I look too young

i hate  looking so young my younger cuzin looks older  than me and its so bad

Hi, I just stumbled upon your blog while googling this topic. :) Regarding you looking 12, I have the same problem. I'm 22, look between 12 and 15 and get treated like dirt for it. Haven't been able to get a job because of it, I was even refused an application at a place where there was a huge, red "Help Wanted" sign outside. On another site, I read about a possibility of being growth hormone deficient, and that could account for looking so young. I'm going to get this checked out with my doc this thursday, but if you're interested maybe you can get that checked out too? 
:) Nice blog by the way!

Hi im cas im 32, i know how you feel  its like being treated like dirt, and can't be able to get a job because of it you do not want to go for a interview incase the person is thinking well shes got down here shes 32 in your case 22 and she looks half her age. Have you ever been told you look 12 0r 15 by any body do you have a partner ? it gets you down so much if your in a bar having a alcohol drink your find people looking at you thinking is she old enough to be having that, you dare go to a shop  to buy some beer or a bottle of wine by your self in case they ask you for some ID. You are still pretty young your only 22 im 32 so you may age and start looking your age soon, i looked my age when i was about 18 once i turned 20 i think i started  growing and looking younger than growing older. Im married and sick of people thinking my lovely husband is my dad he just can't see how its getting me down so much he tells me i should take it as a compliment people saying i look younger than my age, you may not mind if its a few years but being told you look half your age it does hurt you and makes you lack confidence.

I do have a boyfriend, but he doesn't really see the problem, even though when he met me (I was 17) he and his friends thought I was 14. I think though that because of the way I act around him, which is much more mature than most of the people he knows that are even older than I am, and because he's grown so used to how I look, he doesn't really realized that I still look so young. To be honest, I didn't even notice it that much until people started to really point it out, especially now that I am getting older. I'm terrified that it won't get any better. :( I feel like this could really hinder my life. Like the poster said, make up does not work, and clothing is a joke. With makeup, I look no older than 16 at most... I still get comments when wearing a business suit that I look like a kid. It is humiliating. 
Take a look at this: http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/c...
This person is 37 and looks like he's between 12 and 15, also, and he's looked that way for the last 17 years... ugh. I don't want to end up like this guy. 

I took i look on that site and gosh! he does look about 15.  i know how you feel i'm the same and i'm 32 and terrified of looking that young when i'm his age. i was the same i didn't even notice it that much and it didn't really bother me  when i was around your age 22 if people said to me i thought you were about 19 i didn't take it to heart that much as it was only about 3 yrs off my age, now them 3 yrs seem to have turned into 15 something like that and you do take it to heart and it does hurt you and what makes it worse for me is my husband is 7 yrs older than me and looks his age. like you said makeup and how you dress does not work . I have no confidence at all with it, its even putting a strain on my marriage as my hub thinks i don't love him any more and thinks its him, its come to the stage where i don't want to kiss or hold his hand in public or even go out for a meal or a drink with him any more in case people are thinking and talking. my hub wants me to get a job, but all the times Ive  been put down by people thinking i'm a kid  i just can't take anymore I just don't know who i can talk to and where to go for some help on it.

I'm going in for the lab test for GHD next Tuesday, I'm kind of happy and nervous.  :p I just hope this is what I have so I can take care of it.

I know how you feel im 32 soon be 33 and look around half my age, i am married and sick of people thinking my husband is my dad and im his daughter, it does'nt matter what i do to make my self look my age it does'nt work. I have no confidence at all and i can't even work its not that i don't want to i've just been put down by so many people, my last job about 6 yrs ago now a woman asked me if i had just left school i felt like just crying and when i told her No im married and my age i dont think she could believe it, last year on our holiday a waiter thought i was my husbands daughter. I Just don't know what i can do to make my self look my age than people thinking im a child. I hate it when people say to you i would love to look years younger and take it as a compliment, What! looking half  your age,  i just would love to look my age. Im scared of looking like this when im 4O and wondering if i will ever age. 

I get you 100% A lot of people tell you that it's a compliment to be treated this way but it's very painful. Even minor things become a pain in the a**. I'm 25 but I am told I look like I'm twelve. I can't even pay with a credit card without people automatically assuming I'm using my mom's card and refuse to help me before even asking for my ID. I've gone to bars and been refused in because they think my ID is fake. I went to Vegas but it sucked because I was harassed by security every 2 seconds. I was carded 3 times within a 5 minute time frame. When I go out to dinner with friends the waiters won’t even look at me while addressing the table. Even when I ask questions they’ll turn to the person across from me and answer the question to them instead.
People treat me like I'm a kid wherever I go and I'm not respected at work, despite the fact that I graduated with a 4.0 GPA with 2 majors and a minor while working full time throughout college. I can tell when new people are hired and they are introduced to me they sort of pause in astonishment and don't even go to shake my hand. I think it holds me back a lot. The most annoying thing is when people assume that I am this cute, adorable little porcelain doll that doesn’t like to have a good time. I love to go fishing and hiking and hang with the guys but I’m typically hit on my men who think I like to paint my toenails pink every night.

