Are you generally mistaken for being older or younger?

[otherself]

So I was in TK MAXX the other day and was refused the purchase of a set of kitchen knives because the female cashier thought I looked under 21 (I'm 32!).

And when I was 27 I visited a grammar school to drop some books off for my mum (a teacher) and I was asked why I wasn't in school uniform by a teacher. The school is for boy's up to 17-years-old. Yes, she thought I was about 15/16.

Has anybody else been mistaken for younger / older now or in the past. Is it a burden?

 

[Supratada]

I was often served in pubs when my schoolchums were refused, but recently, in local shops I've had young till-girls talk to me in that tone of voice like they're speaking to their grandads

"Yes, have you got your club-card? yes? your clubcard?"

I may lose my temper one day and pwn their cherry-asses.

 

[legrandefromage]

just genuinely mistaken.

 

[mattbrown]

yep, im 32, and was mistaken for a teenager a while back, I look about mid 20's, I say 8 hrs sleep and no responsibilities keep me looking young

 

[marin man]

32 mistaken for 40 something........ :roll:

as opposed to 30 something mistaken for a neanderthal

 

[Andy B]

most people think I'm younger than I am

 

[Stick Legs]

Older, usually about 40. The white hairs on the temples do it, plus the wrinkles around the eyes from years of glare off the sea.

I'm 33.

 

[al]

I'm 43 but could easily pass for 20 or 21.


al.

 

[al]

no sorry!

20 and 21.

al.

 

[velomaniac]

From my mid 20's until aged 40 people thought I was in my 40's :roll:
Now I'm in my 40's people think I'm in my 40's.
Ridiculous, I was born to be middleaged :roll: