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Friday October 6, 2006 at 11:47 am

“No offense,
but you look like a high-school student”

A first year said to me this morning… In otherwords, I look like a high school student to an 18 year old. I’m 23. Apparently these young kids all think I’m younger than they are.

…The question is, should I be happy or upset about this? Obviously, the kid was afraid of offending me, but personally, the comment put me in a pretty good mood.

=] I can’t wait until I’m 40 and someone says to me, “No offense, but you look like you’re in college”.


Getting Old

Haha. Speaking of getting old, I found a wrinkle on my face the other day and FREAKED OUT.

Only, turns out it was because I had slept the wrong way. It disappeared by the night.


Quasai recent prom picture of me and a friend [Derek].
The guy in the red in the background is my boyfriend. :)
Don’t know why I was at the prom with Derek.


Do I really look like a high school kid???
And why am I still taking prom pictures?!

At 23, is it better to look too young for my age or older than my age?

At my last interview, my interviewer couldn’t look past my age even though I have about 10 years of experience in my field. However, should I really look forward to the day when I stop getting carded?


Do people generally mistake you for being older or younger than you actually are?

BossX said,

October 6, 2006 @ 11:50 am

My aunt who is 33 got carded at a casino, and she can’t stop talking about it. It became a family story. She was so happy. Which lead to my other aunts who kept walking by the security hoping to get carded…. I say he happy that you’re young. =)

loldavelol said,

October 6, 2006 @ 12:00 pm

It’s definitely a compliment for a girl/woman.  Girls always want to look young so being mistaken for a younger age is no offense.  The disadvantage is like you said in the working world where they don’t take you as seriously as they should.
i’ve always been mistaken for someone 5-10 years younger.  although it’s getting increasingly difficult now that aging signs have popped up.

CaKaLusa said,

October 6, 2006 @ 12:23 pm

im 16 :D

BlueBoy78 said,

October 6, 2006 @ 12:30 pm

People mistake me for 19-23.  It is a good thing that people mistake u for a young person just by your physical appearance.  Now….if they are basing their opinion of your age based on the maturity level you show….well….ya….hmmm…that is a bad thing.
If you are a 40 year old who still acts like a high school kid, then that is not good. If you are 40 and still look like you are in your early 20’s then that is a good thing.
Did that make any sense?

altoidaddict88 said,

October 6, 2006 @ 12:34 pm

i’m 30 and still get carded. at first i didn’t like looking young, esp. at work since most don’t take you as seriously (until they realize how much i know! hehe), but now i like looking younger.

radjbo said,

October 6, 2006 @ 12:45 pm

younger!  i hate it…especially at work!  i need to compensate somehow for my youth. ha.

tHexDonStER said,

October 6, 2006 @ 12:54 pm

I’m 6 foot so most people mistaken me for being 20 years old.

Benjermanifestdestiny said,

October 6, 2006 @ 1:19 pm

I’m 30. I was under the imprssion I looked 25. That was until I turned 30, then I rolled over and gave in, a dying gasp for younghood.Then some creepy old guy came up and started talking to me in some cheesy gay bar. One of the first things he asked was how old I was. Then he said, let me guess, 27?I was flattered until he started telling me how he would like to eat my ass, and then everything he said up to that point became completely invalidated. The compliments were nulled by a glimpse into his childlike sex retard mind. I was disgusted, but not offended.I did consider taking him to the bathroom and putting his head between my crotch level torso and the wall and dogging him till he had tears dripping off his chin and puked, but I didn’t need money for drugs that night, so I didn’t bother.Another day in the life… I should have done more peer mentoring this week. Do you think there is a hell, and will I go there?

franksabunch said,

October 6, 2006 @ 1:58 pm

People think I’m still in college and not their doctor!

dehzep said,

October 6, 2006 @ 2:06 pm

younger

CivicRacr said,

October 6, 2006 @ 2:14 pm

i say its better to look younger, dont want to be 23 and look 30.  im 25 and people think im like 20 or younger

bjtdevera said,

October 6, 2006 @ 2:25 pm

my girlfriend is a cheater.

vampuke said,

October 6, 2006 @ 2:43 pm

always younger for females…
sad youthful looking males like me on the other hand… *sniff*

BossX said,

October 6, 2006 @ 2:54 pm

RYC: where did you find Thai girls with big tittes? Point me to that direction!

