Do you think you look younger than your age?

[AprilBaby]

I'm guessing almost everyone will say yes. No one wants to look their age. Why do you think you look younger? People all the time tell me I look younger. I'm 55, blonde with no gray hair, very pale wrinkle free skin, overweight. I think fat in the face tends to plump the skin to look younger. Friends I know who lost weight looked older afterwards. (And I'm not saying overweight is good, it just helps the face). On the other hand I have the knees of a 99 year old. Last week I had surgery #4 on my rt knee. Hopefully I'm done!

 

[Dancing Fire]

Post a pic and i'll tell you the truth...

 

[movie zombie]

I used to.......was actually last carded at age 51.
I think everything caught up with me......just the way it is.

 

[monarch64]

No. I think I look like I'm in my 30s, which I am. I think that about 5 years ago I could've passed for 29, but not anymore. I had my first baby 2 years ago and I think that aged me considerably. Maybe that's just my own perception of how I look. Still, I don't ever have strangers or acquaintances say they thought I was younger anymore. It's no big deal. When I was 12-14 I was mistaken for 18+ a lot, but I attribute that to being very tall from 12 years old, on. Those people with "baby faces" who always looked young had it good!

 

[Dancing Fire]

No. I think I look like I'm in my 30s, which I am. I think that about 5 years ago I could've passed for 29, but not anymore. I had my first baby 2 years ago and I think that aged me considerably. Maybe that's just my own perception of how I look. Still, I don't ever have strangers or acquaintances say they thought I was younger anymore. It's no big deal. When I was 12-14 I was mistaken for 18+ a lot, but I attribute that to being very tall from 12 years old, on. Those people with "baby faces" who always looked young had it good!

She is a cutie!..Wait until she become a teenager then you will really age...
btw; You look like a 28 yr old mom...

 

[TooPatient]

No.

I've had people tell me that I look great for mid-late-thirties.... Um.... I'm 28.

 

[monarch64]

No. I think I look like I'm in my 30s, which I am. I think that about 5 years ago I could've passed for 29, but not anymore. I had my first baby 2 years ago and I think that aged me considerably. Maybe that's just my own perception of how I look. Still, I don't ever have strangers or acquaintances say they thought I was younger anymore. It's no big deal. When I was 12-14 I was mistaken for 18+ a lot, but I attribute that to being very tall from 12 years old, on. Those people with "baby faces" who always looked young had it good!

She is a cutie!..Wait until she become a teenager then you will really age...
btw; You look like a 28 yr old mom...

Thanks, DF, yeah when she's a teenager I'll be in the nursing home anyway. And my dad had a good saying: "you're so full of sh*t, your eyes are brown." Are your eyes brown, DF? LOL

 

[kenny]

I refuse to answer the question.
I'll just say that people can tell I'm not dead because I can still move around a little.

 

[Dancing Fire]

No. I think I look like I'm in my 30s, which I am. I think that about 5 years ago I could've passed for 29, but not anymore. I had my first baby 2 years ago and I think that aged me considerably. Maybe that's just my own perception of how I look. Still, I don't ever have strangers or acquaintances say they thought I was younger anymore. It's no big deal. When I was 12-14 I was mistaken for 18+ a lot, but I attribute that to being very tall from 12 years old, on. Those people with "baby faces" who always looked young had it good!

She is a cutie!..Wait until she become a teenager then you will really age...
btw; You look like a 28 yr old mom...

Thanks, DF, yeah when she's a teenager I'll be in the nursing home anyway. And my dad had a good saying: "you're so full of sh*t, your eyes are brown." Are your eyes brown, DF? LOL

Yes, how did you know?...

 

[VRBeauty]

Yup!

And then I look in a mirror...

 

[armywife13]

I think I look older than my age. I have never been carded, not even back when I celebrated my 21st birthday-talk about a bummer! Isn't it supposed to be a rite of passage to get carded when you go out for your 21st?! Haha.

This is one picture where I feel like I MIGHT look close to my age....but even here I think I look older than 25.

 

[SB621]

I think I look older than my age. I have never been carded, not even back when I celebrated my 21st birthday-talk about a bummer! Isn't it supposed to be a rite of passage to get carded when you go out for your 21st?! Haha.

This is one picture where I feel like I MIGHT look close to my age....but even here I think I look older than 25.

You look beautiful AW!!!!!!!! I'm so jealous of your hair!

 

[armywife13]

I think I look older than my age. I have never been carded, not even back when I celebrated my 21st birthday-talk about a bummer! Isn't it supposed to be a rite of passage to get carded when you go out for your 21st?! Haha.

This is one picture where I feel like I MIGHT look close to my age....but even here I think I look older than 25.

You look beautiful AW!!!!!!!! I'm so jealous of your hair!

Thanks SB! If only it looked like that every day- most days I am too lazy to do it.

