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Does anyone really look younger than their age?

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smoleyjolie · 04/12/2023 14:10

Online on forums, social media, on dating profiles and even in real life people claim to look younger than their age, they are X age but don't look it. They get ID's in the supermarket buying wine.

I am always highly sceptical because I've know people who say to my face how they look like they are 25 when they are actually 38 because they have no lines or wrinkles when I am looking at them and thought they were actually in their 40's and they have obvious wrinkles and grey hair, people are delusional! Honestly the capacity people have to delude themselves about anything is quite staggering and I have never met someone who claims to look younger and it actually turn out to be true.

When I was younger I thought some older people looked younger so I once thought a woman when she was 49 was closer to 30 but that was because I assumed all people of 49 looked "old" which isn't the case at all and looking back she looked great but she also looked her age which is fine.

Going back to the first case where the women was convinced she looked over 10 years younger, what could I say I just said yeah you look great and its the same anytime anyone makes that claim. People aren't going to dispute it.

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chickenandchorizo · 18/07/2024 13:16

Will delete this shortly… but how old do I look?

Does anyone really look younger than their age?
SallyWD · 18/07/2024 13:25

chickenandchorizo · 18/07/2024 13:16

Will delete this shortly… but how old do I look?

Anything from 18 to 28

OperationPushkin · 18/07/2024 13:33

@chickenandchorizo 35 or so?

bananacreampie · 18/07/2024 13:34

34

OperationPushkin · 18/07/2024 13:39

And absolutely no one in their 30s looks like a teenager! That's hilarious. 😅

TheYearOfSmallThings · 18/07/2024 13:43

chickenandchorizo · 18/07/2024 13:16

Will delete this shortly… but how old do I look?

Late 20s - better photo resolution would show skin age more clearly.

minnieot · 18/07/2024 14:58

chickenandchorizo · 18/07/2024 13:16

Will delete this shortly… but how old do I look?

Early to mid 30s, you're very pretty x

chickenandchorizo · 18/07/2024 15:42

Thanks for the guesses! I’m 32! I often get told I look younger but always with a backhanded ‘compliment’ about having a chubby round baby-face 😭

Emotionalsupportviper · 18/07/2024 15:59

chickenandchorizo · 18/07/2024 13:16

Will delete this shortly… but how old do I look?

Early to mid 30s

DelectableMe · 18/07/2024 16:41

SallyWD · 18/07/2024 13:25

Anything from 18 to 28

Not 18!

DelectableMe · 18/07/2024 16:43

chickenandchorizo · 18/07/2024 13:16

Will delete this shortly… but how old do I look?

32

Hetookthecorkscewtoo · 18/07/2024 16:45

chickenandchorizo · 18/07/2024 13:16

Will delete this shortly… but how old do I look?

I think you look like a very pretty non instagrammed early 20's

DelectableMe · 18/07/2024 16:47

DelectableMe · 18/07/2024 16:43

32

Wow! I honestly didn't see your reply and I was spot on!

chickenandchorizo · 18/07/2024 18:15

DelectableMe · 18/07/2024 16:47

Wow! I honestly didn't see your reply and I was spot on!

Edited

Wow well done 😁

TheYearOfSmallThings · 18/07/2024 18:31

I do think you look young for 32 - not freakishly young, but certainly fresh faced.

Shushquite · 18/07/2024 18:59

Waitingfordoggo · 18/07/2024 12:36

Sorry if I’m being dense @Shushquite, but what does this mean?

then suddenly went to a&e from dka

Diabetic ketoacidosis. Dm forced me to go to see my gp as I was a very stubborn teenager. Gp took one look and said she will call an ambulance. I had lost a lot a weight and my dm was questioned why she didn't take me to get help sooner (even that day, she didn't tell me the appointment was for me. She said she needed me to accompany her to another event after her gp appointment).

I wanted to sleep instead, as I was soo tried.

DelectableMe · 18/07/2024 19:00

chickenandchorizo · 18/07/2024 18:15

Wow well done 😁

I can always tell if someone is a teenager, though, and I'm not being disrespectful when I say, you definitely don't look like one..

Waitingfordoggo · 18/07/2024 20:21

I’m always tempted to share a pic on these threads because I’m pretty sure I look a fair bit older than I am. My friends and family obviously wouldn’t tell me so, so I’m tempted to ask strangers sometimes just to see if it’s as bad as I think it is 😂

But then I realise that it probably wouldn’t be great for my self-esteem! (Also I feel weird about posting photos on a public internet space).

I think I probably looked about my age until I was mid thirties and then several things happened in succession over the following years: my parents died within ten weeks of each other, I had small children who didn’t sleep much, then a series of world events that sent my anxiety rocketing: Brexit, Trump, Covid. Once all that was over, I went into perimenopause 😂 It’s all aged me rather rapidly!

DelectableMe · 18/07/2024 20:27

@Waitingfordoggo You could, you may be pleasantly surprised!

NarnianQueen · 18/07/2024 20:27

All the people on this thread saying how people are always shocked when they tell them their age - don't we all do a "No, really? You don't look it!" when someone says their age? I thought that was just polite 😆

SignoraItaliana · 18/07/2024 20:45

NarnianQueen · 18/07/2024 20:27

All the people on this thread saying how people are always shocked when they tell them their age - don't we all do a "No, really? You don't look it!" when someone says their age? I thought that was just polite 😆

Definitely. It's the done thing. No-one is ever going to say "No really? I thought you were years older!" are they?

Plus, if asked how old I think someone is, I always mentally subtract 15 years from what I really think, and it makes the person asking me to guess their age very happy - and they probably rush off to Mumsnet to tell everyone they are 50 but everyone thinks they look 35. Bless. Grin

Waitingfordoggo · 18/07/2024 20:45

Yes I always do @NarnianQueen!

Waitingfordoggo · 18/07/2024 20:47

I do that as well @SignoraItaliana and think most people probably do because the fear of guessing older than they actually are and them being crestfallen is too much to bear so you’ve got to play it really safe and go significantly younger to be on the safe side 😂

Waitingfordoggo · 18/07/2024 20:48

@DelectableMe I don’t think I can risk it 😂

DelectableMe · 18/07/2024 20:49

Waitingfordoggo · 18/07/2024 20:48

@DelectableMe I don’t think I can risk it 😂

I'll be kind! Then you can delete!

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