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Do you look younger than your actual age

Stuart333

Are you well preserved?

I saw a comment somewhere that autistic people may look younger than their actual age. I'm not sure about this, or whether it was based on sufficient data.

Obviously we can't post pictures so this is going to have to be based on your own judgement or comments you have received.

I think I look younger than my actual years, my parents who are nearly 80 don't look that old, especially my dad, something the doctors have said. My smart scales also say my metabolic age is a lot younger (14 years) but I don't believe it.

What do you think? Is there anything in it?

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  • It seems to vary wildly depending on the observer. As a bloke classic with male pattern baldness, I've had some people automatically advance me to 15+ years past my actual age with no irony whatsoever, just a straight 'You'd be about ...  right?' I think that might have happened mostly with neurotypical people who equate baldness with great age as a kind of mental shorthand. 

    But I've had (admittedly rarer) instances of people telling me exactly the opposite - that I could pass for 15 years younger. I'm in my late 40s, so about mid-thirties I suppose. 

    In both scenarios, it's not that I've asked them... life just occasionally throws up these volunteered statements. 

    It seems there is no fixed truth! Age is in the eye of the beholder... and to some degree in the inner spirit. 

  • in reply to Shardovan

    I say I've never asked directly, but I've occasionally thrown out the odd self-deprecating suffix ('I know, I've had a tough paper round', that sort of thing)  when I've been asked my age as a neutral question for forms etc. Not sure why, maybe an 'self-attack is the best form of defence' rationale?  When there's only a nodded agreement or 'I'm acknowledging your joke' smile I suppose I've tended to file that response under 'they agree that I look old/aged', which may have been a little unfair on them just cos they didn't go 'Nooooo! You don't look a day over such-and-such!' Serves me right lol. Not that I massively care really (I'm sure I'm approaching the grave at the same velocity regardless), but it's always nicer for some reason when someone occasionally says the 'you look younger' thing. 

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  • in reply to Shardovan

    I say I've never asked directly, but I've occasionally thrown out the odd self-deprecating suffix ('I know, I've had a tough paper round', that sort of thing)  when I've been asked my age as a neutral question for forms etc. Not sure why, maybe an 'self-attack is the best form of defence' rationale?  When there's only a nodded agreement or 'I'm acknowledging your joke' smile I suppose I've tended to file that response under 'they agree that I look old/aged', which may have been a little unfair on them just cos they didn't go 'Nooooo! You don't look a day over such-and-such!' Serves me right lol. Not that I massively care really (I'm sure I'm approaching the grave at the same velocity regardless), but it's always nicer for some reason when someone occasionally says the 'you look younger' thing. 

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