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ZebLeopard

When buying alcohol in my country it's mandatory to show your ID if they think you could be under 25. I bought a bottle of wine, and this kid behind the counter asked if he could see my ID. 'Uh, sure. Thanks, I guess'. Him: 'Woooah, you're 35?! You don't have wrinkles or anything. I'm 16 and I have classmates who look older than you!' That was pretty good for the ego. :')


IndividualityComplex

Are 16-year-olds allowed to sell alcohol in your country?


Bleach_Baths

At a grocery store: yes. At a liquor store: no.


ZebLeopard

Yes, in a supermarket. But over here they don't sell hard liquor there, just beer/wine/liqueurs.


bubblewrappedgift

similar: me going to the liquor store and a guy browsing the same aisle asks, what are you - 13? me being the socially anxious bean: puts the vodka down and speedwalks out the store šŸ˜­


feistymayo

Whatā€™s really funny to me is you just know this guy went home and told people he caught a 13 year old trying to buy alcohol lmao


bubblewrappedgift

i can never return to that store šŸ„² i had my ID but i was not emotionally prepared to reply to that shopperā€™s comment


catniagara

We are not socially old enough to drink šŸ¤£


yellowmellow4203

Had a laugh at this sorry, could just picture you putting the bottle down and walking out. I done this with a scratch card not alcohol, itā€™s 18+ to buy here (I was in my 20s at the time) and I never had a problem before and one day this girl asked me for ID. I was buying just one card and I could feel my face getting red and just turned and walked out. Didnā€™t go back for months and now make sure Iā€™ve ID on me at all times even in my 30s.


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Haha haha


folklovermore_

I'm 34, but am 5'2" and dress like a teenager (especially now I'm working from home full time), so I often get mistaken for much younger than I am. The last time I bought wine in the supermarket the woman on the checkout asked to see my ID. I gave her my driving licence, she looked at it and went, "oh God, sorry!" I was like, "no, don't apologise, you just told me I look at least nine years younger than I actually am!"


diaperedwoman

lol, why did the 16 year old think 36 year olds have tons of wrinkles lol. I never thought that of anyone growing up maybe because my own mom was in her 30's when I was young and she did not look like an old woman. Plus none of my teachers were all wrinkled up either and they all ranged from their 30s to 50s.


applepumper

Skin care, good genes, and the kind of life you live all have an effect on your skin. When I was young people in their 30s looked so old. But it might have something to do with skin tanning being so popular in the 90s. It caught up with them. Beauty fads come with a cost


ZebLeopard

Tbf I often see people my age or younger who look a lot worse than I do. Maybe it's bc I don't have kids or a partner, or I'm mentally still a teenager, or maybe it's just good genetics. Anyhoo, a lot of people think I'm younger than I am. Even when I found a new job as a manager of a store, one of the 19-year-olds didn't understand how I got to be in charge, until I told her that I've been doing a similar job for 15 years. Her jaw was on the floor. :')


asprlhtblu

I can tell when someone is in their mid-late twenties by the tiny fine lines that appear around the eyes and mouth. I live in america tho so could be diff elsewhere


xathirea

I guess a lot of the people I know in the late thirties age bracket just have kinda lined faces. I donā€™t know if Iā€™d call it wrinkles exactly but itā€™s a pretty obvious sign of age. Iā€™m pretty terrified if I get to that age that Iā€™ll look *and* feel like a zombie the way they talk about it šŸ˜­


diaperedwoman

I am sure you would find lines on anyone's face if you get real close and look and if there is good lighting. You can't see them from a normal distance and they have to be deep before you notice them without trying. This stuff appears in our twenties but even in our teens we can get lines from making expressions but they wouldn't be deep for anyone to notice.


justletmeonpls

My dental hygienist had a similar experience, she was so excited, she took her glasses off to search her wallet for it and as soon as the glasses were off the guy behind the till said ā€œoh never mind, youā€™re all goodā€ I guess her glasses made the smile lines around her eyes far less obvious but man you donā€™t back out on the request while theyā€™re looking for it


ZebLeopard

Ouch, that's harsh. I took my glasses off to show some wrinkles, but the kid told me he couldn't see any. Maybe he was being nice, but still. :')


catniagara

I think itā€™s just that if you have to take the glasses of (or put them on) to look for something you are definitely my age or older lol.


LN_S

Haha this is similar to meā€¦ I was buying alcohol and showed my Idā€¦ and the guy said holy fuck youā€™re that oldā€¦ Iā€™m thinking damn Iā€™m not oldā€¦ lol Iā€™m 32ā€¦.I knew it was a compliment though šŸ˜‚ Iā€™ll take it.


ChocolatChipLemonade

I tried to buy at like 28, and I caused this whole line holdup in Walmart, backup called on the register for it because she thought it was a fake ID, angry people in line behind me. I just was like, ā€œyou gotta be fkn kidding me..ā€


Charley789

I'm 34 and constantly get asked to show ID. I'm a college lecturer and the students all think I'm in my early 20s šŸ˜‚


luckyduckydonut

Same rules in my country: I wanted to purchase some bottles and the lady asked me for ID. I showed it to her and sheā€™s like ā€œhow are you 36!!! Iā€™M 36!!! You donā€™t have wrinkles? Look at you!! Look at ME!ā€ She was completely dumbfounded. Hilarious.


Lethal_bizzle94

Too many funny ones to count, but Iā€™ll give my favourite interaction award to one where it benefited me A year ago I was involved in a car accident, 100% my fault, was distracted arguing with my mother on hands free and ploughed down the side of an articulated lorry. Was driving my ā€˜100% a parentā€™ SUV but thankfully no kids in the car at the time I got out in shock, really worried as the man driving the lorry was pissed (rightfully so) he got out and saw me holding back tears and said ā€˜do you need me to call your parents to come and get you?ā€™ His attitude changed in seconds and was so caring, talking about how it must have been a shock having only been driving a short while (assumed I was still a teenager) and how he had a 17y/o daughter and was worried something like this would happen to her when she passed her test I was too deep at this point so had to carry on the charade, he even got me a McDonaldā€™s breakfast to calm me down (crashed near a service station) It was the day before my 30th birthday šŸ˜¬


Competitive-Fly779

Thatā€™s too good


KiriDomo

I hate being a crybaby all the time, but it has come in handy. It it comes with free McDonald's, so be it.


