To get one of the sweaters with wrong year of birth on just for the compliments?

CoffeeCatsAndVodka · 11/05/2024 21:10

Eh? Huh? What now? If I saw someone in a jumper with 1970 on it, I wouldn't assume someone was annoucing the year of their birth, I would assume it's like my Matalan joggers that have some year or other on them. A bit naff, but do the job for the price I paid. I certainly wouldn't be complimenting the wearer on looking good for being 54...

SabreIsMyFave · 11/05/2024 20:59

Not1791 · 11/05/2024 11:56

I was born in 1980.

I fancy one of these sweaters.

I think the compliments will come rolling in that I look really fucking good for 53.

ABU that every little helps?

I would laugh if you get it, and no-one says anything (as they think you do look early to mid 50s, and not early to mid 40s!) 😆

I know this is supposedly 'light hearted' but attempting to make people think you are older to get compliments is really lame. I mean, just WHY? 😂

Despite the light hearted tone, I bet the OP is serious!

Also, not even 2 pages in, and already some posters are claiming they look soooo much younger than their years, and LOADS of people think they look really young! 😂 #babyface

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ImCamembertTheBigCheese · 11/05/2024 17:42

NeverDropYourMooncup · 11/05/2024 16:01

70s aesthetic is finally reaching TikTok, especially with disco music.

It'll be Farrah Fawcett flicks, blue eyeliner, sugar pink lip gloss and half moon eyebrows any moment now.

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I remember walking in London and seeing ripped jeans not that long ago. Made me feel old to see a fashion trend the second time around

Tanyahawkes · 11/05/2024 16:07

tridento · 11/05/2024 15:49

I going to be annihilated here but I look really young for my age. Probably that impossible number of years younger that MN refuse to believe can happen.
I frequently get compliments or a shocked reaction when my age is revealed for whatever reason.

I've always thought it is a weird thing to knock years off your age as then surely people will think you look rough. I'm way happier with people finding out my age and thinking I look great than the other way around
I've always been puzzled by people saying they are younger than they are.

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Yes I agree

im 40 and I think I look my age a lot of the time, I’m shocked when people sometimes tell me I look younger, I was told on here the other day someone thought I was 25 ish 😳 (the photo was from a year and half ago) I have a lot of mum friends on school run that are around 30-35 and I think it’s presumed I’m about the same age. I don’t see it, but yay!

NeverDropYourMooncup · 11/05/2024 16:01

ImCamembertTheBigCheese · 11/05/2024 12:02

Are these a thing now?

70s aesthetic is finally reaching TikTok, especially with disco music.

It'll be Farrah Fawcett flicks, blue eyeliner, sugar pink lip gloss and half moon eyebrows any moment now.

ElaineSqueaks · 11/05/2024 16:00

LittlePudding1 · 11/05/2024 15:57

I'm pretty sure the OP was joking!

Why is everyone taking it so seriously 🙄

I know, I thought it was quite a light hearted statement but people are calling it tragic.

RoastLambs · 11/05/2024 15:58

EnidsOTHERBretonTop · 11/05/2024 14:58

How tragic.

Better than Breton tops though.

LittlePudding1 · 11/05/2024 15:57

I'm pretty sure the OP was joking!

Why is everyone taking it so seriously 🙄

NashvilleQueen · 11/05/2024 15:53

I think it was a joke. Jeez.

SonicTheHodgeheg · 11/05/2024 15:52

I wouldn’t assume that it was your year of birth but that might be because I see shops/people with 1989 sweaters who will be wearing it because of Taylor Swift rather than year of birth. It’s like when people in the UK wear American college sweatshirts like “University of Michigan” without a link to the institution.

tridento · 11/05/2024 15:49

Tanyahawkes · 11/05/2024 11:59

Can I ask why you would want people to think you are older and look good for your age (as older)
how would you feel if you don’t get the ego boost (for want of a better term) that you want?

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I going to be annihilated here but I look really young for my age. Probably that impossible number of years younger that MN refuse to believe can happen.
I frequently get compliments or a shocked reaction when my age is revealed for whatever reason.

I've always thought it is a weird thing to knock years off your age as then surely people will think you look rough. I'm way happier with people finding out my age and thinking I look great than the other way around
I've always been puzzled by people saying they are younger than they are.

Tippexy · 11/05/2024 15:22

DappledThings · 11/05/2024 14:55

If I saw someone in one of these jumpers it wouldn't occur to me it was their year of birth. People wear clothes with all kinds of random shit on. I wouldn't assume there was any significance to you personally in the year.

No, nor me. I’d assume it was one of those meaningless slogans that only seem to go on women’s clothing.

WildRosesForCathy · 11/05/2024 15:20

wonderingwhatsnext · 11/05/2024 12:00

So funny. My grandma always added ten years to get age so people would say, wow you look great!

My Grandma lied about her age for decades because she wanted to be younger than my Grandpa, she then got the hump with all her friends when she turned 80 and they didn't acknowledge it!

Fartooold · 11/05/2024 15:13

Jesus, the sense of humour bypass on here these days..... long gone are the days where we encouraged experimenting with wrapping oneself in cling film to lose weight.

OP - give it a go😁 I once told my hairdresser I was ten years older than I am ( well, I didn't, she misheard and I didn't correct her) and I'm now her star customer🤣

You'll have to find a way to discretely draw their attention to your old age though 😉

Hateam · 11/05/2024 15:09

This is up there with cheating in an eye test.

BarcardiWithGadaffia · 11/05/2024 15:07

WetBandits · 11/05/2024 14:52

Who is buying these?! They look like Thing 1/Thing 2 jumpers 😂

I've seen Vogue what'shername wearing one, she wasn't born then, is it meant to have some significance?

CountingCrones · 11/05/2024 15:07

Sorry, OP, I've seen a few people wearing these that definitely weren't around in the 70s, so I doubt anyone's going to think it's a year of birth thing.

My Mum worked with someone who added 5 years onto her age so people would tell her how good she looked. Until one day they didn't.

Mum said you could cut the atmosphere in the staffroom with a knife.

crumbledog · 11/05/2024 15:04

I wouldn’t automatically jump to the conclusion that a year on a jumper was a reference to someone’s age. I would assume the wearer liked the top and bought it in that basis, not as a way to indicate their age.

On that basis i can’t imagine many people looking at it and thinking it was your age, let alone thinking it was appropriate to comment on it.

MumofSpud · 11/05/2024 14:59

wonderingwhatsnext · 11/05/2024 12:00

So funny. My grandma always added ten years to get age so people would say, wow you look great!

I used to add a couple of years on but then my face caught up!

Aswellisnotoneword · 11/05/2024 14:58

Do you think people will stop you in the street to comment?

EnidsOTHERBretonTop · 11/05/2024 14:58

How tragic.

DappledThings · 11/05/2024 14:55

If I saw someone in one of these jumpers it wouldn't occur to me it was their year of birth. People wear clothes with all kinds of random shit on. I wouldn't assume there was any significance to you personally in the year.

Pollipops1 · 11/05/2024 14:54

Plenty of younger people do wear them though because Bella Freud knits are fairly ubiquitous

WetBandits · 11/05/2024 14:52

Who is buying these?! They look like Thing 1/Thing 2 jumpers 😂

TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 11/05/2024 14:46

People may think it's your ID number and you've escaped from a prison.