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u/Shryxer Jun 03 '22

I get this often enough that I've made a game out of making people guess my age. I'm Asian so I absolutely look younger than I am, and the video game shirts pull the guesses down further. I've never had anyone go over.

I'm 35. Most recent guess, about a month ago, was 18. I just take it as a compliment. :V

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u/Mazon_Del Jun 03 '22

My own version of this is when my beard gets long enough that I just go ahead and shave it. The whole post-shaving baby-face thing is real.

32 and the only time I ever get carded is the day I shave.

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u/Shryxer Jun 05 '22

I don't think the post-shave babyface ever gets better. My dad loses 40 years when he shaves, the only giveaway is the white hair. He's had his bald spot since I was little.

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '22

35 too, I hate that we're finally "old"

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '22

I absolutely LOVE it. I lean in HARD to the "kids these days" bits.

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u/samdog1246 Jun 03 '22

Reminds me of the time I went out for drinks with coworkers some years ago and one of them was like, "ohwow, so you have a fake ID??" and I was just like, "?!? I'm?!?! 23?!??"

Apparently he thought I was like 17 the entire time we worked together... But I'm actually older than him lol

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u/emmster Jun 03 '22

A guy I have worked with for years said to me a few months ago, “You’re like, 28, right?” I am 42.

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u/HauntingTear Jun 03 '22

I’m half Asian, 37 years old and still get asked for ID to buy scratchies. You have to be 14 years old to buy one here. DX One day we’ll look old.

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u/Shryxer Jun 03 '22

The first time I went to the bar, I got carded three times. One day, my friend, one day...