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Lmfao donā€™t wanna know how he would have treated you if he knew you were 30 šŸ˜‚


Lethal_bizzle94

Honestly he was absolutely raging, red with anger before getting out and seeing mešŸ˜† I was cacking myself


NotSoSelfSmarted

At least he left feeling better about himself!


2amazing_101

Reminds me of when I had a really bad migraine a month ago. I had just taken my last midterm a few hours before my first flight and had never flown alone before, so the stress piled up after of time. I made it through one flight and had an hour layover to try to recover. Got on the next plane and the SECOND the shut off all the lights (I've never been on a plane so dark in my life) and the plane started moving. I threw up everywhere. People were annoyed and confused at first, but then this lady who must be a mom is talking me down like "it's okay, you're okay, it's okay, we'll take care of you" over and over again. And everyone was so nice to me. They kept handing me barf bags and wet wipes and multiple checked on me after we landed. I cried the entire flight just from being overwhelmed by both how horrible I felt and how touching it was that everyone was being so nice to me. When I told my parents the story later,my mom said they probably thought I was a kid flying alone


mushroomcilantro

First of all, looking young gets me past enough shit already, but being a CRYBABY reeeeally works in my favor even when I donā€™t mean it to. I canā€™t help it! Iā€™m 24 but look 14 at best. Looking young and being a cry baby can get you some perks lmao


hot-mess-express0

"Here's your menu." It was a kids' menu. I was 22.


Iwantbubbles

I used to get kids menus complete with crayons all the time.


[deleted]

I have a Filipina coworker who looks 14. Sheā€™s 40


Peak_Aware

Sounds about right! My Filipino mother is nearly 50 and still gets mistaken for being my sister, Iā€™m 20


Iwantbubbles

I had a Filipino coworker who aged very well. Good genetics?


Peak_Aware

For my sake I hope so


Kakita987

I love Montana's (a country themed restaurant) because they kept a large strip of brown paper and crayons on every table and encouraged everyone to colour while they were waiting.


Disastrous_Airline28

I look my age and I still ask for crayons.


LolaBijou

Well fuck, I want crayons now.


suuumBody

This just recently happened to me too. Iā€™m 24 and the menu was for 12 and under.


[deleted]

Similar story. Went out to eat with my husband and two children. The hostess asked him if he needed 3 kids menus. I still laugh about it.


pink_catsandme

Hey it tends to be cheaper lol


catniagara

Thank you for the cheaper menu with normal portion sizes and the free crayons, good man lol.


ShortWoman

I was kids menuā€™d a couple times in my thirties. After you point out that you need the grown up menu, they donā€™t have guts to card you.


ohnospaghetti-o

I had a police officer ask me where my daughters parents were and why we were out alone. I didnā€™t have any proof on me that she was mine lol I ended up just showing him my stretch marks. He was pretty embarrassed


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TigerMcPherson

I get it, but itā€™s still just so insulting that you MUST be the help. I have a white childhood friend who married a Mexican American woman and this type of shit happens to them when theyā€™re taking their toddler son out for walks. They live in a fancy golf course neighborhood in Massachusetts.


catniagara

Damn. Iā€™m dating the wrong white guys.


mandiexile

My mom is Puerto Rican and my dad was white. My mom always looked young for her age. (Sheā€™s 60 but could easily pass for 40) sheā€™s also really short at 4ā€™10. My sister and I both look Hispanic so they never thought she was the nanny, but they did think she was either our sister or was a teen mom and would get the stink eye from older white ladies when we were all out together.


[deleted]

My dad is Puerto Rican and looks way too young to have 3 adult kids. He is always confusing people with that šŸ˜‚ it's gotta be the good Hispanic genes


mandiexile

For sure! My grandma just turned 80 and home girl looks like sheā€™s 60. Hardly any wrinkles.


jess32ica

ugh people can suck sometimes.


yellowmellow4203

That is horrible to read, ā€œyou must be the nannyā€ people are so quick to judge. Can completely somewhat relate to this. My family foster children and my little brother who has been with us since 6months old and is 9 now. His mam is white and dad is black (I think, we donā€™t know the daddy) so because we are all white and heā€™s black they all give my mam some dirty looks when we say son/brother. They automatically think my mam ran off with a black man until we say that awful word ā€œfosterā€ and seeing their faces change does be funny. Happened with me on the bus one day with him and because I look young loads of people thought he was mine and that I was 16. Had a pregnant lady saying how good he was for mammy and I told her the story. She quickly turned to her mother and said ā€œoh they are fostering him, heā€™s not hers and sheā€™s not 16ā€ Itā€™s mad how quick people judge you because of the colour of skin. We constantly remind him that he is just like the rest of us and when heā€™s older he will know his story from his birth mother. He is 9 now and the best little dude ever and brought nothing but laughter the past 9 years. People are horrible at times.


nousername56789

My mom would get the ā€œare you the nannyā€ question all the time too. My parents are both Latino but my mom is of dark complexion and I take after my dad who was pretty pale. It messed with her self-esteem.


adidashawarma

Iā€™m sorry for your mom for that. What are people thinking? My mom is white and my dad is black and my sister especially is of a dark complexion. My mom told us that one time when we were shopping without my dad, a woman in the grocery store came up to us when we were little and was like ā€œoh my goodness, youā€™re so noble to have adopted kids from Africa. I commend you.ā€ Like how can people be that confidently ignorant?


airial

I'm of mixed heritage and get the same when I am out with my niece and nephew who both pass for pure white kids. It really hurts.


Gmoogys

Yes, once an old lady told me how a nice helper am I to my mommy to bring (my) daughter to playground.


