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Do you look your age?

Frostee said:
It's hard. 28?
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Wow. You overshot it. I'm... surprised? Impressed? I'm something.

When I show that picture to most people, they assume it was a high school picture or even a middle school picture.

This picture was from the back of one of my early publications. I was 20 years old here.
 
LadyBird84 said:
Maybe people with autism don't make faces as much and therefore get fewer wrinkles?
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I have heard this theory, but I am not sure how much credence to give it. I don't have a very wide range of facial expressions myself, and that may be true in general for others on the spectrum. However, if I had a wider range of facial expressions, I'd have a few more wrinkles around my mouth and eyes, and I'm not sure if this would be sufficient for making me look older. I have a full beard, so the wrinkles around my mouth wouldn't be as noticeable. Maybe the eye wrinkles would be a very subtle indicator of age, but I'm not sure.
 
LearnedCoward said:
I have heard this theory, but I am not sure how much credence to give it. I don't have a very wide range of facial expressions myself, and that may be true in general for others on the spectrum. However, if I had a wider range of facial expressions, I'd have a few more wrinkles around my mouth and eyes, and I'm not sure if this would be sufficient for making me look older. I have a full beard, so the wrinkles around my mouth wouldn't be as noticeable. Maybe the eye wrinkles would be a very subtle indicator of age, but I'm not sure.
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I thought I'd bring it up as a theory, but I agree it doesn't completely explain it. For instance it doesn't explain looking younger in teenage years or early 20s..
 
I have been told I look 10-15 years younger. They asked for ID in my mid 30s, I guess I didn't look 21 to them. LOL
 
Mr Allen said:
Topic.

Personally I don't think I look in my early '40s, but my philosophy on that is as long as I look old enough to get served in the Pub and buy Bottles of Whisky from Tesco for Dad's birthday and stuff, I'm not that bothered.

Although I did get questioned in Tesco last year and I was like, you what? The woman on the Checkout knew me from when I worked in another Supermarket on placement from College 20 years previous so I'm definitely over 25 and look it IMO.

Anyway, if you're 30 or 40 odd, or even younger, do you look your age?
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I dont know if I look my age or not but what ive found is a good strategy is when someone asks my age I tell them im 53 instead of 43, that way I get complemented every time someone asks how old I am.
 
I'm 19, but I don't look it.y cousin it 13 and towering over me. Her brother is 10 and getting there. That's because my mother's whole line of family is of short people.
 
I've always been told I looked older. When I was 16 people thought I was too old for the teen hangout, got kicked out once. People have often mistaked my dad and I for brothers, or thought my mom was my girlfriend. Never got carded for anything, but my wife at the time would when we were both 25ish and would go to the casino. One time got I burned at a car bodyshop, they assumed I was old enough to rent a car (25) and had already started to tear mine down. Got turned down because I was only 20, I made them give me an hour long ride home. Still had to arrange a ride down to pick the car up.
 
Funnily enough I was just thinking this,and was about to post a thread about it.

I don’t know if it is a spectrum specific or it’s just down to good genetics...but I’ve been told that I don’t look my age. In fact, I’ve just had someone double check my ID whilst buying some wine with my sibling (not wine for me, I don’t drink) because despite being in my 20s and being a few years older than my sibling, I’m apparently not my age, and I look much younger.

It’s rather annoying actually, although I have been told that I’ll be happy with looking younger when I’m older.
 
I saw on a YouTube video last week that some of the female stars of Australian soap Neighbours look a fair bit younger than they actually are, particularly April Rose "Chloe Brennan" Pengilly, she's 30 but only looks about 25 if that, biggest surprise was "Colette "Shelia Canning" Mann, she's 68 and definitely looks a LOT younger, Id've said she's only about 48.
 
I am 40 but I look like I'm in my late teens. I've heard slow visual aging is common for aspies.
 
Yes, but underneath I'm aging - I was recently diagnosed with bilateral osteoarthritis of the hips. This despite having lost weight during lockdown...
 
Yes.
I am 25 and often have had people mistake me for a middle schooler because of how short I am (5'4") and because I don't wear make up.
Oh, and it probably doesn't help that I have trouble articulating and have a generally high mousy voice.
 
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