I look much younger than my age.

[LockdownLoser]

I actually don't! I look my age or there abouts which is fine, its how old I am. But I always get the faux shock, no really? When people ask my age and then tell me I look much younger. I laugh it off and act flattered which seems the apporiate response.

I see it on here a lot where people have been convinced they genuinely look 10 years younger than their age because they get told so all the time. Some do look younger of course but a lot of the time they look round about their age. The picture threads dont help either because everyone is scared to cause offense and guesses 5 years below what they think, or they are spiteful and guess 10 years older than they think.

Are you one of these people who tell everyone how young they look? Why do people do that, are they giving out a compliment, being polite, or just laughing at how the other person laps it up and believes it? Its bizarre, what is wrong with looking your age, and if everyone looks much younger then surley the younger look becomes what that age looks like so again they actually look their age.

Most people are just really shit at judging ages - I'm 5'10" my friend is 5'1/2" I didn't get ID'd when we were 16 she still sometimes gets ID'd at 40. In term of grey hair, wrinkles etc we are much of a muchness but people think little equals young, tall equals older. There was some research done a few years ago that concluded that actually most people judge on hair style and clothes I was a bit sceptical but a few days after I read it someone I attended an activity with but didn't really know had her 40th celebrated at the activity. I had her pegged as 30ish but realized that I hadn't really looked beyond her asymmetric purple hair and goth clothes.

I reckon I look old and haggard tbh 😂

Although me and DH went to a local race meet a few years ago and the woman at the desk did ask him if he wanted one adult and one junior entry. Clearly this was pre-babies! I have definitely been aged by parenting!