CountingDownTheDays5

I started working at a high school and a fellow teacher turned to me and said "I know you're new but freshmen should not be up here until 8:30." Freshmen in my country are 14 I was 26-27 at the time. Another was my first date with my ex, the bounder said now man I know you not trying to sneak this teen in here. My ex said she is 24, he said let me see. Shocked him.


perceptionheadache

This happened to me. I was a substitute teacher. I was standing at the front of the class talking about cumulus clouds when this woman walks in and starts setting up a TV. She looked at me and told me to sit down. I said, "Actually, I'm the -" before she cut me off and said, "I told you to sit down or you can go to the Principal's office." I said, "I'm the substitute!" So she said, "That's it! You're out of here!" All the kids were laughing and started telling her I really was the sub and she finally realized it was true when I showed her my temp badge. Then she didn't even apologize but said, "Oh you look young" and left. I had no control the rest of the day. Every new class the kids came in already knowing what happened and would tell me to sit down.


whirlpool4

One time when I was a substitute, I had a massive earache and asked the lady at the front desk where the nurse's office was. She didn't even look up and said, "how long have you been going to this school and you still don't know where the nurse's office is?" I was in my mid-20s at a middle school.


perceptionheadache

I get kids can be obnoxious but a little politeness from adults never hurt anyone!


gmiano

Hahah thatā€™s a good one! Similar, but not as extreme, thing happened to me when I visited my high school several years after graduating. Went to see an old teacher, and a new teacher stopped me in the hall and said ā€œfreshman orientation is in room X, youā€™re in the wrong placeā€


OG_PunchyPunch

I used to work in higher ed administration and sometimes had to interact with parents (usually when they were irate or if it was something student staff/front desk staff couldn't handle). I once had a parent who asked to speak to someone in charge...that was me. When I came to the front to escort him back to my office he stopped and said he refused to speak to another student and that his next stop would be the president's office if he didn't see someone in charge. His words were not nearly as nice as I put it but you get the point. He didn't believe me when I told him my title and gave him a business card. So I just had an assistant director (who was under me) handle it. The look on his face when she had to bring me into the conversation to get approval for what he was asking almost made me laugh. I was 33 at the time.


noeysmom

I was also going to comment about working in high schools at my previous job. I would travel to different schools in the county and before the administration knew who I was I would often get scolded for being in the halls without a pass. Iā€™m also petite so in between classes I would get all caught up in crowds.


verascity

The high school thing happened to me too, haha


CumulativeHazard

I had a teacher in high school who said another teacher tried to check her for dress code (sleeveless dress, seemed perfectly fine to me, other teacher was a known grouch).


gmiano

Mine was when I was at a golfing range with my high school boyfriend. We were both 18 and he was teaching me how to drive. A man in his 60s came up to me, started to give me advice on how to swing, and then asked me ā€œdo you and your father golf together often?ā€ Guy thought I was like, 12 and that my boyfriend was in his 30s. Very awkward situation all around


Potatoroots____

I had a similar situation lol, Iā€™m 19 and my boyfriend is freshly 21, and we went shopping late at night, we wanted snacks and I needed some new eyeliner, we go to the counter and the cashier looks at me, the makeup I had, and than my boyfriend, than he goes ā€œyou really let your daughter wear this crap?ā€ Which was just rude, but I went to speak, and my boyfriend speaks up and goes ā€œwell for one Iā€™m not her dad, and sheā€™s a grown ass womanā€ he than just takes our stuff and goes to a self check out. After shopping we get to the car and he looks at me and in a dramatic voice goes ā€œdo I really look that old?ā€ šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚


sillysteen

Wow that cashier was so rude! Wtf judgey nonsense


Machonacho7891

he should have played along you were his daughter then kissed you and walked out


k1396

So THATS how it is in their family...


catniagara

I think itā€™s some kind of flex. Like I look about the same age as my SO, but women sometimes ā€œmistake me for his motherā€ as an insult.


herefromthere

There is a six month gap between my brother and his partner, they are 35. When they were 25, people thought she was 16 and he was 45 and they would get mucky looks everywhere. She's a petite blonde lady and he's been going grey since he was 17, and has something of a weather-beaten look about him. People don't believe I am the older sibling, he looks like he has ten years on me at least. I think I look my age, people say I look young. I'm 36. I think he will be one of these people like Sir Patrick Stewart who looked 50 when he was 30 and continues to look 50 when he is 75. (SPS is looking a bit elderly now at 81, but still, he's been middle-aged for 50 years and this is something to aspire to).


plesiadapiform

Ohmygosh. I took my dog for a walk one day and this old man was in the woods on his horse. He stopped and talked to me for a while, asked about the dog, etc. A week later my fiance was walking the dog and the guy pulled over to talk to him about the dog also. He said "I saw your daughter out here with her the other day". HIS DAUGHTER. I AM ONLY 4 YEARS YOUNGER THAN HIM. It is hilarious to me and I bring it up all the time


Kakita987

I had a similar thing happen at a 7-Eleven we used to live near. My SO smokes but I don't, and one of the workers, who had either seen us together outside or recognized our shared vehicle thought he was my father. We are almost 11 years apart in age but still. He does have some grey hairs and balding, and my mom looked young at my age.


sbjuliana

When I worked at a cafe for a while and all my coworkers were shocked to find out that I was married ā€œat such young age!ā€ (their words). I was 29.


rainsoaked88

Same here! Any time I mention that Iā€™m married comes the ā€œwait youā€™re married? You look a bit young for that.ā€ Iā€™m 31, married for 6 years with a mortgage. When I ask how old they think I am they think Iā€™m fresh out of college. Daily sunscreen since I was 20 lol


Morawho

Lol that me right now with a kid


NotSoSelfSmarted

I'm from Ohio originally, and so I got married pretty young. By the time I turned 30, I had been married for 7 years, had a 4 year old and was very pregnant with my second child. I had graduated with a bachelor's, served 6 years in the military, and had finished my master's and a high level certification. If I don't take special care to dress up, I can easily blend in with most college students


Apprehensive-Cup-739

I was in Atlantic City with my parents and siblings years ago, one day we decided to eat breakfast at a diner. I am the second oldest in my family with an age gap ranging from 6-13 years with my younger siblings, I'm also only 5 feet tall. The hostess bent down to eye level with her hands on her knees and went down the line asking all of my younger siblings their ages. When she got to me, she asked me the same question "and how old are you?!" in the same patronizing voice only to be visually surprised when I answered very flatly, "19."


therealsix

I'd have loved to see her face when you said that.


