Looking Young a Gift or a Curse

[jyoung]

Since I stopped shaving a few years ago, I tend to get pigeonholed by strangers as being about 4 or 5 years older than I really am.

It humors me how facial hair makes such a difference in most people's eyes, especially considering that my genetics (at current) don't even allow me to grow a full beard successfully.

[arjue]

when i was bearded i looked 10 years older.

[Tenchimo Dos]

fuck yeah. Or when an asian walks up to me and just start spouting out asian ...

asian male/female - "ding dong whing wong."

me- "What? Speak English please."

Or I get the white/black/latino ass who thinks I can't speak english at all.

"HELL--OOOOO!!! CAN ... YOUUUUU ... HELPPPP MEEE!!!"

I've always wanted to say ... No. No I can't.

LOL!

I'm 24, and I guess I look older than I am since I never get carded anymore.

[Spanky McGee]

Facial hair does make a difference. Clean shaven I look like I'm 22. Fully bearded though, I've been told I look 30. I'm 26.

[Gymkata]

Not only do I look young when I shave, but I also get mistaken for whatever famous black comedian that comes to white peoples mind.

So far Im Chapelle nowadays. lawl

[jonas]

I'm 25 and I look like I'm 20.

It's good to look young though. I mean, I have ID, so I end up with what I want and when I'm 50 people are going to think I'm 35.

All good with me.

One time when State of Emergency came out, I was carded for it.
Pwned and the game sucked. Double pwned.

[Gohron]

I made the post about liquor stores earlier and I went to one today and had to sign a paper verifying my age...PA is crazy.

[Anthony]

Teenie boopers love me. Its a curse.

[kedawa]

I've only ever had one person think I was older than I am, and he was sort of crazy, so I did't take his opinion very seriously.
I'm always getting asked what school I go to, even though I'm 30 and I always have stubble on my face and dark circles under my eyes. People just suck at guessing how old adults are based on looks.
Once you hit 20 or so, lifestyle affects your appearance as much as age does.

[Detour]

I pretty much look my age.