30 Bizarre Situations Women Found Themselves In Because Of Their “Baby Faces”, As Shared In This Online Community

ma’am you should use that as an advantage

Last year I was asked to show my ID, 34 years old, while purchasing beer. It still happens quite often, starts getting weird :D

I was still getting carded for everything until I was 38. Then I went to Target. Kid said, "Ma'am, do you have your I.D.?" I said, "Wow, this is the first time I have ever been carded!" Kid said, "Well, I wasn't going to, but you look over 40 so I have to." Gut punch. Still in existential pain.

Oh boy this is bound to happen to me when I turn 21. Babyface, looking like a sixth grader, and weird glasses don't mix well.

I got carded into my 40s, except during winters when I had a beard. Talking to the chair of my department yesterday, I mentioned that I was within about 5 years of retirement and he was surprised, because he thought I was in my 50s. I'm 66.

I remember trying to buy wine at the self-checkout at a shop in England. They didn't ask for ID, but they had to put in the supervisor code so the sale could go through. That's the only time something like that has ever happened to me.

You know, men have this issue as well. I'm 45 and I have kallmann(s) syndrome. There's a reason why I never share my photo. Aside from the fact that I now have salt and pepper hair, I still look like a teenager. I have never shaved and I probably never will...unless you count shaving my head every spring. Just once, just for one day I'd love to be able to look my age. They (,practically everyone I know) said I'd appreciate t after I turned 40. They were completely wrong.

OP seems to be Canadian - saw the sign at liquor stores that if you look younger than 25 ID must be shown, although the drinking age is 21 (if I remember correctly, haven't been in a while)

Some police look so young these days I want to ask where there parents are.

I didn't know stretch marks could be used as identification. 😲 Edit, have to put in a smiley, cause I wasn't serious of course)😀

That reminded me of my time in the UK, where I worked in a shop. We often had to ask for ID, and lots of people did not carry any, even though they looked very young and confirmed that they were asked for an ID all the time... They never wanted to show us stretch marks per se, but there were several with "but I'm here with my kid", "look, I have a tattoo/piercing", "I have my car keys with me!", "this is my husband", and my favourite: "you can call my mom, she will tell you".

A cousin off mine has a baby face. Her parents are from a small village where the police would let newbies, just out of the police academy, perform a stop on her. They would even tell them that she couldn't be more than 16. She was 25 when she finally threatened to report them. 🤣

You showed your stretch marks? I had my daughter really young but yeah I'm calling BS on this one

Oh, the irony

I'm not sure if you're M/F but my husband had that problem too until he let his beard grow (I'm not saying a woman can't have a beard...). Because he kept saying "I have over 25 years experience" "No you don't". Now they keep telling him "I thought you were the granpa of ....".

I got carded all the time until the end of my thirties, and in general, nobody ever believed my actual age and thought I had fake IDs. Always hated to hear that I should just take it as a compliment. Yes, what a great compliment to be treated like a child all the time. Really, great!

I totally understand!

I had someone trying to offend me, saying that a 30y old. I was calling out a brand for heavily photoshopping wrinkles out and claiming it was their product (they were so bad that they even photoshopped the eyebrows out). Me: Thank you, that's means a lot to a 52y old. 🤣

LOL! More biology lessons needed!

My oldest (30s) looks like a clone of me. We've been asked more than once when out together if we're sisters. Glad I look good, but the daughter isn't amused.

My new coworker kept asking me how ols my kids are (both teens) and I always had the impression that he was holding something back.. after months he finally asked 'but how old ARE you?'.. told him I was 41, he would have guessed me 10 yrs younger. I don't necessarily have a babyface but I apparently act younger than the 'usual' 41 yr old momma :)

I had something similar happen to me. I was at work, on break and the subject came to age. I'd asked one girl how old she thought I was and I told her I had (at the time) a two year old grandson. She thought I was 24 or 25 (my daughter was 22 at the time.) Other coworkers thought my daughter and I were actually sisters.

🤣

This is kinda wholesome

You made old blind people get up so you could take THEIR window seat?

I thought it said fight at the end. Was imagining this elderly couple plus the girl fighting on an airline. Weird

I was sat in the emergency row. Flight attendant comes along and asks each individual if they are prepared to handle the emergency procedures of that row. The first two said yes. Then she looks at me and asks “honey are you 15?” 🤨 “I’m 35…” 😳

Had a couple of young women (twins) visit church with their parents while they were all in town a couple of weeks ago. Folks wondered why they didn’t come up for the “young people’s homily”, but whatever. After church, while everyone was snacking, our congregational President was chatting with them and asked if they’d be starting high school this fall. One is a grad student in journalism. The other is in grad school for communications. Oops. 🤣

Boop! 😃

Is that funny? I would find this whole conversation patronizing and annoying

When my dad died at 88, he had about 10 gray hairs. My mom was completely gray before 40. I had about 5 gray hairs until lockdown happened. I'm 66 and blonde, so the only grays that are visible are around my face.

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My mother had only some streaks of gray hair when she died at age 69. She also never looked her age as far as wrinkles were concerned. I will be turning 58 soon and so far no gray hairs. Also had a baby face but at least to me I look old now. Maybe more sags than wrinkles but they still bother me.

My daughter was frequently asked for ID in her 30s.

In university I had one teacher who would always wear a jacket. My guess was that it was so he wouldn't be taken for a student...

My teacher colleague tried to kick my husband out from our table at a school ball because he had just shaved and looked 15. He was 30. The students keot arguing whether he was my younger brother or what.

38, always asked for my ID. I think it's because I have a round face shape and a bubbly personality.

Me too, in New Orleans, where the drinking age was 18

I've had the opposite. Went to a car show with a friend and his family. His daughter wanted a ride in my car (two-seater) and he followed in his with the rest of the family. When I arrived someone made the assumption that the daughter was my girlfriend. She was about 14 and I was rapidly approaching 40! Granted at that time she was nearly as tall as me, but she still had a young face. That was a few years ago - she's 6ft4 now and towers over me!

Went to a sci-fi convention with a friend about 10-ish years older and her bf. He got mistaken as her father, someone thought she was my mother, and in one day I was somehow mistaken as being both 14 and 35. I was 26.