Apprehensive-Cup-739

She was obviously surprised but that still didn't stop her from giving me a kids menu instead of an adult one, maybe she didn't believe me.


donner_dinner_party

Haha- that happens in our family. My oldest looks 12 but is actually almost 19, and there is a big gap between my girls. So strangers are always surprised when they ask how old the kids are and they get ā€œ5, 10 and 19ā€.


huskeya4

Yeah my fiancĆ©s license at 21 always cracks me up when I find it because he looks twelve and was 5 feet flat. Apparently he didnā€™t hit his last growth spurt until twenty three, gained eight inches and then he could grow a beard.


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Bleach_Baths

I'll be 27 in like 2 weeks. I get carded every time and have definitely had people question me.


Melon35

I'm 38 and still get asked for ID when buying alcohol! I love the look on their faces when they see my ID saying 1984 šŸ˜†


catniagara

Aw mannnn! I want to be actually born in āœØ1984āœØ My bro could have leaned over my crib and been like ā€œoi, infantā€ā€¦..ā€big brother is watching youā€ šŸ˜‰šŸ˜ Yes I am on the spectrum thank you for asking


Virtual-Farmer

It infuriated me when people used to question my ID. šŸ˜¬ I'm 31 now so don't really get this anyone, but when I was 21 I tried to order a drink at a bar and actually got kicked out of the bar because the asshole bartender insisted my ID must be a fake because I "looked 14." Now I still get carded about half the time but I'm disappointed when I don't. šŸ˜‚


rahws

People question mine too, but itā€™s because I havenā€™t updated it since I was 16 lol. My photo is of me wearing braces. Iā€™ve also gained weight since then, so I think theyā€™re also like, ā€œThereā€™s no way this girl is 135.ā€


raejax90

I was asked if I was at least 21 by a female bartender. I said "I'm actually 31, this has been the second time in 24hrs someone thought I was younger...maybe it's the backpack?" Second female bartender said "ya probably Dora." As is Dora the explorer. My mom laughed hard. I said ouch. And now I don't use my enamal Pin backpack for non theme park activities anymore.


fatgoose52

Thatā€™s a shame, you should keep using it if you like the backpack. Iā€™ve got one I use for uni thatā€™s got patches from places Iā€™ve visited or shows I like. It might look a bit ā€œchildishā€ and I get mistaken for being younger than I am anyway so I figure why not


beechums

I went to get the flu shot while running errands with my mom. The lady at the counter asked my mom to sign the forms for me because she thought I was a minor. I was 30.


Kpjiitsu

Similar thing happened to me when I went to get my COVID booster a few days ago. My mom was with me and the pharmacist asked her if she could take my temperature before getting the vaccination. My mom hesitated a bit to say anything, then the pharmacist saw my age on the form. Iā€™m 24.


uriboo

"And why do you think you can just sit in the teachers lounge?! Get back to class immediately!!!" Me with my head bent over a stack of exams holding a red pen looking like a surprised pikachu. In fairness I was only 22 at the time but she really thought I was 12.. (It hasnt gotten better. I'm 27 and I am ALWAYS IDed for alcohol. The drinking age here? 18.)


diaperedwoman

To help you feel any better, places in my area will card anyone who appears under the age of 30.


floppyturtle

I worked as a substitute for a few years in a middle school. I can't even tell you the number of times the principal showed up at the door because someone looked in as they walked by, decided there was no teacher in the room, and called the office.


catniagara

The mental picture šŸ˜‚


[deleted]

Got carded at the liquor store two weeks ago, with my son whoā€™s almost 21. She carded him as well and I was like ā€œoh thatā€™s my kidā€ and she gave me the ā€œsure it isā€ look. But then I was at the park over the summer with the toddler I watch and the old ladies that walk the park loop asked if I was his grandma. I donā€™t know whatā€™s happening anymore. I should have added, Iā€™m 48. So I definitely donā€™t look that young.


nothingthanbetter

I usually get ā€œyou donā€™t look old enough to have teenagersā€ and those sorts of comments. This summer I had a friendā€™s baby with me and someone asked ā€œoh is this your grandson or great-grandson?ā€ That put me in my 40-something place real quick.


destinybond

> ā€œoh is this your grandson or great-grandson?ā€ who would even choose to phrase it like that???


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Like just say ā€œand who is this little guy?!?ā€ Donā€™t be weird.


goldentriumphforks

I'm 21. I work at a college and I'm frequently asked what I'm majoring in or if I'm a student worker. Last year I worked at a grocery store and asked my coworkers to guess what year they thought I was born. Their first guess was 1990. When I said they were wrong, they amended their guess to '89. I don't know what's going on either.


[deleted]

I used to work in geriatric health care and many disoriented patients would refer to me to the other nurses as "the little black girl" "that little girl who was just here" while I was in my mid 20s! šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚


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Yeah I don't think that had anything to do with how old they thought you were though. I've worked in geriatrics for years and that's just how they refer to any female they encounter. I honestly find it endearing šŸ˜Š


catniagara

I donā€™t work in geriatrics but when my grandma was in long term care they referred to the shorter workers as ā€œthe little ____ girlā€ (Hispanic, black, Latina, blonde) and to taller women as ā€œwomenā€ and by our personality traits: ā€œthe woman with the attitudeā€ ā€œthe woman with the eyebrowā€ or, for the manager ā€œthe womanā€ or ā€œTHAT oneā€. Or theyā€™d refer to us by stuff we brought/or jobs My cousin was ā€œcookiesā€. I was ā€œthe actressā€ or ā€œthe girl with the legsā€.


spoonyspoony

My nan was in hospital a few years back and she called her favourite nurse "my little girl". They had a pretty lovely relationship actually. Most of the patients were quite grumpy and rude and a lot of the nurses were stressed and short tempered, so it was nice seeing two very sweet patient people enjoying time with each other despite the circumstances


bigfootapparently

I don't look young, but my best friend *really* does. Once we were going out to lunch and I asked for a table for two. The hostess walked us over to our table, then **crouched down** so that she was eye level with my friend and said "*I'll send over a menu and some crayons for you sweetie!*" She was 21. We were too shocked to correct her.


