your age....

**sabrelvssammy** · 02-22-2009, 03:12 PM

do you 'look' and 'act' your age....or are you 'wiser beyond' or 'stuck in never-never land'....

would someone who did not know you be able to guess your 'real' age???

**Ashie06** · 02-22-2009, 03:16 PM

i'm a little of all-just depends on my mood

i'm not sure how old someone might guess me to be. in person people think i'm younger based on appearance.

{eta: i'm 21}

**bookworm mom** · 02-22-2009, 03:18 PM

I guess I probably look my age its hard not to look 40, w/o surgery. But I am sure that I act younger b/c I have younger kids. Besides if I tell myself I'm younger I won't get so depressed! 40 isn't so old I know but it sure seemed old 10 years ago.

**butterflygreen** · 02-22-2009, 03:18 PM

I am always being told I look alot younger than I am. But I act older than my age.

**Mamaof2rugrats** · 02-22-2009, 03:19 PM

I'm 23. I get told all the time I'm mature beyond my years. Single motherhood does that to you I think.

**dcompton** · 02-22-2009, 03:27 PM

That's a hard question. But I think as a general rule I have always looked younger and acted older.

As a child I always enjoyed, even preferred, the company of adults to all but my two or three closest friends, because my peers were so "silly," and I have a hard time relating to the teenage emotional roller coaster because I never experienced it. I was dedicated to my studies and lived a very happy, inwardly contained life. I think I was born 40 years old. But I remember being very insulted when someone who just met me for the first time looked at me, and asked if I would be starting junior high in the fall. No, actually, I would be starting college.

Now people meeting me, if the subject of age comes up, almost refuse to believe I am 60, very soon 61, and say I look much younger. I laugh and tell them it's because I'm "pure of heart." They laugh too, and the conversation moves on. I have never once in my life wished I were younger, and I'm very content with my age. Anyway, it would be pointless to not be content with it, right?

**forHISglory** · 02-22-2009, 06:41 PM

I'm a month away from being 60 and I LOVE my age! I LOVE getting older! Mostly I act my age, I guess, whatever that means. But I've been know to get kind of silly at times. Most folks guess me at about 50, and that's OK. I don't really mind one way or another. Bottom line is that I've enjoyed every year of my life and each year is better than the one before!

**IntlMom** · 02-22-2009, 06:47 PM

I'm 38, my body is old (hysteryectomy, hip arthritis with a replacement looming in the future, exceedingly grey hair.....) but I like to say that I am 17 year old stuck in a 38 year old body (I like fast cars, loud music and stuff like roller coasters, etc...)

I had a 15 year old high school gal at church today tell me how shocked she was to hear that I was 38...she thought I was much MUCH younger.....(I love her now!)

**zakity** · 02-22-2009, 06:57 PM

It depends. Most people think I am younger though.

**khjmom** · 02-22-2009, 07:07 PM

I have people tell me that I look younger than my age (another 38 year old), but I feel so much older than my age. Alot of people are shocked to hear that I am the mother of three teenagers....yep started young, but that was due to being told my entire life that I couldn't have children. My first was due on my first wedding anniversary! I feel old due to my lupus...it is kicking my tail right now and the cold isn't helping.

**Homekeepn** · 02-22-2009, 08:22 PM

I am 37 almost 38. I always feel that people think that I am younger than I really am. I get called kiddo at work. A nurse once thought that my son was my brother. And I still get carded at stores and resturants.

I believe that being around teenagers a lot keeps me young.

**jamie79** · 02-22-2009, 08:34 PM

I am 47 and alot of days recently I feel older then that. I am surprised that 47 came so quickly as I swear I was just 17 but then I look at my 20 yr old son and know thats not possible.
I dont know how old people think I am. Noone says. I am not shy saying my age. I have earned every wrinkle and grey hair I have.
I think no matter what age you are the most iimportant thing is your health. If you dont have it life gets so much harder

**onencgirl** · 02-22-2009, 08:34 PM

People are always surprised when they find out I am 56. I've always looked younger than my age, I was in my early thirties and still getting carded. lol I sometimes wonder how I got to be this age... I sure don't feel this old. I've been blessed with good health. Peoplevare surprised to find I have a son that is 35 and another that is 32.

**Starlight9803** · 02-22-2009, 09:39 PM

It depends. I tend to look a little younger than my actual age, but I feel much older. I've always felt a bit out of place with people my own age, at least for what the "norm" is around here.