AS and delayed physical maturity...

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I guess I look like I could fit in among middle schoolers (I'm 18 ), but I've never been very good at judging myself.

You all can be pensioners as much as you like. As for me, I'm a 13 year old boy.

I am older than you. He he he. Moo boy! Just kidding. You rule.

Ack, me too .

22 years old, 4 feet and 10 inches tall. I get mistaken for being anywhere between 12 and 17 years old.

I've got the curly hair, too.

When Fellowship first hit theatres, I really did look like Rosie Cotton! My brown hair was permed, I used to wear contacts, and I weighed a good deal more than I do now.

I'm 5'5", but in a family where the average height (male and female) is 6', they still call me a hobbit even without the perm and extra weight.

I look older than I am. I can pass for 25 with ease now, despite the fact I am only 17.

Get some beer!

I suspect I would still get carded if a friend asked me to go buy them a pack of cigarettes...

Yeah I got asked to buy cigarettes by a bunch of teenage kids at the shopping centre once. Thats what I told them... sort of a lame excuse on my part, I really should have slapped them a bit more and told them off for smoking.

My friend was able to buy some alcohol once, despite being three years under age and having no ID. It was wierd.

Well, I don't think I look like a 13 year old boy, but I think I look younger than 40, at least in this picture: http://img21.echo.cx/my.php?image=pictu ... 5439ip.jpg

I've been told that I look too young to have an 11 year old, but those people were probably just being nice to me.

I'm getting some wrinkles, boo hoo. It's time to start investigating overpriced wrinkle creams, I suppose, but I'm never going to be desperate enough to get Botox.

I'm 18, and even when I had hair down to my butt, I got mistaken for a 12 year old boy. I've looked exactly the same since the 8th grade, almost 5 years ago. People often mistake me for my younger brother, or did when he was still smaller than me. I'm the shortest person in my family, aside from my nine year old sister, and even she is gaining on me quickly.

I never thought of it as anything related to AS, though, as both my brother and my sister have growth disorders that made my brother a year and a bit behind in growth and my sister 6 mos behind in growth. Keep in mind, that even with that, my sister is still only around 6 inches shorter than me.

I'm quite underweight and so I have no female figure to speak of. I have to shop in the little boys' section.

You look GREAT for 40!

And you look great for 42!

Thanks!