an error.

My dh thinks everyone under 40 looks about 12

About five years ago, I went to the dentist, and she asked if I hadn't been for a couple of years because I've been away at uni.

I was 38, Twas a good day.

I’ve had this in real life. The midwife made a comment about my husband and I starting our family early and how nice it was. I thought it was weird as I was 27 - she actually admitted she thought I was 17. But I won’t be believed on Mumsnet 🤣

Someone at work last week said they thought I was 32 not 42. Someone expressed surprise I could possibly have a 14yo. But on Mumsnet this is impossible!

Personally I can see my jowls and wrinkles and think I look my age.

Celebs with access to the best skincare and other treatments, rarely look much younger than they actually are, yet mumsnet is full of posters who are still babyfaces at 50, those who pass as a late teen at 35 and those who claim that they have no wrinkles at 70. 😬

They never do do they! Same as the 'I went to my teens parents night, and got mistaken for a 6th former and I'm 42.. aibu to be upset'...

I’m sure you look fantastic op. But honestly In the history of people taking dobs to enter in a system, none have ever said. Oh I think she can’t be that old, I will knock ten years off. Then act confused when I can’t find her.

it doesn’t mean you don’t look much younger than your age. Simply no one ever makes their job harder by doing that.

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I think it’s probably more likely that she misheard the year than was thinking about how old you looked. When people tell me their date of birth, I don’t work out their age from it when it’s just an admin thing. That’s not to say you don’t look younger than your age. Does it matter anyway?

I think some people look a bit younger than they are but not usually 10 years younger.

I would be surprised if anyone heard someone give their date of birth and decide that they hadn’t heard correctly and needed to knock a decade off. It’s far more likely she misheard what you said and thought you said ‘93 rather than ‘83.

I've recently been asked if I'm having more kids. By a colleague. A health care professional. She thought I was late 30s.

I also got IDd the other week.

I'm 50 next month.

I'm my mid 30s I was mistaken twice for my husband's daughter. He's 9y older than me.

I've worked in a similar role and when someone told me their date of birth...I typed it in roboticly, i never actually thought to myself, oh they're 23/35/47....

I don't think in this case it means anything but some people do look a lot younger than their age. I always have done and so has my dad. And yes, people have told us this.

When my dad was retiring at 60, people asked him why he was retiring early. When my mum was in a care home, one of the staff once said to me something along the lines of him being much younger than her. He is not, just a few months younger.