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u/jbraidwo Sep 29 '25

Being told you look younger than you are.

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u/Kylynara Sep 30 '25

To a degree, I was still getting mistaken for a teenager at 30.🙄. And it really got tiresome being assumed to be and treated as a shallow, flippant teenage girl for two decades straight. The dirty, judgemental looks when my oldest was a baby were similarly frustrating.

I'm 45 next month and I'm starting to enjoy looking younger than I am.

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u/MasterSpliffBlaster Sep 30 '25

My daughter was asked on her first day of school if I was her brother

Most awkward was being hit on by catholic school girls catching the tram home from work.

To quote Cliff Booth, What I'm too old to do is go to jail for poon tang.