However, I've grown to accept that I'll always look cute and adorable : ) I get away with a lot more than most people my age. I've gotten really good at the "innocent" act and guys eat that stuff up. Gosh they are stupid.
The good news is that while most people are judgmental and ignorant, not everyone is. I'm madly attracted to older men and luckily for us a lot of them are sick of dealing with whiny old hags. Stay a kid at heart and you'll always have men running after you ; ) A lot of friends will say ‘I don’t understand how you can have so many guys running after you when you look so young and I can’t even get a date.” My answer to them…”I’m not a bitch like you.” ; ) Even when I’m a complete b*** people think it’s cute. Enjoy it.

hey annie :) i can see by reading your post that you are a smart and cool girl :) im 31 male
and pepole think im 17 18 years old and that is killing me..... i wos wondering if you woona send me your picture and i can send you mine too. sory about my english im learning :)

Yep I know what you talking about. I didn't get to date a girl till I was 17 because no one wanted to date the 12 year old that was actually 16 years old.

I was IDed at the liquor store till the age of 30. And just recently when I did get a date she is 19 years old and the generational gap was way to big. I'm 40 but look 24. It makes many things difficult.

*17 years old (not 16)

I'm 39, but look around 24. Everybody is like "your so lucky", but it causes problems. It is hard to find someone to date because guys my age look like my dad or uncle and younger guys dont work out cause I'm just to mature for them.

I know how it feels I am like that as well. I am older than you but I look like 11-15. Everytime I go clubbin with friends they have to check my id like twice. There was this time when I went in and this other guy pulled me back and was like sorry gotta check again you look way too young girl.

you look late teens early twenties to me. I also have same problem and I also think it holds me back in the world of work! Age discrimination and being treated like a child! It is even worse now because of the economy and I can't find a freakin job!!!!

I myself am 20 years old an look twelve to 16.I AM ONLY 83 LBS i know girl. i know. Its a gift as well as is ANNOYING. but boy do i love tricking people. it kinda puts a damper on my sex life tho. And i love the attention sometimes lol. i have a two year old son and people NEVA would think he's my son. they think hes my brother or nephew or something. I hate it when i disipline my son peolple say " Dont yell at your brother like that " i think we lil people should buuild an alliance. I think our gift is something special. we should have our own reality tv show. We deserve it dammit ol

You do look young. I have had the same problem. I am 30 and can pass for 22 or younger depending on how I dress. It can be very frustrating. I have a 12 year old son and I am mistaken for being his older sister all the time. I Know how old I am and the years of my life I've experienced. It really used to get to me and I would walk around angry at comments people would make. I don't care what people think now. People judge everyone based on first impressions. That is human nature. YOU are are beautiful person in a small package. Smile and say thank you next time someone says you look young. People who don't have this problem don't even know they are offending anyone. Even though it is the same as saying to someone's face "hey did you know you are really over-weight?" Focus on you and your goals in life.

Hello..I know what you mean..I was in college then and I was with my cousin who was then a 6th grader. The woman we met thought I WAS THE 6TH GRADER! I will never forget her facial expression!

Yeah, you look 12, but if 12-14 is half your age you will appreciate this soon! Appreciation really is just around the corner :D At 28, I can see my age creeping up on me. See, what will happen is one day you'll look in the mirror or see a picture of yourself and think, "what!? when did this happen!?"

You really look young. But in my opinion, I'd take it as a compliment. Because a lot of people are trying so hard to hide their age and are dying to get a compliment like such from others.

On the flipside, it doesn't matter if you look young or old as long as we are acting our age then the respect from other people will always be there. :)

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You do look really young, but that should be a compliment! My guess for your age looking at the photo would be about 18. I'd rather look younger than older any day. Enjoy, as this is a sign that you ages well, always remember that it could be worse, as in looking three times older than your normal age!

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I used to have the same problem when I was "twenty-something", Now that I am "forty-something" I kinda miss it LOL ~ Enjoy it while you can!

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You do look young... if I didn't know your age, I would say you're around 16. Just try and take it as a compliment. I'm 38 and I so wanna look like I was 16 again! :)

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This blog made me chuckle! I get the same thing so often: most people think I'm still in my teens. I probably don't have it quite as bad because I am four inches taller than you. :) But yes, I remember the day I turned 22, I went out to eat for my birthday. The lady heard it was my birthday and said, "Oh, are you excited to get your driver's license soon?!" Oh dear.
That said, I think you look about 18 from this picture or so.
Don't you love how often everyone tells you that you'll appreciate it when your older? I get that all the time!
I'm almost 24 now. It's moved up some...now most people think I'm 18. :)

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LOL. The drivers license thing is pretty funny. Yea the "you'll appreciate it when you're older" gets old fast!! I appreciae looking younger just not this much younger!

Hey there. thanks for the post! You do look on the young side but I know I've had some one mistake me for a high schooler and a friend of me wished me a happy 29th birthday on my recent 24th birthday, so anyway, I think 20 somethings are hard to pin down. You'll be happy when you're 50 anyway ;)

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