Do you look much younger than your age?

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I'm 18 but everybody assumes that I am 13 or 14, it's good for getting child fares but not so good for going out and stuff where i have to have ID on me all the time.

I'm 15 but I look like I'm 12 or something.

NO. I think I look older. I'm only 27 but I'm rapidly losing my hair on my head & I'm also very out of shape. I'm like a 13year-old mentally thou

Sometimes I get mistaken for early 20's. But when they see the gray in my beard, when I have one, that I'm no spring chicken anymore.

Me too. I am 65 now, but most people think that I am maybe 50, or a little older.

Interesting question. Yes, I do look younger than my actual biological age. I am 42 and look about 25. But I certainly "feel" my age. I have no illusions about that. Probably because of depression.

I'm not sure anymore. Almost every time my mom has had to take me somewhere important (I can't drive) like the the doctor or to get name change papers the people say I "look very young" and don't even believe I'm 18. But at my college I'm mistaken for everything between 18-21 but usually 19 or 21.

I am 21 and I look like 16...though there are even 14 year olds taller then me.

I'm 20 and I look like a 25 years old man. Just look at my avatar.

Me too!! ! I am 45 but often pass as 30. I get carded often when I buy alcohol.

Im 26 and female and am always assumed to be about 18. I still have to show id occasionally when I try to buy lottery tickets for which you have to be 16 and always have to show id for alcohol which you have to be 18 to buy. I used to think it was because I had young looking skin or some thing like that. But recently I have decided it is probably because I wear fashionable clothes I wear what I feel comfortable in even if it would be more suited to a teenager ie a hooded jumper and jeans and I dont wear make up.

I think people in the UK tend to assume that once girls reach 14 they all plaster their faces with makeup and because I dont they find it hard to believe I am over 14, or think I am a late developer who is 17 and will start using make up soon.

I've had a little bit of a range, some have thought I was about 2 years older than I am, and some one or two years younger. However, not many have actually commented so it may not be a fair reflection. But, I do feel much older than I am, especially when I look around and see people my age, and feel completely alien to the things that they do, their mannerisms, their lifestyles, the way that they speak and write etc.

I still get asked for my ID when I go buy wine or beer.

I used to look younger than my age but I'm starting to catch up.

Nope. Ever since I was a child, people have generally seen me as being two or three years older than I actually am.
It really makes me wonder where the 'youthful-looking aspies' stereotype came from, but I suppose my individual experience wouldn't count for much...