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[quote=Anonymous]I've always looked about a decade younger than I am, since my early 20s (literally, people absolutely thought I was 13/14 when I was graduating college -- look very young for my age). That's still true now, thought he gap has narrowed. My 41 and most people guess I'm mid-30s. It has come up a few times in the last few years because I was an older mom (DC born when I was 39) and in my mom's group everyone thought I was early 30s. When I mentioned I had issues conceiving, one woman said "See, it just goes to show that even younger women can struggle with infertility." But I was the second oldest woman in the group. It also came up when I decided to take a break from work with my baby. My boss/mentor (so someone who I assumed knew me pretty well, and had seen my resume so presumably knew when I'd graduated college and what my prior experience was) advised me not to do it because "you're still at the beginning of your career and and you don't know how you'll feel when you're 40." I was like "uh, I am 40." It was funny and also really disconcerting.

Anyway, I'm white. I just have a young looking face. It is only in the last couple years that I've actually enjoyed people thinking I look younger than I am -- for most of my adult life it's been a liability that has led people to take me less seriously and dismiss things I'm saying. And even now, it's only kind of an asset. I'm married and not dating, so it's not like I'm using my youthful appearance to help me in the dating market. Even when I was, I wanted a man who felt like an equal, not a weirdo who was excited to be dating someone he believed to be right out of college.[/quote]

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