"You don't act your race/age/etc etc."

Originally Posted by dope

Yeah... when I act all crazy they think I'm kiddy not my age, I myself drop my age about 10 years during those times. I can't count how many "second childhoods" I've had.

Same here. I either act too old for my age or way too young for my age. When it comes to school and serious issues, I act a lot older than most people. When it comes to having fun and relaxing (or talking about my problems) I act younger (maybe teen younger...silly angst years).

Originally Posted by High_Seraphim

I dress like any other person, not the stereotypical AzN gansta shit you get hanging around town and stuff (even though, my hair is long... but, it's the only way I can look older... I swear if I have my hair spiked up, and short, they bloody say I look like I'm 15 =_=") If in usual situations, if I'm hanging with my mates and stuff, we all act like as if we were still highschool students... but I guess, I can act mature if I need to (eg. speaking to adults or unfamiliar persons :P)

People still say that I look about three or four years younger than I am. I am normally the oldest person in a group of friends, but I'm the one that either has their ID checked, or if everyone has their ID checked, I'm the only one they ever do a triple-take on. If I were to wear my hair in a ponytail, people would swear that I was 14.

Since most of my friends were too busy getting high, laid, and/or paid during high school, I like to act like a high school student whenever I hang out with friends now. It annoys them since they want to be all "I'm college so let's sit around and critique Bach and Amadeus while sipping steaming hot latte's" while I'm all "Let's go out and drive around and watch movies and eat out and throw condom balloons at the President's car! EEEEEEEEEE!" Ok, maybe not the last part, but it would be fun.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by High_Seraphim

well why not just keep acting young? :P It's more fun to act like that sometimes... I mean, my mates don't really give a shit sometimes, and we act so immature but it's all bloody fun with them :lolsign:

I love looking and acting young b/c I know that while they're worried about putting on make-up and getting tans I'll sit back and think, "Just wait until we're all 40 and I still look 30". I like to act young, but most of my female friends (when I can pry them away from their boyfriends) sort of sneer because they want to act all grown up. So what if I like cartoons and driving to the nearest soda fountain rather than getting pedicures and talking about what someone was wearing on a cover of Vogue.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by DarkMageOzzie

And for the people who say that people think they're younger then they are, you should be happy. For the most part being younger = being better looking. It's alot better then the otherway around. I was incredibly insulted when I as 22 and a girl thought I was in my 30s...

I am glad for it, but the only people that think I'm better looking are on-line. The guys in my region of the U.S. go for women that look older than they really are (stupid media).

Actually, something worse than not acting the age/race/etc. is when you do act it to see if people notice, they ignore you. Then, when you go back to being yourself, they ask you why you never even try to act that way. It mostly comes up with me when I have to get dressed up and look like some of the girls on the cover of Premiere or Vogue or something (like when I wrote an article on the college equivalent of prom). I'll dress up for a special presentation or something and no one will notice. Then, when I go back to my jeans and T-shirt, everyone begins to complain about why I never dress like a girl.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.