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Sonia Kiss

05-06-2008, 10:55 AM

Hi guys,

I found all of your answers to "your age?" fascinating, but also fascinating was what was missing from the answers--hardly any mention of any physical specifics. Can you back up your claims of "looking younger" by saying what visible signs you think make you look younger?

Sonia

Kieron Andrew

05-06-2008, 10:57 AM

I can back it up by the fact not one person has EVER said I look my age....especially since cutting my hair short!

People are stunned when i tell them im 31 this year

SirTrey

05-06-2008, 11:01 AM

When your face squares off from testosterone, you have less lines.

Cai

05-06-2008, 11:26 AM

It's one of the things of being trans, I think. Younger men and most women tend to have similar features - rounder faces, less hair, smoother jawline, etc. There's also the factor that a lot of us retain some things from living as women, that some younger men do but not older ones - piercings are a major one I've noticed.

You look at pictures of trans guys and it's obvious pretty quick that we don't look our age. I look 14 on a good day (I've been told that by other people) even though I'm 21, and I've seen guys into their 30's that still look like teenagers.

ZenFrost

05-06-2008, 01:46 PM

Someone guessed my age correctly today so I suppose whatever visible age indicator I emit is dead on. :idontknow: Or maybe I just got lucky.

CaptLex

05-06-2008, 02:40 PM

Hi Sonia, haven't seen you in a while. :wave:

It's one of the things of being trans, I think. Younger men and most women tend to have similar features - rounder faces, less hair, smoother jawline, etc.
:yt: What he said.

I think I look my age, but many people think I'm younger. :bs:

chad-army

05-07-2008, 02:17 AM

i plably dont look 22 but i feel and haev been told i act very hunch older then i am..

but the military will age your body about 5 yrs for every yr you've been in.

RevMoonSerpent

05-07-2008, 08:13 AM

I've noticed most of us don't have our pics in our avatars anymore but, if it helps with visible proof, mine is to the left and I'm 28 years old. Most say I look like I'm 16.

sparro

06-02-2008, 03:17 PM

Women (I don't know the technical term.. just..born women) have higher cheek bones then men (born men).

This is actually one of the most telling features I've been able to figure out from staring at the faces of men and women on the subway (my favourite pastime) trying to figure out concrete differences. Women's cheek bones tend to be a lot higher. They also have more chub in them then a (born) man the same age.

Because of the high cheek bones/chub FTMs tend to have, our cheeks appear to still have that bit of baby chub on them. That baby face look can knock as much as 20 years off an FTMs age.

Eveyone says I look about 16. I'm 21.

Also, our throats look only to have slightly defined Adam's apples, our bodies without any hair, and our voices tend to be higher, just like pre pubescent boys and young men :P Not to mention we lack the natural muscle definition (born)men tend to get.

Taylor105

06-14-2008, 05:44 PM

I was pretty much going to say what Sparro said. Plus look at my avatar. Would you guess I'm 34? hehe

DanielMacBride

06-15-2008, 04:26 AM

Ditto to what Sparro & Taylor said....check My avatar, would you believe I am almost 38? ;)

Daniel

Kieron Andrew

06-15-2008, 09:59 AM

I was pretty much going to say what Sparro said. Plus look at my avatar. Would you guess I'm 34? hehe

14 maybe? :heehee:, i can remember when you joined Tamara almost banned you for look so young lol

Tamara Croft

06-15-2008, 10:03 AM

14 maybe? :heehee:, i can remember when you joined Tamara almost banned you for look so young lolI know... transmen q only... but I just wanted to say... it was 12 :p and yes, I almost banned Taylor for being underage... ok.. please don't slap me for posting in this thread :D (I'm not answering the question)...

CaptLex

06-15-2008, 10:09 AM

ok.. please don't slap me for posting in this thread :D (I'm not answering the question)...
Soooooo tempted . . . :devil:

Most of us do look younger, but I think I actually look my age, though on occasion I have been mistaken for younger. It's especially funny to some see people do a double-take when I tell 'em how old my son is. :bg:

No age jokes, Kieron . . . you tried to make me older last week! :tongueout

Kieron Andrew

06-15-2008, 10:13 AM

No age jokes, Kieron . . . you tried to make me older last week! :tongueout

purposely done!!:heehee:

Taylor105

06-15-2008, 11:56 AM

:eek::eek::eek::eek: Are you guys kidding me??? You never told me that you thought I was underage!! You varmints!! LOL I guess I should feel honored. But it did suck trying to buy alcohol and getting carded and then having the damned lady tell me she thought my license was FAKE!! I was like um....look at this gray streak in my hair!! She sold it to me. Of course that was a big mistake. I can't drink anymore unless I want to die mixing it with my meds!

mister-mason

06-16-2008, 10:44 AM

When I'm presenting 'male,' folks tend to peg me somewhere between 17 and 22; I'm 31. However, at my college, with a more andro kind of dressing style (and sometimes nonbound boobs), people tend to assume I'm a professor, not a student.

