To want to look my age?!

[wingingit33]

I'm 34 and yet I look 14. Honestly. I'm sick of the stares and comments when I tell people I'm a mum of three and the eldest is 12.

I dress to my age. I think so anyway! My hair is always shoved up in a ponytail or mum bun otherwise the baby yanks it.

It's becoming a bore now though. Yes "I'll appreciate it when I'm older" blah blah but what can I do to look like the professional woman / mid thirties mum that I am!!?

Depends how close you're looking too
This first pic I think she looks v baby faced and young, with how she's dressed too
Second pic you can see the fine lines around her eyes and she looks older
She looks incredible either way!

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😂 You're pulling our leg aren't you @wingingit33 ???

Tina O'Brien is very pretty and DOES look younger than 39. But she does NOT look like a teen. She looks about 29-30 sometimes, but when you look properly she does look mid 30s...

@Ponoka7 Yes, Tina looked youngish at 30 (like 22) and in a certain light she could have passed for 19, but NOT like 12-14 as the OP is claiming. There is a world of difference between how a 12-14 year old looks and how a 19-20 year old looks. Someone around 35-40 who claims people think they look 12-14 years old is deluded.

People often come up with the beautiful Floella Benjamin in these debates, who is 73, and claim she is soooooo young looking. She looks younger than 73 for sure, but when you look properly, she does look around 60. She does NOT look 40-45 as some have claimed.

I honestly think Tina O'brien could pass for a teen. Jorgie Porter looks about 24 as well when is actually 34....it can happen. Both are short too.

@SirChenjins

The reason for this vast difference in the guessing of the age is because people are taking the piss. Wake up!

Of course they are - see my comments about brain cells!

Tina O'Brien could not pass for a teen. She's pretty, she looks good, but she looks like an adult woman.

Jorge Porter and Tina O’Brien do look younger than their age, they definitely cannot pass for teenagers though. Nobody in their 30s can. Some celebs in their early 20s can pass for late teens but that’s usually due to makeup and lighting and in films etc they’re styled to look younger.

@Bluey124

If you think Tina looks like a teenager you seriously need to go to Specsavers.

She is a pretty woman, but no WAY does she look like a teenager. The youngest she looks is her early 30s. THESE pics were taken in the past year.

@Bluey124 As for Jorgie Porter, again a pretty woman, and yeah (like Tina) she looks a bit younger than 34, but she doesn't look like a teenager, or even 10 years younger. Could pass for 28-29 IMO.

As another poster said, these women are made up and styled to look younger. In their natural state they will look every bit their age, like everyone does.

😂 Harsh......

But fair.............

Jorgie Porter looks mid 30s to me.

When was the last time you saw an actual teenager?

I am 30 and still get told I look 21. It bugs me sometimes.

Agreed. It’s like one of those “We’re mistaken for sisters.” stories. No one is fooled. Lol

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Someone I know is always proudly stating how she was mistaken for her son's girlfriend yet again. If indeed it is true (which I highly doubt), it's absolutely revolting - who the hell would want someone to think they were in a relationship with their child??

How about learning to contour your face? Many videos of YouTube.

I would also wear neutrals.

You could ask a hairdresser to help you get a haircut to frame a round face.

I'm 46 and I look 7. It's a burden!

Yep. Creepy.

True. There was one recently where the woman was about 60.
Guesses ranged from about 30-75.
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I don’t know why people misbelieve this so much. It does happen to people - not all the time, but occasionally, and the youngish looking ones are those who get it repeatedly. It does stand out in one’s mind as being odd (and frustrating if I’m a professional context).

I was on a flight with my 32-year-old colleague when she had to get out her ID to prove she was above 12 and thus able to sit in an exit row. My only guess is that they thought she was my and our other travelling companion’s (male) child.

I was on the same day (aged 44) offered a child bus ticket (was travelling to meet husband and DD) then was assumed to be my DD’s grandmother. Either the journey was super taxing to age me a few decades or some people are just shit at estimating ages.

I loved the one a while ago from the woman in her 60s who said she was always being mistaken for beong in her 20s 😆

Oh god, I remember that one! It was extraordinary. She was a teacher in her 60s and all her colleagues thought she was newly qualified! 😅😅