People, everybody (or at least most people) gets told, “Oh, you look young for your age”. It’s a form of social courtesy and it’s fairly meaningless. I get told that i loom younger than my age but i think that’s a crock of shit.
If I shaved off my goatee and sideburns, I wouldn’t have any gray hair. And my only wrinkles are between my eyebrows. My partner is 20 years younger than I am, and his hair is grayer than mine. It’s not unusual for guys my age (68) to be totally gray or bald. And both of my parents looked young for their age.
On the other hand, I’m diabetic, with high triglycerides and high blood pressure, and I have major knee and foot problems. And I’ve already had open-heart surgery. So all my “youth” is superficial. On the inside, 68 is the new 80.
I’m young and most people my age, under 30 tend to look roughly their own age. I have asked some strangers what I look like in terms of range, and almost always I get 23-28, which is right.
I know I will have all gray hair by middle age, but I don’t smoke, drink, or sun bathe, so I think my face will be fine.
So people have early gray hair, but still look overall young. Others have little, but you can tell their advanced age. The face usually tells the story, likewise some bald guys look young while some with hair still look their own “old age”.
You are 53 but mistaken for say 29? That seems like a stretch. But hey what do I know?
I know a couple. My former boss is a year or two older, but looks at least 10 years older. But he hasn’t taken good care of himself. He gained weight the entire 20 years we worked together, developing a host of medical problems before - last I heard - having bypass surgery.
A friend from high school is different. He looked like a doughy middle-aged guy as a kid and now that he’s in his 50s he looks exactly the same.
An aunt of mine will hit 70 this year, and people regularly assume she’s in her 40s. That’s handy, as she had a surprise kid at 50 and people don’t freak she has a daughter in college.
I work with a woman who I thought was about 50. She looks about 40, but she’s actually 60.
A guy who works at the shelter where I volunteer thought I was “a few years” older than him. I just laughed and pointed out he was born the year I graduated from high school. The look on his face was priceless. Honestly though, I don’t think I look as young as he said, but most people don’t think I’m my age.
I was taken by surprise not too long ago to be invited to an acquaintance’s 40th birthday party because I thought she was several years older than me and I am 45.
While that is certainly true to a degree, that is not always the case. Depends on who you are. In my case, that was not the case. I just “suffer” from the dreaded babyface.
A teacher from my high-school (back in the mid 70’s) recently attended a reunion with former classmates. I didn’t attend, but did see the photos on FB.
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He had not aged at all*! Not a grey hair, not a wrinkle, NOTHING. Even putting him in his early 30’s when teaching (I suspect he may have been older then, but still…) he’d be at least in his 70’s now. Many attendees also commented that he was remarkably preserved, which brought him much amusement apparently. I don’t know whether his Indian (as in Asian Indian) heritage gave him such an advantage, but whatever it was, he’s one lucky bastard.
Bastard. 
I work with a woman in her early 40s who could easily pass for 30 (or late 20s). Not only because of her looks but her clothes and bearing, as well (I mean that in a good way). I’m in my mid-30s and I always forget she’s older than I am – I’m usually reminded when we talk about how things were when we were growing up.
My father is 70 and, despite a lifetime of being outside with no sunscreen, has very few wrinkles. He also has no hair, so you can’t tell how grey he is. He could easily pass for 60.
I was carded on my 36th birthday last week, but I’m blaming that on the dark restaurant. 
I’ve been told I look young for my age, but there’s no way I look under 21.
That’s what I thought when I would have 20- and 30-something women flirting with my late-40s self down at my favorite karaoke bar. I’d tell them my age, and they’d be all, “Really? I guessed maybe mid-30s at the oldest!”
But a couple weeks ago I was down there, and a rather drunk woman started blatantly trying to seduce me. Eventually she leaned in close and whispered into my ear, “I know I’m a lot older than you are, but …” I stopped her and asked how old she was. She was 45. I had just turned 48.
(And no, I didn’t accept her offer.)
I was helping at a historic site when a girl, about 12 or so, asked to be part of the one activity (get into the battle scenario). I said no problem as long as one of her parents or guardians could come and sign the permission slip. She was 31 and had 4 kids of her own. And it wasn’t just me; half the “commanders” wanted her “carded” even after that. No one believed her age just by sight.
Didn’t phase her at all. According to her, she had been denied access to places and things even after showing ID and had her license seized by bars because “clearly this has to be fake”. She carries a couple additional documents with her everywhere just because of that.
If she ever decided to go into porn ---------------
My stepson still gets carded almost everywhere he goes. He looks like he’s 16. He turns 31 in August.
I was in a meeting last week and mentioned that I was 50. The other person was surprised and had thought that I was maybe 34.
There’s a lady who lives up the road from me who is 70 but easily looks 15 years younger. She looks like a teenager walking down the street from behind with her long blonde hair.
I have been told I don’t look my age but I have a mirror. Only in poor light can I hide my age. I’m 42 and not wrinkly or gray but just have a certain matured look to my face. Plus I’m fat and I know that ages me.
I’m in my late 30’s and I still get carded.
God, seriously! I’ve been told I look like a toddler more times than I can count. It’s horse shit every single time, but you just smile and take the phony compliment. The best part is in these threads there are often people claiming to look like infants who I’ve seen and know are full of shit, but I’m always too nice to say anything. Long story short, everyone in this thread, you look your damn age. So do I. Get over it. I’ve only a handful of times in my entire life thought of someone “Holy shit, I’d have guessed at least a decade younger!”
I’m 31 and I get carded too. Nobody thinks I’m goddamn 20.
Nah, I had a boss who had given herself 10 years in order to fake having 10 years’ experience - she definitely looked the fake age. One of my aunts went from being taken for older, having gone grey very young, to being taken for younger when she still had the same hair color and no wrinkles in her 50s.