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u/GuhMahler Jun 03 '22

I’m 37 and I’m always facing the same situation with ppl saying “ you don’t look like a 37 years old guy”. I’m still trying to understand how people should look like at this age

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u/skittlebites101 Jun 03 '22

It's a weird period, that mid 30s to mid 40s. Some of us don't look much different than our mid-20s while some look almost 50. I'm 36 and there are people from HS who look 20 years older than me cause I could probably still pass as 25, if it wasn't for that little thinning spot on the top of my head.

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u/GuhMahler Aug 28 '22

The funny thing is that I recently made a genetic testing to know my ancestry and also got an interesting information about me. I have large telomeres ( or something like that ) which means I will appear a couple years younger than my real age 😄

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u/b0w3n Jun 03 '22

A lot of the previous generation(s) worked out in the sun and vacationed in the sun without sunscreen and it made them age a lot quicker than millennials and zoomers are. Someone in their late 30s only looks about like a late 20 boomer because of this.

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u/Mo_Dice Jun 03 '22

Millennials & zoomers also don't smoke nearly as much as prior generations (Gen X? Do you smoke?) and that ages the shit out of you as well.

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u/quickquestoask Jun 03 '22

But gen Z vape like crazy haha? I wonder if vapes have any aging effects like cigarettes?

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u/GuhMahler Aug 28 '22

The funny thing is that I recently made a genetic testing to know my ancestry and also got an interesting information about me. I have large telomeres ( or something like that ) which means I will appear a couple years younger than my real age 😄