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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm 51, Asian, size 0-2 petite.

Not sure how old I look but my co-workers, who are the same age as I am often tell me "this is before your time." 
Then also, not sure if I should take this as a compliment or an insult... someone asked me if I was expecting!  I guess my empire waist dress that day made my food baby bulge out.  So I said, oh no, I am DONE with that!  (and I did not say that my kids are in college!)

I am starting to feel my age in my face though. Could use some fillers on my genetic eye bags, which have been nicely concealed by masks. 
I do color my hair, although, knock on wood, thankful that I am not half as gray as my mom was at this age. [/quote]

DH is Asian American and we've often observed a combo of non-racist unfamiliarity with the way other races age + infantilization of people of Asian descent. Asian Americans can usually tell how old he is (although he is darker than most, so does look younger even "objectively") but almost everyone else, especially white people, underestimate his age to an almost laughable degree. He was still being *consistently* carded (by people who were not required to card everyone) through his early 40s, and is still carded in some of those cases now, at over 50.

A cousin of his got something like you describe, PP. She was on a flight and the attendant scolded her for not finishing her peas-- "When I was your age, my parents made me finish my vegetables." Cousin said, "Lady, you're not my age YET." Cousin was in her thirties. [/quote]

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