Today, I used to look so young for my age that in high school, I was regularly mistaken for a freshman. I never succeeded in getting dates because of it. Today, I'm 25 years-old and regularly get confused for being in my thirties. I guess all the stress from work, loneliness, and rejection really caught up. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I realized that being chronically stressed since I was 12 has made me look older than I am. I used to be the youngest looking kid in my high school. That lead to me being ignored and mistaken for an innocent kid, causing me stress. As a 25 year-old adult, I work my ass off just to survive, causing me stress. FML
Today, I'm 25. I dropped out of college when I was 19 because I didn't fit in. I was developmentally behind and looked like a fifteen year-old. All of high school I was excluded. I'm back in college now, but everyone still feels more mature than me. I no longer look or act young for my age due to years of stress. FML
Today, I'm a guy who's always been physically a late bloomer. In high school, I looked too young for girls to like me. At 22, I still looked 17. Now at 25, I look good but when girls find out my age, they expect me to have everything figured out by now. I never got to be young. FML
Today, I got mistaken for a high school freshman. It’s my 23rd birthday. FML
Today, I was mistaken for an 8th grader because of my height. I'm 32 years-old. FML
Today, I, a person who will be 21 in a few months, was mistaken for my mom's older brother. My mom is in her fifties. Apparently this is becoming increasingly common, because the world sucks. I didn't realize it was affecting me this badly. FML
Today, I’m 25 years-old. I was unattractive in high school and college. In the last two years I’ve glown up. Also, rent, gas, and food have all gone up in price. I can’t afford dates and I've had to work weekend nights at every job since I was 18. I hate these “rich kids” my age. FML
Today, I'm at the age where I'm supposed to be having the time of my life. I'm short and look so young that I get asked if I'm still in high school. Every girl I've ever known looks at me like a "little brother". The only girls who have shown interest are still too young to vote. I'm missing out on my 20s. FML
Today, I was at work refreshing the shelves when a man turned the corner and said, very surprised, "You look 12!" A few weeks back, two people did the same thing, only they said I looked 9. I'm almost 21 years old, and just very short. Starting to get just a little self conscious here. FML
Today, I'm 23, but my development was starved due to my overprotective parents. My peers never accepted me, even though I tried to find someone to be friends with. To this day, I've been told I come off as creepy by more women than I have fingers on my hands. I feel like a fifteen year-old walking around in a man's body. FML
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tiptoppc 21
My wife is in her almost thirties and looks so young, people ask me if she’s my daughter, or while I’m at work, if her “parents” are home. Sometimes i’ve been threatened with assault as they don’t realize she is almost thirty. Sadly, the curse means people make a lot of assumptions and even I occasionally blow away people why I tell them I’m almost 40. There seems to be a wild hair up their butt and they like to impose what they think and age should “look” like, but the best way I found is to troll them if they make assumptions. One time in the middle of a public area, I put my arm around my wife and proudly replied to the person who asked “YES, I AM DEFINITELY ******* MY DAUGHTER!” The embarrassment made them walk away quickly while i just had a shit eating grin on my face. I think that made them less likely to jump to conclusions like that on someone else. Fwiw, my wife thought it was funny.
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tiptoppc 21
My wife is in her almost thirties and looks so young, people ask me if she’s my daughter, or while I’m at work, if her “parents” are home. Sometimes i’ve been threatened with assault as they don’t realize she is almost thirty. Sadly, the curse means people make a lot of assumptions and even I occasionally blow away people why I tell them I’m almost 40. There seems to be a wild hair up their butt and they like to impose what they think and age should “look” like, but the best way I found is to troll them if they make assumptions. One time in the middle of a public area, I put my arm around my wife and proudly replied to the person who asked “YES, I AM DEFINITELY ******* MY DAUGHTER!” The embarrassment made them walk away quickly while i just had a shit eating grin on my face. I think that made them less likely to jump to conclusions like that on someone else. Fwiw, my wife thought it was funny.