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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I totally understand this, because we often attribute features that are either androgynous or culturally considered feminine (but especially androgynous features) with prepubescence. So you've got the rounded faces and lack of secondary sex characteristics that we would associate with older people, plus fashion that could easily be considered "younger," and despite probably being intended to be 20 or so, they look much younger.

As somebody who's got that scruffy white Jesus look going on but doesn't have a square jawline and often wears hoodies, I've more than once been mistaken for a high school/college student - even by high school students no less - despite being in my 30s. Being hit on by college kids almost 10 years younger than you is an awkward experience I would not wish on anyone. As is having your mom be mistaken for your grandmother.