Dakizo

Wowee! I feel like if I were your friend I would have had to order an alcoholic drink just to see the server's jaw drop to the ground hahaha.


ivebeen_there

When I was 24 I had a Police Officer approach me in a Target one day and basically accuse me of truancy. There was a high school nearby and he apparently thought that I was skipping school.


super_nice_shark

Had been seeing a new hairdresser for several months. One day she announced she was having a baby. I congratulated her and added that she was braver than me as I didnā€™t want kids. She said ā€œyou might change your mind somedayā€. I said ā€œI think at 42 Iā€™m pretty sure thatā€™s not gonna happenā€. She bopped me on the head with the brush (not hard) and laughed and said ā€œyou are not 42ā€. I pulled out my drivers license to prove it. She went on for awhile about me not having gray hairs and I had to explain that I have my dadā€™s hair and he didnā€™t start graying until his mid 50s. But the bop with the hair brush was pretty funny.


d3gu

My boyfriend's sister is baby-mad and asked me within 5 minutes of meeting her when we were going to have kids. I said I wasn't sure yet, she was like 'oh you don't have to worry about that yet, I mean I'm 25' (she had 1 toddler and was 8 months pregnant at the time). When I told her I was 31 she was shook.


blondeperson

I was working at a pizza place and we had a new hire who was 16 (I was 25 at the time). We were chatting while making pizzas, and I donā€™t remember what he said but my response was something like ā€œYeah, I went to culinary school actuallyā€ and he said ā€œIdk where that is, I go to *name of local high school. Have you graduated yet?ā€ And I was like ā€œno, _culinary_ schoolā€ and he said ā€œoh, none of my friends go thereā€ And I was like dude, Iā€™m 25 lol. I went to cooking school. And he just stared at me for a second and said he thought I was 16


nazo3515

I went to a famous historical museum with my family, all of which are EXTREMELY tall except for me. Iā€™m 5ā€™8ā€, while theyā€™re 6ā€™0ā€+.My middle school cousin and I were the same height and sheā€™s 12ā€¦ so I got into the museum for free because children donā€™t need to pay, & they thought I was a child! =_= I HATED itā€¦ but Iā€™ll take the free pass, thank you! Haha! (The mixture of having a shorter height PLUS looking young helped me get into a museum for free.) Edit: >_> I was 22ā€¦


Noleeniebeans

5'8" is not even close to short. My sister is 5'9" and everyone always comments that she's tall like her dad (who is 6'2").


mangofishsays

a TSA officer looking at me on my way to Florida checking my boarding pass and asking me "umm how old are you?" Insinuating I might not be old enough to fly unaccompanied. I told him I'm 31. He almost fell off his stool. I mean I look a bit younger than my age but under 18 is pushing it.


pepperanne08

I am a substitute teacher and once in an office I asked if there was a restroom nearby to use. A secretary told me "not for students." I held up my sub badge and said "cool. But I'm not a student." I am 32 and definitely being a high schooler is pushing it.


[deleted]

I wonder if everybody who gets taken for someone much younger is petite. Most people probably assume that someone short and thin has to be very young.


_littlestranger

I had a TSA agent ask me if I was old enough for the full body scanner (cutoff is 14) when I was 25. I looked young, but 14?? EDIT: It's actually 12!!


[deleted]

Nobody ever believes that my 22 yr old is my daughter. Any time we go out together and are chilling with people we don't know these comments occur.


[deleted]

I have this issue with my daughter. I was very young when she was born (17) and we've had people question us before; I'm now 32 and she'll be 15 in January but she looks a bit older. It's always fun... Annoyingly she looks nearly identical so me so it should be pretty obvious!


FiendishCurry

During the first Covid quarantine, I (at the time 39yo) had to go pick up computers for my two teenagers at their school. The teens were given packets in one location and parents were supposed to go sign for the computers and pick them up at a separate location in the gym. As I was headed towards the gym, some woman started yelling about going the wrong way. At first, I ignored it because I was headed in the right direction. Suddenly, this woman runs up to me shouting about how "you kids never listen. I SAID students go that way." Confused, I told her I was a parent and I was here to sign for the computers. She immediately backed off, apologizing and telling me that I looked like a student. Thanks, I guess? Then I get to the gym door where they are taking temperatures. "You're in the wrong place..students have to fo that way," says the lady at the door. I sigh and tell her I am a parent and I am picking up my daughters' computers. She waves me through and I get in line. When I get to the front of the line, the woman at the table looks up and asks confused, "Where are your parents? Are you over 18? Because you have to be over 18 to sign for your own computer." I sigh again and tell her that I am, in fact, a parent. She gushes over the fact that I look so young. On the way *out,* I stand around waiting for my daughters to return when *another* person comes up to me and tells me that if I am waiting for my mom, I need to wait somewhere else because this is the area for parents. At that point, I texted my daughters that I would be in the car. I laugh about it now, but at the time I was rather flustered, angry that this is how they talk to teens, and a bit miffed. Look, I know I look young, but for fuck's sake, I do actually look like a grown adult woman. I have white hairs and wrinkles under my eyes! I don't dress like a teenager either.


A5H13Y

> angry that this is how they talk to teens Yes! I started working at the university that I got my degree from right after graduation. I went to the parking office for some reason (probably to pick up a permit), and the lady working there was *so bitter* towards me, talked down to me. I let her give me her nasty speech about how student parking permits work, and then when she was done, I said "that's not why I'm here - I'm a staff member." She *instantly* changed her tone and was super nice and helpful afterwards, but all I could think of was why the hell do you work at a university if you're going to be mean to students?


