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I dared to suggest that men might not be totally honest when "carding" women for alcohol or suggesting they look younger in a different thread and was torn apart by a digital pack of hyenas. This is not something that people want to hear, and the OP isn't the only one. Apparently every woman on here looks 27.
I think bragging about getting carded is pretty silly. There are usually signs saying they card anyone who looks under 40 or some age that 1) absolutely covers their butts and leaves no question, and 2) probably makes a sizable chunk of the female population happy. Nobody actually thinks you're underage, lady. I was behind a grey-haired grandpa at the grocery store last week who got carded.
I'm turning 42 this weekend. I don't have many lines on my face and people are usually surprised by my age, but there are very, very few instances where people ever discuss their ages, so "usually" is within that context of "in the extremely rare instances when it comes up." My sister-in-law brought over some pictures of when our daughters were little. I was 24 in those pictures, with more plumpness in my face and not so cheekboney. I looked like a kid! I am perfectly fine with being 42 with nice skin, but there is no way an additional 18 years of smiling is not going to show up on my face. I wish women wouldn't equate being good-looking with looking 10+ years younger than they are just because they take care of themselves.
I think bragging about getting carded is pretty silly. There are usually signs saying they card anyone who looks under 40 or some age that 1) absolutely covers their butts and leaves no question, and 2) probably makes a sizable chunk of the female population happy. Nobody actually thinks you're underage, lady. I was behind a grey-haired grandpa at the grocery store last week who got carded.
I'm turning 42 this weekend. I don't have many lines on my face and people are usually surprised by my age, but there are very, very few instances where people ever discuss their ages, so "usually" is within that context of "in the extremely rare instances when it comes up." My sister-in-law brought over some pictures of when our daughters were little. I was 24 in those pictures, with more plumpness in my face and not so cheekboney. I am perfectly fine with being 42 with nice skin, but there is no way an additional 18 years of smiling is not going to show up on my face. I wish women wouldn't equate being good-looking with looking 10+ years younger than they are just because they take care of themselves.
I can cosign that last sentence. I'm told I look younger all the time, and I do. I'm 42 and don't have wrinkles, don't have to over color my hair because I have no grey hairs, etc. Big frickin deal. Just because I look like I'm younger doesn't make me attractive and it isn't doing me any favors. I'd rather be an attractive woman who looks 42 than an unattractive woman who looks in her late 20s/early 30s.
I think bragging about getting carded is pretty silly. There are usually signs saying they card anyone who looks under 40 or some age that 1) absolutely covers their butts and leaves no question, and 2) probably makes a sizable chunk of the female population happy. Nobody actually thinks you're underage, lady. I was behind a grey-haired grandpa at the grocery store last week who got carded.
I'm turning 42 this weekend. I don't have many lines on my face and people are usually surprised by my age, but there are very, very few instances where people ever discuss their ages, so "usually" is within that context of "in the extremely rare instances when it comes up." My sister-in-law brought over some pictures of when our daughters were little. I was 24 in those pictures, with more plumpness in my face and not so cheekboney. I looked like a kid! I am perfectly fine with being 42 with nice skin, but there is no way an additional 18 years of smiling is not going to show up on my face. I wish women wouldn't equate being good-looking with looking 10+ years younger than they are just because they take care of themselves.
It's not just "bragging about being carded". Even in the posts where people are supposedly talking about how silly the concept is, they never fail to slip in the little "I'm told I look younger" or "people compliment me all the time". I mean, obviously we're all supermodels here, but for those lonely other folk outside the forum, a lot of the time...people are just being polite.
It's not just "bragging about being carded". Even in the posts where people are supposedly talking about how silly the concept is, they never fail to slip in the little "I'm told I look younger" or "people compliment me all the time". I mean, obviously we're all supermodels here, but for those lonely other folk outside the forum, a lot of the time...people are just being polite.
Guilty as charged, I guess. I'm sorry if I sounded braggy. For me, it has a lot to do with my having children in my early 20s. I'm about the same age as the parents of my son's peers (he's 11), but their other kids are younger or just a little older, while my girls are a senior in high school and already graduated. They are surprised that I am old enough to have children that age.
It's not just "bragging about being carded". Even in the posts where people are supposedly talking about how silly the concept is, they never fail to slip in the little "I'm told I look younger" or "people compliment me all the time". I mean, obviously we're all supermodels here, but for those lonely other folk outside the forum, a lot of the time...people are just being polite.
Maybe they are just being polite. For me it's never a compliment, and it doesn't make a difference anyway. They aren't telling me something good; they are just asking me for my license.
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Maybe they are just being polite. For me it's never a compliment, and it doesn't make a difference anyway. They aren't telling me something good; they are just asking me for my license.
Again, I'm 44, and I was asked for my ID everytime I tried to enter a bar this last weekend. Because I looked young? No, because it was policy.
Means nothing.
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I'm sorry if I sounded braggy. For me, it has a lot to do with my having children in my early 20s. I'm about the same age as the parents of my son's peers (he's 11), but their other kids are younger or just a little older, while my girls are a senior in high school and already graduated. They are surprised that I am old enough to have children that age.