You be the judge (photo courtesy of Deja True; click for larger):

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3144/2562272434_f330476d77_m.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/21703377@N05/2562272434/)

I think it's partially lack of obvious facial lines, for which I have my matriline's genes to thank -- we tend to look late-twenties for about 45 years (and I started at 13 being confused for a grad student).

However, any bornmale with as little facial hair as I have is VERY likely to be under 25. Probably a lot under. :->

Lex

06-19-2008, 09:58 AM

Well I was underage when I first signed up here, with my photo as my avatar, and no one twigged. So maybe I look older than I am? But probably not. :)

CaptLex

06-19-2008, 10:03 AM

Well I was underage when I first signed up here, with my photo as my avatar, and no one twigged. So maybe I look older than I am? But probably not. :)
I think no one twigged 'cause you sound more mature than the average teen. I assumed you just looked younger, like most of the guys here. :)

Kieron Andrew

06-19-2008, 10:06 AM

Well I was underage when I first signed up here, with my photo as my avatar, and no one twigged. So maybe I look older than I am? But probably not. :)

ah but you werent 'that' much underage :heehee: and i agree with Lex you do come across older

Lex

06-20-2008, 08:16 AM

Woo-hoo! It's so nice to hear that I don't sound like a teenager. Teenagers are such idiots. :P

Taylor105

06-20-2008, 05:49 PM

Hey!! What is that supposed to mean? That I acted young and stupid? LOL

Suzy Harrison

06-21-2008, 12:43 AM

Ditto to what Sparro & Taylor said....check My avatar, would you believe I am almost 38? ;)

Daniel

I've met Daniel ~ and he looks about 25 - .......... the swine ! :heehee:

DanielMacBride

06-21-2008, 01:26 AM

I've met Daniel ~ and he looks about 25 - .......... the swine ! :heehee:

OINK! ;)

Punkster

06-21-2008, 05:24 AM

Well people used to think I was no more than late twenties but I think stress and crisis has taken its toll now. I'm 36 soon.....what do you think guys?

Kieron Andrew

06-21-2008, 09:15 AM

Well people used to think I was no more than late twenties but I think stress and crisis has taken its toll now. I'm 36 soon.....what do you think guys?

i thought you looked about 20ish lol

DanielMacBride

06-21-2008, 09:32 AM

i thought you looked about 20ish lol

Ditto :) I thought you looked much younger too, Punkster :)

Flameboy

06-21-2008, 02:29 PM

Well people used to think I was no more than late twenties but I think stress and crisis has taken its toll now. I'm 36 soon.....what do you think guys?
36? No way, man! You look WAY younger than that!

I think I look pretty much my age, or thereabouts - not too much younger anyway. I'm 38 now, and I don;t really mind looking my age, as long as I don't actually look OLDER!

Dave

crazy4cheezeits

07-01-2008, 10:36 PM

Also, our throats look only to have slightly defined Adam's apples, our bodies without any hair, and our voices tend to be higher, just like pre pubescent boys and young men :P Not to mention we lack the natural muscle definition (born)men tend to get.

Agreed. I'm 20 and people tend to think I'm 13ish. I'm 5' so when I'm passing as a guy, people tend to assume that I'm short/not hairy/have a high voice because I haven't gone through puberty yet.

ethannoel

07-10-2008, 08:19 PM

Alan

07-10-2008, 09:10 PM

WHAT? I'm supposed to look YOUNGER???

I'm 19 and I REGULARLY get taken for 26+. It's SO RARE that someone doesn't go, "Oh, what? You're not 20-something yet??" unless it's in a situation where it's clear I'm not.

It might have something to do, though, with the fact that I have salt-and-pepper hair (or, individual strand bleach job, as my friend likes to say)

CaptLex

07-11-2008, 08:53 AM

yeah I get people telling me I'm younger all the time. When I'm with my girlfriend, like when I had to go to the ER, they asked her if she was my mom. They thought I was 12. Oh well, I guess when I'm 50, I'll look better than anyone else my age. Haha.

Hi Ethan and welcome :welcom:

Why don't you do an intro thread in the new members section and tell us some more about you? This way our members can welcome you properly.

Nice avatar, by the way. :winkp:

Zedster_The_Myuu

08-01-2008, 08:08 PM

I'm really curious as to how old you people think I am, based on my picture?

wanttobejoe

08-02-2008, 08:43 AM

I'm really curious as to how old you people think I am, based on my picture?

Ok, I'm going to take a shot at this. Please don't get mad if I'm way off, because I'm notoriously bad at guessing people's ages. My guess : 28

CaptLex

08-02-2008, 08:35 PM

Ok, I'm going to take a shot at this. Please don't get mad if I'm way off, because I'm notoriously bad at guessing people's ages. My guess : 28
I'm terrible too, Joe, which is why I didn't want to try. I always end up guessing too high and people get insulted.

Not gonna do it, Zed. :tongueout