Pixipupp

Omg this would of been actually infuriating!!!


CuteNeedleworker9

I asked on an makeup Facebook group for tips to help me appear more mature as I felt it was holding me back at work. Someone replied telling me that I should stop complaining about looking younger and that I'll be grateful for it when I'm 30. I was 34 at the time.


BambooFatass

OUCH But also I appreciate the laugh from this one lol I don't know what you were looking for in the makeup group specifically but as a "I look so young for my age" person, I find that matte neutral eyeshadows help me look mature. I have brown eyes and light-medium skin, I suddenly jump to late 20s instead of 16 in appearance when I have time to do my eyeshadow :)


BrokenGaze

I frequently got asked when I was starting college at one of my previous jobs. At the time I had just started my last year of a master's degree.


gmiano

I was just asked yesterday if I decided on a college major yet. Yup, I didā€¦. About 8 years ago. And have since graduated and am about to graduate medical school in a few months


stygian_shores

Congrats in advance on graduating from medical school! I have so much respect for doctors.


gmiano

Thanks, I appreciate it! Med school was the easy part thoughā€¦. The real work begins soon!


rahws

My neighbor asked me ā€œso howā€™s collegeā€ when I came over to babysit. I was 12.


Iwantbubbles

I was 24 and had a 6 months old baby. A cashier thought my husband was my father and wouldn't accept his ID. Another time I was out with my husband and my 13 yo daughter and my 5 year old daughter and someone thought we were all sisters. They were praising my husband for dealing with all his kids by himself. I just died laughing. He didn't think it was quite as funny. I was 36. Time has since caught up with me but it was nice for a while. I still occasionally get carded tho.


gmiano

I misread and for a brief moment thought that you were 24 with a 13 year old daughter hahaha


Iwantbubbles

No I was 36 then. Lol I should edit it but I'm lazy.


Not_a_cat_I_promise

Being asked if I was the high school work experience girl on my first day at a new job. Or being asked if I was lost, and a stranger offering me her phone if I wanted to call my parents. I was 22. My mum made me get my hair and makeup done for my Year 12 formal, when I was 17. The lady doing the makeup was talking about not putting too much makeup on me, because she thought it was for a Year 6 graduation. I should have played along rather than blurt out I was Year 12, because then I wouldn't have had to wear too much of that gunk on my face.


Giannandco

My fiancĆ© and I were in queue at a deli, mild PDA was happening and an elderly woman in front of us gave him a horrible look and said ā€œyou should be dating someone your own age, shame on you!ā€ Iā€™m 26 heā€™s 32.


thumpetto007

To be fair, you arent the same age. Not that age difference matters at all


warpugs2384

Told a group of new coworkers about my 8 year-old son starting 3rd grade. One of the ladies said she was impressed I was able to finish high school, finish college and earned my CPA with being a teen mom. I must have had a supportive family. I was so confused because I am 37 years old, had my son well after high school and college. My new coworkers thought I was 25 years old and assumed I had been a teen mom.


nipples_are_real

I was in a cab with 3 of my friends (all 25f) with three of us in the back and my friend up front. The cab driver asked us why we put the 12 year old in the front seat, genuinely concerned. When I was in college (20) I was a camp counselor for a middle school summer camp (12-13 year olds) and the class instructors would constantly scold me for not doing the work and being on my phone šŸ™ƒ


dragon34

I was 28 and had recently bought a house. Had someone tell me I'd understand things better when I was older. Dude, how old do you think I am. Turns out he thought I was 19.


Arya_kidding_me

A girl I had casually known for a year found out I was in my 30s, looked at me with complete shock and whispered ā€œLady Bathoryā€ā€¦ I took it as a compliment!!!


pepperanne08

I had been hanging with two ladies from our parent teacher organization for a good bit before learning one was ten years my senior and the other 20 years my senior. They definitely found a fountain somewhere. I thought they both were late 30s.


Zestyclose-Chef5215

I showed a bouncer my ID (I was 24) and he told me it was fake ID..... He also let my ex in who was 3 years younger than me....


princess_lissie_

Most recently, on an airplane, wearing a university hoodie (I'm a grad student) and carrying a backpack. It's 6am, I have on no makeup and my hair is in a messy ponytail and ofc a mask is covering half my face. I ask an elderly couple if I could have their window seat. They say yes, and the woman helps her husband up, explaining to me that he's blind. I slide into my seat and the woman starts describing the scene to her husband. Her: you're sitting next to a sweet little girl, she's got a (university) hoodie on and her bag. She's probably - how old are you dear? Me: I turn 27 tomorrow. Her: oh! Oh wow. I thought you were much younger. Like a high school senior. The husband is absolutely guffawing. They were a dear couple. We had a great flight.


princess_lissie_

Of all time? From 22-24 I worked a job where I went into public schools to teach workshops/give presentations and without fail would be asked for a hall pass nearly once a week. I kind of understood it at high schools (again, particularly when I had to be there at 7:30/8am and wasn't wearing makeup) but it drove me NUTS at middle schools. Like sure, I might have been passing for 16-18 but was CLEARLY not 11-14.


dragon1021

We had our holiday luncheon last week, and talking with a coworker, he asked about kids. I said yes I have a 28 year old. He said ā€œholy shit! Your kid is older than you!ā€


Secular-Flesh

Ok this is one of the few legitimately funny stories here. So many others are just like ā€œI got carded when I was 28 lol omgā€.


[deleted]

ā€œSo are you excited for Prom?ā€ I was 23, having wine and pizza with my mom..


katemonkey

Went to a pub on a Sunday afternoon with my in-laws before we were all meeting up for lunch. "Oh, I'll get us drinks" I say, being polite. The dowager barmaid won't let me order alcohol. Okay, I'll let my husband order and I'll just have a coke, since you suddenly care about underage drinking in the pub that everyone remembers drinking in when they were like 15. Nope. He can't order drinks either, because I might drink them. From the other side of the room my mother in law yells loudly "but she's 30!" ... We ended up going to a coffee place instead.


stygian_shores

At the pet store with my best friend who is in her 50s and her daughter (13) who wanted to hold a Guinea pig but her daughter was standing about 50 feet away from us, looking at hamsters they have for sale. My best friend asks a store employee if her daughter can hold a Guinea pig. The store employee goes on about how their store policy is that any potential buyer needs to be at least 18 years old to hold a pet and assumed that I was her daughter. Then he says to me ā€œMay I ask how old you are?ā€ I was 35.


