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-- Posted by swtpie at 9:55 am on June 17, 2008

Today I was out with my mom in the pharmacy and the dude leans over the counter and says, "Now, why aren't you in school today" in like a childish tone. I was really thrown back. I'm 20 and a 1/2. I told him and he apologized and said he thought I was maybe 15.

Talk about a slap in the face.

i laughed it off, but wow. I can't believe people take me for so young. I guess in 20 years times I'll be thankful for looking so young.


-- Posted by Day Old Blues at 9:56 am on June 17, 2008

Wow, that sucks. Why would you say that to a teenager anyway?


-- Posted by ENicole at 9:56 am on June 17, 2008

yeah, I'm 18 and people are always thinking I'm 12 or 13...pssh, whatever!


-- Posted by GoodFairy13 at 9:56 am on June 17, 2008

My thirty eight year old friend was asked for ID when she tried to  by alcohol, she had to show them her 20 year old son as proof.


-- Posted by bluebutterfly4ever at 9:57 am on June 17, 2008

lol thats awsome.. i wish i looked younger...but i dont :(


-- Posted by note to self at 9:57 am on June 17, 2008

lol i would be happy if that happened to me but i am actually 15 and ppl mistake me for being younger which is sometimes annoying


-- Posted by AndSoItWasWritten at 9:57 am on June 17, 2008

Maybe the guy was some kind of weird pedo....freaky...even if he meant it in a 'nice' way, that would be weird.

are you short or something? that would be the only way someone would mistake it. seriously.


-- Posted by NightShades at 9:58 am on June 17, 2008

Quote: from Day Old Blues at 5:56 pm on June 17, 2008


Wow, that sucks. Why would you say that to a teenager anyway?

That's what I was thinking :/


-- Posted by Live Just To Die at 9:58 am on June 17, 2008

I look way older! I'm only 14 and I can pass as an eighteen year old to get in clubs and I can still get on the bus for a child price without having ID on me.


-- Posted by amanitta at 9:58 am on June 17, 2008

ow ! he cares about  it too much


-- Posted by Jadien at 9:59 am on June 17, 2008

That's funny, lol.


-- Posted by swtpie at 10:00 am on June 17, 2008

Quote: from AndSoItWasWritten at 9:57 am on June 17, 2008


Maybe the guy was some kind of weird pedo....freaky...even if he meant it in a 'nice' way, that would be weird.

are you short or something? that would be the only way someone would mistake it. seriously.


I'm 5'4''. The counter thing where all the pharmacy people work in is a couple feet off the floor.


-- Posted by Pebbles123 at 10:03 am on June 17, 2008

Quote: from Live Just To Die at 9:58 am on June 17, 2008


I look way older! I'm only 14 and I can pass as an eighteen year old to get in clubs and I can still get on the bus for a child price without having ID on me.

That sucks.
I'm 16 and my friend and i were trying to get people to buy us drinks, so we told them we were 18..
They didn't believe us lol.
But they still bought us drinks :D HOORAY!


-- Posted by belizabeth at 10:06 am on June 17, 2008

I'm out of school for the summer so it doesn't matter here.


-- Posted by easilyjaded at 7:58 pm on Aug. 11, 2008

I get that a few times. I'm 20, but I'm only 4'8 so a lot of people assume I'm around 12 years old. It gets annoying! When they ask, I just reply with: "School? I graduated high school two years ago."


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