 

[SB621]

I think I look older than my age. I have never been carded, not even back when I celebrated my 21st birthday-talk about a bummer! Isn't it supposed to be a rite of passage to get carded when you go out for your 21st?! Haha.

This is one picture where I feel like I MIGHT look close to my age....but even here I think I look older than 25.

You look beautiful AW!!!!!!!! I'm so jealous of your hair!

Thanks SB! If only it looked like that every day- most days I am too lazy to do it.

Girl if I can run a brush through my hair before throwing it up in a bun/ ponytail then that is considered a major victory in my book!

 

[yennyfire]

Amen to that SB!! Here's a recent photo of me and my son. I think I look about 36-38....what do you think?

 

[yennyfire]

Amen to that SB!! Here's a recent photo of me and my son. I think I look about 36-38....what do you think?

Hmm, on my phone the photo isn't sideways....sorry folks!

 

[m-2-b]

Amen to that SB!! Here's a recent photo of me and my son. I think I look about 36-38....what do you think?

Hmm, on my phone the photo isn't sideways....sorry folks!

Of course you do! But the bigger question is where's all the bling in your pic, lol?!

 

[yennyfire]

Amen to that SB!! Here's a recent photo of me and my son. I think I look about 36-38....what do you think?

Hmm, on my phone the photo isn't sideways....sorry folks!

Of course you do! But the bigger question is where's all the bling in your pic, lol?!

I know, I know, terrible PSer!

 

[dk168]

I know I do, and am keeping my white hair to remind people I am really 50 next year!

DK

 

[chrono]

When I was younger, I was always mistaken for being older than my age because I was so tall. Now that I am done growing vertically (still growing horizontally, unfortunately!), I am often mistaken for being younger because my face remains unlined and I am not considered tall anymore in the US. I'm sure it is only a matter of time before the wrinkles make their appearance. Nobody can outrun time.

 

[dk168]

I was instructed by my mum to moisturise from the age of 11, and my face has very few lines. It also helps by the fact that I am overweight and the fat stretches the skin and smooth out some of the wrinkles!

DK

 

[packrat]

No. If people mistake me for younger it's b/c I'm short and am either laughing/horsing around/being silly or am wearing a Dr. Suess shirt for work. When London was in 2nd grade I went up to have lunch w/her and was walking her in line. Her teacher didn't see me until I was already next to London. She couldn't figure out why a 4th grader was out of class and messing w/her kids. So from behind, probably, but not from the front!

 

[Dancing Fire]

90% of women think they look younger than their age..

 

[Mayk]

Yenny...you are so beautiful in person.. great hair and skin.. you look like a spring chicken!!!

I think I look younger at least I'm always told I don't look my age.. I'm 51

Me and my sweet DD Thanksgiving '13

 

[qtiekiki]

Yenny...you are so beautiful in person.. great hair and skin.. you look like a spring chicken!!!

I think I look younger at least I'm always told I don't look my age.. I'm 51

Me and my sweet DD Thanksgiving '13

I would've put you at mid-40s. You look amazing.

 

[qtiekiki]

No. I think I look like I'm in my 30s, which I am. I think that about 5 years ago I could've passed for 29, but not anymore. I had my first baby 2 years ago and I think that aged me considerably. Maybe that's just my own perception of how I look. Still, I don't ever have strangers or acquaintances say they thought I was younger anymore. It's no big deal. When I was 12-14 I was mistaken for 18+ a lot, but I attribute that to being very tall from 12 years old, on. Those people with "baby faces" who always looked young had it good!

You could've posted this words for words. 5 years ago, I could've passed for 29 because I was. LOL.

 

[texaskj]

I have a friend at work who's 10 years younger than me and we both are told all the time we don't look our ages.

He came up with a short list:
1. Don't smoke
2. Don't have kids
3. Wear sunscreen


Of course it also helps to have parents that've never looked their ages either, which we both have.
I think AprilBaby's on to something with the fat face. Cheek bones are great in your '20s and '30s, but they can work against you later in life.

 

[baby monster]

No. I think I look like I'm in my 30s, which I am. I think that about 5 years ago I could've passed for 29, but not anymore. I had my first baby 2 years ago and I think that aged me considerably. Maybe that's just my own perception of how I look. Still, I don't ever have strangers or acquaintances say they thought I was younger anymore. It's no big deal.

+1

Pregnancy, nursing and logistics of childcare coverage all while working at a demanding, high stress job with long hours have aged me considerably. I look my age. Coworkers without kids definitely look younger than me.

 

[Laila619]

Yes, I do. The reason why is simple: I stay out of the sun and do not smoke! The sun and tanning is so bad for your skin. I don't care if I am pale. I would rather be pale and wrinkle free than tanned and wrinkly.

 

[AprilBaby]

Post a pic and i'll tell you the truth...