People Mistaking Your Age FFS!!

24-07-2008 11:16am

Whenever I get asked for ID, I just tell them that I'm old and they let me go! No question asked.

Sob!

rainbowtrout · 24-07-2008 11:25am

I'm 29 and during the Junior Cert exams this year I had to go into one of the exam centres in the school i teach in to collect papers. The examiner told me to hurry up and sit down because I was late for the exam :eek:

My 15 year old third years who were already seated had a good laugh at that one!

John Mason · 24-07-2008 11:56am

i know it is a pain in the nuts people think i am 25/26 the whole time and refuse to believe when i say i am 33

it makes me so angry :mad:

admiralofthefleet · 24-07-2008 11:58am

im 27 but often get mistaken for 30+, mainly because im said to be the image of simon delaney

Claire121 · 24-07-2008 12:10pm

I'm 23 and usually get ID'd buying alcohol and going into pubs/clubs. I didn't mind it when I was 19 or 20 but it's getting to be a bit of a joke now. I think I look younger but I don't think I look under 18 ffs! When we were in America people were always giving my BF dirty looks as if he was cradle snatching, when he's actually a year younger than me! And someone at work said I looked 17! I don't smoke, don't drink much and have olive skin which doesn't dry out in the sun..... some of the other girls at that job who were my age looked like they were going on 30, IMO so I would have looked young in comparison. Anyway I'd rather look young than old!

24-07-2008 12:13pm

irishbird wrote: »

i know it is a pain in the nuts people think i am 25/26 the whole time and refuse to believe when i say i am 33

it makes me so angry :mad:

DesF looks more mature than his age too. It is possibly the comparision.
Blame him!

John Mason · 24-07-2008 12:17pm

Moonbaby wrote: »

DesF looks more mature than his age too. It is possibly the comparision.
Blame him!

nah, i wish i could blame but people have always thought i look 5 years younger when what i am

24-07-2008 12:19pm

irishbird wrote: »

nah, i wish i could blame but people have always thought i look 5 years younger when what i am

Preserved for prosperity...you've caught my blathering disease. :P

The Recliner · 24-07-2008 12:25pm

I am 30 but recenly people have been pegging me for 25, have no idea why

When i was in my teens people thought I was in my late 20's

RxQueen · 24-07-2008 12:26pm

last year got stopped going into a 15's film , some cow on the counter refused to believe i was 20 at the time, oh the joy when i had my id on me ha!

Last week, went with my friend and her little brother to see Kung Fu Panda, got a child ticket OHHH YEAHH!!

MJOR · 24-07-2008 12:54pm

I'm 29 and people generally think i'm 25..... since i'm 25 lol:D:D

S.I.R · 24-07-2008 1:24pm

16 but everyone says im 18+, cool for a while but im sick of over paying for everything.

token56 · 24-07-2008 1:50pm

Going to be 21 in less than a month and the generally people who wouldn't know think I am between 23-25 so not that bad but people have said I look as old as 28 which rather suprising to me anyway.

LCDeelite · 24-07-2008 2:15pm

Someone thought I was 15 when I was 18.

I've been mistaken for someone of around 24-27 a few times. When I asked them if I really looked that old, they said that it was just the way I spoke and 'carried myself', i.e. I act mature. I don't consciously 'act maturely'- it just seems to happen.

I feel like an insignificant child inwardly, though!

Some new woman at work recently assumed I was a transition year student on work experience.

Yep, so it definitely varies for me really.

ickythump · 24-07-2008 5:48pm

S.I.R wrote: »

16 but everyone says im 18+, cool for a while but im sick of over paying for everything.

yeah that used to happen to me a lot, especially buying bus/train tickets when i was around 15/16, they would never allow me to buy the child's ticket (u-16)! they always asked for id! made a huge difference in the price, and all my friends got the child ticket even when some of them were 17:rolleyes:ah well getting served was never a problem though..:)

Nightwish · 24-07-2008 6:18pm

I'm 25 next week and am often mistaken for 16-17. In fact at one of the boards beers someone (Oscar Bravo methinks) called me jailbait

Aisling(",) · 24-07-2008 7:07pm

16 but people thought i was under 14 the other day got told i was 18/19 a few weeks ago yay!

ChewChew · 24-07-2008 7:27pm

25. only been asked for ID twice in my life. once in boston. once in dunnes stored

I'd love to be asked for ID.

Love2love · 24-07-2008 8:31pm

When I was 17 I never had a problem getting in anywhere but as soon as I hit 20 I was asked for it everywhere I went. I was celebrating my 26th last month with all my family and I was asked for ID. The little fecker was only about 16 himself, I asked him did I look 17 and he replied no, I asked him did I look under 17 and he said no. I asked him did I look dodgy and he said no. Why are you asking me for id then??? My mother had to come over and swear I was 26!

Lilym · 24-07-2008 10:03pm

I'm twenty eight but I'm constantly mistaken for being younger.. I take it as a compliment

STUBBORNGIRL · 24-07-2008 10:07pm

RedXIV wrote: »

am 21 and get told i look alot older. used to aim for that when i was younger, now i'm fighting it!

21 and talks so much sense - never would have guessed that! not in a million years! Obviously i have never laid eyes on you but usually you could tell from the advice!

Well im 28 and people think im 20 - they also mistake my mother for my sister! Youth jsut runs in the family

PrivateEye · 24-07-2008 10:42pm

18, only ever asked for I.D in Dunnes when buying booze.

...and it was the same when I was 17 :rolleyes:

**nightclubs too, of course!

trowelled · 25-07-2008 1:47am

I don't get ID'd anymore. Im 24 but have never known whether I look my age, some think younger, some think older!! Friend recently went to a pub, same age as myself, and stopped at the bouncer and he looked at her and said "I'm not asking you for ID", think she was somewhat insulted