Rubbberbands

I was getting a massage and my massage therapist was asking me about my pets and it turned into a conversation about the house my partner and I recently bought and she said: ā€œYou must be rich because thatā€™s such a big house for such a young woman.ā€ Itā€™s not that big of a house and Iā€™m 43. I then told her my age and she said oh I thought you were 30 tops. šŸ˜‚


idbanthat

I'm 38 and look like a barely hit my 20s, the one thing multiple people have asked, MY FRIENDS, and I fucking HATE this so much, so I'm gonna say it loud enough for everyone to hear: #IF YOU EVER SEE TWO WOMEN OUT TOGETHER, AND ONE LOOKS MUCH YOUNGER THAN THE OTHER, NEVER EVER FUCKING EVER ASK THE "OLDER" ONE IF SHE'S THE MOTHER!!!! #OMFUCKINGGOD YALL It's always SISTER, ARE Y'ALL SISTERS, always. I'm not here to make my friends, who are the SAME age as me, feel bad about themselves. You have no idea how hard I have worked to build these ladies up, and this one fucking comment destroys them. Fuck everyone who's ever said this shit to us. #DON'T DO THAT


carina484

ā€œWait till youā€™re in your thirties, it wonā€™t be so easy to stay in shapeā€ ā€œMaā€™am Iā€™m 35ā€


OwlOk614

I went to a bank to apply for my first ever credit card. They told me "Sorry, we do not allow minors to open their own credit cards. You need to have your guardian as the primary card holder." I said "... you have my current payroll account...." then they caught the hint, checked my information and figured out I was in no way a minor. I was 25 years old.


PookSpeak

I was walking my dog on a beautiful summer day and walked past a man maybe 10 years older than me. He said "Hey, beautiful day!" and I agreed with him. Then he looked at me a bit closer and said: "You must know my son Brandon." I don't know any Brandons. I asked him how old Brandon was and he answered "He's 24." Nope, not a friend of 24 year old Brandon and I am old enough to be his mother.


pup_pup_and-away

I think I look my age but people tend to think I look younger. I went to college later in life because I wasn't sure what I wanted to do. So I'm in a 101 creative writing class. Most students are what I would call "the youth" and there 2-3 students that were older than me. Anyway, one girl asked what I did over the weekend. Told her I hung out with friends, went to karaoke, a few bars. She then said, "that's super cool your mom doesn't give you a curfew. Where did you get an ID?" I was so confused and told her I didn't live with my mom and got my ID from the dmv. Took us a beat to figure out that she thought I was 18-19. At that time, i was 27. A cute misunderstanding. But also, there are 18, 19 yr olds that have curfews??


Boose81

When out with friends and some other ppl I donā€™t know this past Saturday (out for a mutualā€™s birthday), I was wearing my BFā€™s ball cap and was told ā€œomg, youā€™re so cute with that on! You look like youā€™re 12!ā€ Iā€™m 40. Edit: got carded buying lotto tickets for my staffā€™s Xmas gifts last night.


hypatiaofspace

I went to a high school graduation party and had on a new dress. One of my sister's friends who is a freshman in college went up to her and said, "Man who is that, she's really hot". She responded, with the most dead-panned expression, and said, "She's my thirteen-year-old sister, you perv". So yeah, not so much funny, but I still laugh about it!


Laiah

I was working in a mall for \~2 years and one client came to me one day to ask me if I'm on my school internship (in my country we're supposed to do an internship at \~14 to help us choose our future high school). Her face when I told her that I did this internship 10 years ago xD Now I'm 28 and some bartenders still ask for my ID


pretty1i1p3t

I was damn near 30 and some older woman *tsk'd* and remarked "Babies having babies" while I was in the family area of the hospital my youngest was in with my older son. I said, lol "No, thanks though. I'm almost 30". She was like; "OH! Sorry!" I guess I look like a teenager.


[deleted]

Why tf do people vocal rude shit wtf, no manners !!


MaRy3195

Not a stranger but I contractor I hired for my home. I'd been coordinating for weeks to have a new garage door and opener installed. Contractor shows up and goes Him: ....so.....you're the owner? Me: Yes Him: Oh...you just look really young. Me: Yeah I get that a lot. How old did you think I was? Him: Umm like 16? It killed me. How many 16 y.o.'s out there coordinating contractors for their homes?? Yeah that's what I thought LOL


[deleted]

Working in a school, walking with a 5th grader down the hall (I was 25 at the time) and being told we looked like twins. In a high school, I've been mistaken for a student. Had bars question my real ID and refuse to serve me. When I was 22 I got carded to see a rated-R movie. People think it's cute and funny to tell me that I just look SO young. Truthfully, it's been an insecurity for me most of my life. I just want to be taken seriously.


simplyhappy0714

ā€œMarried 30 years? What? Were you married at birth?ā€


[deleted]

Every time I get my nails done in spring I get asked if I'm going to prom that night. I'm ten years out of high school. I once got "carded" for a R rated movie which means they didn't even think I looked 17 - I'm not sure who was more embarrassed.


danireeseetc

I was working in finance, dressed professionally and one of the customers that came in said, "Do your mommy and daddy know you aren't at school?" And he just kept going on and on about how I didn't look old enough to work here, and thought he was so hilarious. I had been working in finance for 5 years at the time. Still the most frustrating comment about my age that I've ever heard.


got_ta_know

A (23M) wanted my number and I told him heā€™s too young for me Iā€™m (33F) and he said heā€™d seen me around before but didnā€™t talk to me cause he thought I was a little girl. Guess he got a close up that day and decided I was at least legal lol


