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To think this is the youngest looking 50 year old ever?

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KenAdams · 30/09/2013 14:59

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GwendolineMaryLacey · 30/09/2013 15:36

So would I.... :)

Jan49 · 30/09/2013 15:36

He looks very young but I thought a lot of shops would ask for I.D, irrespective of how old you look so even if you looked 80 they'd require I.D.?

Lweji · 30/09/2013 15:37

Not sure he looks younger than the Brad, this weekend spotted at Legoland.

Not the Daily Fail
Only nobody would ask for ID. At least not a female cashier. Grin

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KenAdams · 30/09/2013 15:41

I would have put him mid 20's. Brad looks good too without the shaggy beard.

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SmiteYouWithThunderbolts · 30/09/2013 15:43

My mum is 52 but looks easily 15 years younger. This guy though - wow! I'd say he was closer to my age (29). Not to mention bloody gorgeous.

MaxPepsi · 30/09/2013 15:44

He looks fantastic, must be the Yorkshire air!!!

However Morrisons are good for giving you a confidence boost.

I'm a young looking 38 but it's obvious I've not seen 25 for many years and I'm always getting asked. It's actually a bit embarrassing after the first few times!

GemmaTeller · 30/09/2013 15:45

NotYoMomma I've heard that phrase, but from a Jamaican woman I used to work with, she had the most gorgeous skin and used to dye her hair a blueberry colour, she was (and prob still is) stunning.

ElizabethBathory · 30/09/2013 15:45

I notice he's not smiling in the photos...bet he looks older when he smiles and the wrinkles appear! Agree he doesn't look 50, wouldn't be shocked at 40 though, and loads of people look 10 years younger than they are. Tis funny he got ID'd though.

Catnap26 · 30/09/2013 15:47

What???wow!!!

ElizabethBathory · 30/09/2013 15:49

Brad looks his age to me. My 56 year old uncle looks younger than him for sure. Chris Packham is 50 in this picture, I always think he looks much younger. Or is it that I wish he was much younger?? Hmm.

Tasmania · 30/09/2013 15:57

My DH was asked for his ID the other day. The shop assistant laughed when they saw "Dr" in front of his name. My DH did not think it was cool at all. Smile I do joke that there must be a painting in the attic.

I get asked for my ID, too. Once, a woman who I swear was just a few yrs older than me DECIDED I was a school friend of her son. She was really adamant I was this girl called xxx who went to school with her son!!! I just smiled and said no, but that confused her even more...

RobinSparkles · 30/09/2013 15:59

He doesn't look 50 but he definitely doesn't look younger than 25. He looks old enough to not need ID when buying alcohol!

CaptainCupcake · 30/09/2013 16:00

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EhricLovesTeamQhuay · 30/09/2013 16:01

It's true that black skin is less dry and has more collagen (?) than white skin, which is why white people get more wrinkles and age spots and whatnot. But he does look extra young gorgeous

ErrolTheDragon · 30/09/2013 16:01

YoMomma - makes sense though, the paler the skin the more likely you are to get sun damage. Less the case nowadays with factor 50 but that wasn't around when 50 yr olds were kids!

digerd · 30/09/2013 16:05

When my sister was 53, she kept getting chatted up by men thinking she was 32 at the most. I was 53 when I met and didn't recognise an old class male friend and he said I hadn't changed a bit. Also a man who had been in my sister's class year, 3 years younger, recognised me but I didn't as not met him, but we did live in the same street.

The delivery man looked in his early 20s but told me he was 50. His dad had died recently aged 96 and looked in his 50s.
It's all in the genes or for some plastic surgery.!

feelscared · 30/09/2013 16:10

He looks around 30 to me.

I'm 45 and get told I look early 30s. Or late 20s if beer goggles are involved Grin

It's genetic with me. I'm caucasian and my 84 year old mother looks in her 60s. My 60 year old sister looks in her 40s.

Feminine · 30/09/2013 16:11

I have a very young looking dh. People don't think he is 40...let alone his 54 years. I also look much younger than 42. However there is something ing in the eyes that gives true age away - even without the wrinkles! I think the guy in the article looks fantastic, but not in need of an age check!

Tommy · 30/09/2013 16:12

there is no way anyone would think hje was under 18 though surely? Hmm

YouHaveAGoodPoint · 30/09/2013 16:17

He looks great. He also looks as though he is quite buff which would make him look younger.

Buzzardbird · 30/09/2013 16:24

And me...Wink

sashh · 30/09/2013 16:41

It's true that black skin is less dry and has more collagen (?) than white skin, which is why white people get more wrinkles and age spots and whatnot. But he does look extra young gorgeous

Er........... no it doesn't.

wonderingsoul · 30/09/2013 16:46

he looks at least late 20..

but he is yummy... i wouldnt kick him out of bed for making crumbs. Grin

QueLinda · 30/09/2013 16:51

He looks so young! I laughed when I read he was 50.

It must make such a difference to your life to be perceived as a young man for so long.

I would have thought he was around 28 - 30 if I saw him.

DinoSnores · 30/09/2013 16:54

there is no way anyone would think hje was under 18 though surely?

Morrison's (as do many other places) have a policy of asking for ID if they think you look under 25.