# I think I've got some kinda Benjamin Button disease

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-ive-got-some-kinda-benjamin-button-disease/690404>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 9, 2014, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-ive-got-some-kinda-benjamin-button-disease/690404 "2014-06-09T13:08:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2014, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-ive-got-some-kinda-benjamin-button-disease/690404/1 "2014-06-09T13:08:13Z")

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In my wedding photo from ten years ago I look far older than I do now, like by a decade or two!:eek:

If I am clean shaven I am routinely mistaken for a teenager, people think my four year old son is my younger brother which has happened three times in the past month. “Aww your brother is so cute”.:eek:

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**Author:** ![Zulema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/db5fbb/32.png) [@Zulema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zulema)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2014, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-ive-got-some-kinda-benjamin-button-disease/690404/2 "2014-06-09T15:38:19Z")

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If you have gained weight since your marriage you could look a little younger now especially if you were very thin before. How about some photos?

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**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2014, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-ive-got-some-kinda-benjamin-button-disease/690404/3 "2014-06-09T15:51:54Z")

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Did you have a beard before? That makes a huge difference. I grew a full beard last winter and after a shaved it (the first time in 10 years that I shaved my whole face) I took a trip the local liquor store, where I got carded for the first time in years. That night I went to a bar and got carded again. The clean shave took years off.

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**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2014, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-ive-got-some-kinda-benjamin-button-disease/690404/4 "2014-06-09T15:55:23Z")

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Yes, you must let us be the judge of this, which can only happen when you supply photos for us to [del]make fun of[/del] [del]critique[/del] look at.

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**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2014, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-ive-got-some-kinda-benjamin-button-disease/690404/5 "2014-06-09T17:08:31Z")

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Well, things could be worse. 🙂