xeqcme said,

October 6, 2006 @ 3:17 pm

I’m 18. 19 by the end of this month.12 was the youngest anyone has ever said I looked…but they usually say about 16. The worst thing is when me and my brother are out and they think he’s the older one…I’m 3 years older than him! Buuut I’m used to it now.You look your age in your profile pic :)

mAnGLeDmiSTlEtoE said,

October 6, 2006 @ 3:26 pm

I think it’s better to look younger. My friend was often mistaken for 12 when she was 16. Now that she’s 18…I have no idea. But she told me that she liked people thinking that she was younger. (For one thing, she always got money from the guy who tried to guess her age at the fair.)Me, people seem to think I’m older. I’m flattered right now. Let’s see how it goes in five years.

eklipse126 said,

October 6, 2006 @ 3:35 pm

i lik’em young =D

eklipse126 said,

October 6, 2006 @ 3:36 pm

hey, i remembewr that picture! dude, lan has ALL the pictures, that picture whore never sent them out to me! >=/

Trinity86 said,

October 6, 2006 @ 3:39 pm

i got called a lady a few years back (>.

gonchoi said,

October 6, 2006 @ 3:40 pm

I think the prom poses are the root cause of ur mistaken identity.. plus you look like ur 18.. which i think is a blessing..if i grow out my hair a little long.. i have people asking me if i’m 28ish already.. sigh.. its a cruel world out there..

guitar___riffs said,

October 6, 2006 @ 3:46 pm

im a senior in high school, and freshmans always walk up to me asking me if im a teacher.

natasha_rules said,

October 6, 2006 @ 5:13 pm

younger. but i figure i’ll benefit when i’m 40 and ppl think i’m 25

TenThousandPoetWarriors said,

October 6, 2006 @ 5:32 pm

people are always shocked when i tell them my age. they usually think i’m 5-10 years younger. that’s actually one reason i sport facial hair…to look older.

NoBackstreetboys said,

October 6, 2006 @ 9:03 pm

Derek looks like a pedo in that pic. You bring out the worst in us Kim. Or the best… depending on how you look at it. Hooray for pedos!

kphehe said,

October 6, 2006 @ 11:53 pm

Haha be happy when someone says that.  Time shows for everyone so enjoy unless uses it in a condescending way e.g.”Hey little girl, can you get me some coffee?” haha.

papidesantaisabel said,

October 7, 2006 @ 8:13 am

People usually think I am older in some instances. It works for me, and yes that does look VERY much like a prom pic.

dianaisadreamkiller said,

October 7, 2006 @ 9:34 am

sometimes people think i am in my early twenties. sometimes people think i am 16. i am going to be 19 in about three weeks.  i used to get offended when people said i looked younger, but it doesn’t really bother me anymore. 
old, creepy guys come into where i work and hit on me though, they always think i am older for some reason.  maybe because if they think i am older it won’t be as creepy.  but it still is creepy. hahaha.
i still get carded buying cigarettes though. 

dianasays said,

October 7, 2006 @ 10:44 am

it’s good to look younger than you actually are!! especially if you’re a girl. i love getting carded. i hope i get carded for the rest of my life. hahaha. :D

shoujo said,

October 7, 2006 @ 10:55 am

Ok… I posted a response and Xanga ate it. So I hope it doesn’t come back as a duplicate after I post again. ;)
Anyway, I also am told that I look much younger than I really am. This is defnitely a good thing, especially for women, when you take into consideration that society these days equates youth with beauty and intelligence and everything else that’s good.
The prom pose pic is funny… and your bf in the back… awww~

faLLenXdrEam said,

October 7, 2006 @ 11:11 am

I am told that I look 12.. lol

misstequila said,

October 7, 2006 @ 12:48 pm

People think i’m older by my actions I suppose I just look my age.
Haha why the prom pictures with the friends?

plumsauce said,

October 7, 2006 @ 12:51 pm

Younger.Once during a kendo tournament, these ppl thought I was in the jr division (12-16). I’m 26.Maybe it’s ppl we’re Asian ppl have trouble telling out age?

jimmiwin said,

October 7, 2006 @ 3:06 pm

I get carded here in vegas and am beyond 30. Love it.

everykissbeginswithmeeh said,

October 7, 2006 @ 4:03 pm

when we’re younger we wanna look older…when we’re older we wanna look younger. that’s the way it works i guess :/ but don’t worry. mistaken for whatever age you’re still good looking ^_^

glorycato said,

October 9, 2006 @ 7:49 pm

In your profile pic, you look REALLY young. And in this pic you posted, you do look younger than 23 but I wouldn’t automatically think 18. I get mistaken for younger all the time. I still get carded for movies too. I’m 29. Some girl thought I was 23 and I thought she was younger than me. I guess we should be thankful.

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