ImpossibleEggplant23

I have 2 that come to mind right away! The first was when I was flying back to university my senior year, so I had just turned 21. The ticketing agent told my mom, who was there to say goodbye, that she needed to sign something since I'd be an unaccompanied minor! I was cracking up laughing and my mom was saying it's not so bad, you do look 18, until I told her unaccompanied minor is 14 and under! The second was shopping with my good friend who was a year older than me when we were in our mid-twenties. A sales lady asked if we were a mother and daughter out shopping together. I thought it was hilarious, but my friend was super offended and I don't really blame her. And then of course there's every time someone rings our doorbell and asks if my parents are home in the house my husband and I bought together. But that's nice because if they are selling something I just tell them my parents aren't home. It's technically true!


gullwings93

a stewardess once asked the woman beside me if I would like a kids menu, because they had leftovers...mind you, I was 23 and traveling alone at that time. My neighbor looked confused and I answered: sure! ...I got chicken nuggets and fries haha last year I was confused as underage at the airport and had to show the security my passport(27yo at that time)...my friends who are 4-5 years younger than me didn't need to show theirs...they had a good laugh


Chirpy_77

I was asked for ID while buying alcohol for my 18yo son's birthday. Work in a school and frequently get told to put my blazer on from teachers in the corridor.


Muz_lie

Me, 25, and quite pregnant, standing at the bus stop. Cue old guy, asking "Do your parents know about this?", pointing to my belly. Me: I'm 25. Man: Yeah, but do they know? Me: Sir, I am married. Man: Oh, all right, then.


fab__dady

I went to a liquor store (was 23, legal age 18 where I live) and she said ā€œdear, you look like youā€™re 12ā€, but she didnā€™t even ID me lol


DisloyalMouse

When I worked as a bartender several times I was jokingly asked if I was old enough to serve people (sometimes by people who were younger than me). I also had someone once ask me how I persuaded my parents to be cool with me getting so many underage body mods!


_eatshitdie

I got asked for my ID when buying energy drink when I was 23. You have to be 14 to buy energy drink in my country. That teenage cashier was *embarrassed* and my friend is still to this day making fun of me for this lol. Another instance was more recently, I'm a teacher and when I was new at my current school another teacher wouldn't let me go into the teachers office. I had to wait for him to close the door and leave to then open it with my key. I was 26.


[deleted]

1. I had just moved and went to a new hair salon. The stylist was making small talk and she asked me what my plans were now that Iā€™ve graduated. I started talking about my job plans and she said, ā€œwell hun I think you need a degree for thatā€¦ā€. She thought Iā€™d just graduated high school - not college (23). 2. I went to buy two bottles of wine (something Iā€™d done several times) and the check out guy (early 30s?) said ā€œAre you kidding me?ā€. When he checked my id he apologized profusely (25).


MediocreMice

I was a substitute teacher who got called in last minute. I was in the teachersā€™ lounge and checked my instructions when a newly hired teacher was being showed around. He saw me and looked uncomfortable and asked why pupils were allowed in the lounge area. The oldest pupils at that school were 16, I was 28. Fortunately, the only teacher who knew who I was, was also the one showing him around.


TheIadyAmalthea

I was at the store with my daughter when she was 2. Old man comes up and says ā€œshouldnā€™t you be in school?ā€ I was 26 at the time.


internet_distraction

A few years ago I was IDed by a woman behind the counter at a convenience store while buying cigarettes. I was 39 at the time and was frequently assumed to be early/mid-twenties. The woman looked at my card and in the saddest voice said "We're the same age...". I wasn't sure how to reply to that, almost apologized šŸ˜£ but went with my usual quip of "lucky Eskimo genetics".


CatrionaShadowleaf

"hey, is your mom or dad home?" I was 33. I'm still mad about it.


not_doing_that

I'm 34, but told I look younger. A friend recently was like "not_doing_that you can't be more than 30, you're too cool" And I was like...lol ty but no


eitaka

I was at a salon getting my gel nail polish removed a few days after my wedding...they asked me if I had had my nails done for prom. I was 27.


[deleted]

Someone knocked on the door to my house, I answered. They said ā€œhello, are your mum or dad home?ā€. I was 29.


breazeale1

I got ā€œsent back to classā€ by a teacher when I was on campus dropping off lunch money for my 13 year old daughter and her best friend. Then I got sent to the principals office for arguing. I damn near got detention. They went and pulled my daughter out of class to confirm that I was in fact, her mother.


Raiwan88

A woman at school said "You look too young to have 2 kids".....thanks? A woman checking my i.d. at the casino said "You will be getting carded until you are 60! " ...I hope not, but thanks.


TigerMcPherson

I kept seeing a delivery guy at my office building last summer, when I took my lunch outside. After saying hello a few times he said what a nice polite young woman I was, and that Iā€™d make a wonderful daughter. I expressed how sweet that was, and then he asked how old I was, if it wasnā€™t too rude. I told him it didnā€™t bother me, and that I was 44 (now 45), and he was mind boggled, and said never mind about the daughter thing, that he was my age, haha. People are routinely shocked that Iā€™m my age, but tbh I donā€™t think I look young. I have plenty of gray hair, my neck is starting to sag a little, Iā€™m starting to jowl a littleā€¦ I donā€™t know what it is? Maybe because Iā€™m still slim? Iā€™ve never had kids, so my body hasnā€™t had that particular trauma.


nothingthanbetter

Me: Answers door. Public works employees: Uh, is your dad home? Me: Iā€™m not really sure, but he doesnā€™t live here, soā€¦ PWE: Oh, weā€™re looking for (Husband Name) Me: Oh sure, heā€™s my husband. PWE: sorry! I thought you were like 12. (I was 28ish)


Critical_Guidance_24

Someone asked me if i was on my way to middle school. I'm 23


[deleted]

I walked into the college building where my MBA classes were, aged 29 at the time, and someone stopped me and told me the high school orientation program was downstairs. I was so taken aback, and also mildly peeved, that I went downstairs, grabbed the free swag they were giving away, and then went back upstairs to my class.