I'm 30, but have always looked younger and apparently come across this way too. I was offered a child's bus ticket recently, and where I work in a home for the elderly, some residents ask if I'm at college/uni etc.
Same in my last job at a school, I had people saying I looked like I was 'just out of high school' or that I 'looked like a student'.
I don't mind this so much, but I am frequently referred to as cute or sweet by strangers, and I find it patronising and a little annoying.
A few years back I was in Boots speaking to a lady on the make-up couinter about mascara. Out of nowhere she went, "Aww, you're so cute bless you."
My boyfriend works behind a bar and I went in there the other day. His female colleague showed me to my table and that was my only interaction with her. Apparently the next day she said to him, "Aww she's really sweet." I have no idea what it was based on as I had said all of 2 words to her. Again he told her I was making him dinner or something and she said again "She's so cute!".
I have had other men i've dated refer to me in this way. My boyfriend says it too, he even says I'm 'cute' when I'm mad.
I just think they're very generic words and I'd describe a baby or a puppy as cute and sweet. I wish people would describe me with a little more substance.
It's the same at my care home, I dislike hearing residents being referred to as cute just because they're elderly, or if an elderly couple hold hands, people completely go mad over it even though a 25 year old couple doing the same thing wouldn't garner any reaction at all.
I probably sound like a miserable cow but it's just annoying. I'm sure they don't mean it badly but I just dislike it. Does anybody else feel like this?