Judging Age

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I am exactly like that. I never have a clue about how old someone might be. I have also been told that I look young for my age (29).

Thanks everybody so far for your input. I thought I was a little daffy or something not being able to pin down a persons age. But I am daffy anyway so I am not too worried about it.

A young person = someone at least 15 years younger than myself.
An old person = someone at least 15 years older than myself.

This is the member's photo I mentioned earlier. I have absolutely no idea how old this guy is. His facial features seem to contradict each other in terms of age. His stated age is 29 but I can't narrow his age down between around 20 and 75! (No offence intended to the member by the way) :

TBH, NTs have this problem too. about every second time i go to the pub or i buy beer, i get carded/ID'd and i do not look THAT young. so i think judging age is hard for most people. i think people are kind of categorised into child/adult/elderly

I sometimes have a problem guessing someone's age. But, I don't think the fault lies with me, I think it lies with people who manage to get old way before their time. I'm a 38 yr old mother of a 5yr old, but appear around 30. The other mothers with kids the same age as mine are mostly younger than me, but you would never know that unless they told you. I've had acquaintances at parent and toddler groups and assumed them to be older mothers, only to discover that I was in fact 10 years older than them. It's not only how they look, but also their outlook and the things they speak about. I sometimes feel like a child when I'm in the company of mums the same age as myself, although my best friend is 5 yrs older than me. They're flabbergasted to discover my age too, in a good way, so they have the same problem.

I can normally tell if someone is a child, a teenager, in their's 20's, 30's, 40's or 50's. But that's about it.

Even thought this is an old thread.. come to think of it, I've never actually stopped to consider that. Why would one need to judge it though? either we're told or we ask.. just saying, in what regard was the OP needing to judge it. told or Question it. Am I wrong? I personally am probably much younger than I am.. but maybe cause I don't relate to others of my age because they have different interests, never stopped to think of it TBH.

I seem to judge age automatically, with average accuracy. If I had to do it manually, I would observe the forehead hair line, which changes around puberty, and, in men, may progress back fairly quickly. A young bald man will have smoother skin than an old one. Age usually increases weight, and reduces mobility. There are changes in voice, confidence, and range of interests. Bushy eyebrows and hairy ears appear after middle age. Taste in clothing and hair style is often age-related. Wrinkles accumulate steadily with age. Hair goes grey, and often thinner. Older people know less about recent youth fads like Harry Potter and Pokemon, etc. None of these are definitive, particularly weight, but taken together, they usually suffice.

Age has little bearing as to my impressions of a person.

There are old ignoramuses and young gurus....and vice versa.

If I find a thread from 1953 that I feel like responding to, I will respond to it.

Ultimately, I might be an idiot for doing so....but I’ll deal with that later.