Do people mistake your age for being younger or older than what your actual age is?

[Netkeeper]

Oh man, I hear you on kid shoes. My feet are just big enough to very, very rarely have an adult size, and very, very rarely have a kid's size. I had to get work shoes from the women's section.

[BubblyShell22]

I've had to shop at the kid's section for shoes, too, though lately I've been able to get adult shoes. I do still get my clothes in the kid's section though. My jean size is a twelve in girl's and my shirt size is a Medium or XL. I don't feel ashamed because there's nothing I can do about it.

[Brooke507]

Yeah I'm 20 and because I'm so thin and tall I still have to shop in the Juniors section.

[MsMarvelDuckie]

Originally Posted by BubblyShell22

I've had to shop at the kid's section for shoes, too, though lately I've been able to get adult shoes. I do still get my clothes in the kid's section though. My jean size is a twelve in girl's and my shirt size is a Medium or XL. I don't feel ashamed because there's nothing I can do about it.

Yup. Sounds like we're about the same size. The good part of it is that I can wear all those cool boy's tees like all the TMNT, Avengers, Spider-Man, and other comic character ones that Wal-Mart always has.

[BubblyShell22]

Actually I'm 4'11" from what I remember. I used to be an inch taller than my mom who's 4'9" but I grew another inch.

[MsMarvelDuckie]

Meh, what's an inch between friends, LOL!

[Mayhem]

That's what she said.

(sorry )

[CaliperCat]

All the time. I'm 21, but I could pass for 16 or 17 easily if ever I wanted to go back to high school again (only if I well and truly lose my sanity). It gets even worse when people see me with my younger sister, who is actually still in high school, because she looks like she belongs in college, and I, most decidedly do not.

I swear my parents jinxed me, since they were always telling people that I was going to be the tall one in the family. I'm shorter than both parents, my sister, and all of my other relatives, with the single exception of one aunt.

The only problem with it is that, for some reason, looking like you're 16 attracts some really big creepers. I could really do without that.

[MsMarvelDuckie]

Originally Posted by CaliperCat

All the time. I'm 21, but I could pass for 16 or 17 easily if ever I wanted to go back to high school again (only if I well and truly lose my sanity). It gets even worse when people see me with my younger sister, who is actually still in high school, because she looks like she belongs in college, and I, most decidedly do not.

I swear my parents jinxed me, since they were always telling people that I was going to be the tall one in the family. I'm shorter than both parents, my sister, and all of my other relatives, with the single exception of one aunt.

The only problem with it is that, for some reason, looking like you're 16 attracts some really big creepers. I could really do without that.

Yeah, I get that, too. I'm 38, and I still get hit on by guys who are only about half my age. I've even had to tell a few that I'm almost old enough to be their mother. That usually puts them off. If not, I just tell them I'm already married. But that's what I get for working with teenagers all the time, I guess!

[CaliperCat]

Originally Posted by MsMarvelDuckie

Yeah, I get that, too. I'm 38, and I still get hit on by guys who are only about half my age. I've even had to tell a few that I'm almost old enough to be their mother. That usually puts them off. If not, I just tell them I'm already married. But that's what I get for working with teenagers all the time, I guess!

I think I had a kid who couldn't have been more than 12 try to flirt with me in Target once, when I was looking at Hot Wheels. It was kind of cute, in a really awkward way. Poor kid.

For me, it's a lot of older guys who think that, because I look so young and innocent, they can maneuver me into less-than-innocent situations without my realizing it. It makes me kind of glad that I'm a bit of a homebody, to be honest!

[MsMarvelDuckie]

Yeah, I get that one, too. Lot of "dirty old men" out there who will try to mack on girls they THINK are young and naïve.

[BabyTurtles]

I'm in my 20's and people still think I'm a high schooler. (which I guess isn't too far off). I don't know how many times I was mistaken for a teen.

My mom is almost 50 and she looks like she's 20 something(or early 30's) XD