You think your drivers license picture is terrible until you look at it 5 years later.
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My driver's license photo looks like the mugshot of juvenile criminal. They're printed desaturated in my country too which makes it worse.
lol I look like a wet rat on my license photo. They do same in my country and I had a bit of "gel" in my a bit longer hair (male) and yeah well it is what it is.
Ich glaube, wir kommen beide aus dem gleichen Land ;)
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I never understood people's concern over age and their looks until I hit my 30s. It's not been a kind decade.
Give it 20 more. Then you'll wonder why all the people on your social media look so old.
People often find a lot of change in their thirties (I sure did). I don't know if it's metabolism slowing down or just life getting more crowded and sedentary for so many of us. I was super skinny all my life - in my teens I had to force myself to eat until I was uncomfortably full just to stay even - but in my thirties I got a little belly. I also lost most of my hair in my mid twenties, so I looked like a different person between 20 and 30.
I think my biggest change was between age seven and my teen years because it's when I went through the most. I otherwise don't change much, but in those first years I was like a different person.
I certainly look older, but I don't feel like it's all that different.