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How much younger than your real age do you look?
I look older 6%  6%  [ 4 ]
I look as old as I am 11%  11%  [ 8 ]
I look a few years younger 11%  11%  [ 8 ]
About 5 32%  32%  [ 23 ]
About 10 31%  31%  [ 22 ]
People still think I am a teenager even though I am an old fart 7%  7%  [ 5 ]
I am not old enough to look younger than my age yet. 1%  1%  [ 1 ]
Total votes : 71

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15 Dec 2013, 2:37 pm

Being short also makes you look younger.Once when I was walking past the school some kid on the playground started yelling at me,"Hey girl,you better get in the school,"I was in my early forties. :lol:


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15 Dec 2013, 2:46 pm

I don't think that I look younger, but I was recently told I look in my 20's.

I find that hard to believe though.


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15 Dec 2013, 2:57 pm

I think a lot of the times when people mistake the age of Aspies for as much as decades younger than we actually are, it's not only because of looks, but also because of a naive demeanour and not carrying ourselves with authority and confidence, like adults our age. That naive, awkward demeanour is associated with young age.



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15 Dec 2013, 3:00 pm

^^That's what I think it is with me.


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15 Dec 2013, 3:22 pm

For me it's both.


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15 Dec 2013, 3:26 pm

I probably do appear to be younger but I know that I look really rugged sometimes too.


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15 Dec 2013, 4:59 pm

I'm almost 33 but I am constantly mistaken for being much younger. I assume that I look like I'm in my early 20s to some people, but I very often get mistaken for a teenager as well. I've been hit on by a teenager and had jr. high school kids invite me to play with them.



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15 Dec 2013, 5:22 pm

GreyMatter wrote:
I think a lot of the times when people mistake the age of Aspies for as much as decades younger than we actually are, it's not only because of looks, but also because of a naive demeanour and not carrying ourselves with authority and confidence, like adults our age. That naive, awkward demeanour is associated with young age.


I also suspect it has to do with limited facial mobility, like botox.

People are often surprised when I am the oldest one in the room.



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15 Dec 2013, 6:13 pm

My gf just said I look 10 years younger.


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15 Dec 2013, 6:36 pm

I'd say I look a few years younger than my actual age.


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15 Dec 2013, 7:02 pm

I have no idea.


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15 Dec 2013, 7:50 pm

I'm 31, but I look (and feel, actually) about 7-8 years younger. People say my voice sounds very young too.



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15 Dec 2013, 9:36 pm

I'd say I look about 5 years younger than I actually am judging from comments I get, though I've been mistaken for being about 10 years younger than I am.



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15 Dec 2013, 10:35 pm

I think I closely resemble my biological age. I mean, I think I look like I'm 19.



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15 Dec 2013, 11:41 pm

I'm 34 and people tend to assume I'm in my late 20's. I do get proofed a lot, but the cashiers around here are overly scrupulous about that in general. On the phone I've been mistaken for a child.



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16 Dec 2013, 2:35 am

I'm 23 but have been told on several occasions that I look like a 14 year old.