I usually get mistaken for being fourteen, though I'm almost nineteen. It's only a pain when I get trouble trying to get into clubs or bars, bouncers are never satisfied with my ID 

Yeah, that can be a problem, since the basic bouncer/ID checker rule of thumb is "when in doubt, don't."

People think I'm 14 or 15, and that might be being generous; I think people not at high school think I'm younger.  But it's not that big of a deal, since I'm not an adult yet anyway.

i always get asked if i'm 14 or 15. i work at macy's and not a week passes when someone asks me why the hell my parents would sign for me to work at such an early age...i'm just like i turn 22 in january.

mex

I'm 20 and most people say I don't look too far off from that. Most people think I'm about 18ish. It helps that I'm just scraping into "average male height" at 5'8" and have a face with less-than-delicate features. Seriously having a huge nose has been a godsend

People have always said I look younger than I really am. I haven't had any issues where someone thought I was underage except maybe one time. I went to the movies and when I bought my ticket he asked "for an adult?" I may not be sure but it seemed to me like he was questioning if I was underage or not. That was weird.

Maybe it's because I haven't exactly gotten close to people outside my group of friends, but I've never had anyone comment on my age. I'm 18, 5'8", and in college. Maybe I just look it even though I'm pre-T?

Quote from: No-Name on January 13, 2010, 12:09:27 PM
Maybe it's because I haven't exactly gotten close to people outside my group of friends, but I've never had anyone comment on my age. I'm 18, 5'8", and in college. Maybe I just look it even though I'm pre-T?

Yeah, you're just one of those lucky masculine guys.

I was talking about cars once in a waiting room with this guy and at the end of the conversation he asked me if I was even old enough to drive....when I told him 18(which is actually younger than my 22, but I tend to out myself if I reveal I'm over 20), he laughed and said he thought I was 13. The height probably doesn't help .

I was also approached by a bunch of 14-15 yr old kids that were looking to buy cigarettes. One of them ran up, shouted "hey kid" and asked my age. I lied about my age again, saying 18, but he didn't hear me and replied, "you said 13?" ....so apparently I even clock young to young teens. But at least I'm uniformly getting read as a boy now, and sometimes even on the phone.

22, and just shy of 4 months on T.

If anyone has any tips that might make me look closer to UPPER teens, please let me know.

I pass as a boy, but sometimes, they want me to show an ID to get into things that clearly states SEX: F, but clearly looks like me.

Sometimes it's nice, though, cos kids (12 and under) get things cheaper.

Man, are all transguys short? That bites!

Quote from: Call Me Joe on January 13, 2010, 10:08:51 PM
Man, are all transguys short? That bites!

Depends on what you consider short. Transguys who go through female puberty almost certainly end up five inches shorter than they would if they developed as males.

Quote from: Call Me Joe on January 13, 2010, 10:08:51 PMMan, are all transguys short? That bites!

I'm 5'7". That's kind of middle ground I guess for both sexes.

Last week I went to a shop with an MtF friend of mine.
I'm almost 26, and she is 29.
The clerk thought that I was her son. 

(Well, I'm not on T, while my friend is on HRT from months. But anyway...  )

Heck yes...This happens to be all the time. I work as a busser so I go up to get drinks. Well I can get beers at age 20 but I just cannot drink them (well you know) ha. Well every time I go up to a table there is ALWAYS somebody that ask how old I am. Which is 20. They ALWAYS drop there mouth. The lowest age I have gotten was 11 as well. It sometime makes me mad but I get those ladies that are a lot older, that are always saying stuff like "Your really going to be cute when your older" lol. I do pass as a dude and I'm not on T yet but yeah I always get a lot younger than I am. Like everybody was saying....Hopefully T will catch our looks up to our age.

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Quote from: Call Me Joe on January 13, 2010, 10:08:51 PM
I pass as a boy, but sometimes, they want me to show an ID to get into things that clearly states SEX: F, but clearly looks like me.

Sometimes it's nice, though, cos kids (12 and under) get things cheaper.

Man, are all transguys short? That bites!

HAHA your awesome. I never thought about that!!

& I don't know..I'm 5'5 guess thats short but my girlfriend is like 5'1 something like that so it fits. ha 

I am 5' 3 3/4" without shoes, so at least 5' 4 1/2" with shoes (well, sneakers!).  I am about an inch shorter than my brother, who is about 5' 5".

I work with the public and there are many guys shorter than I am who come into my place of employment.  Does it bother me?  No. 

The only place it seems to matter is online dating sites.  If I put my true height, nobody contacts me.  If I put that I'm taller, I get lots of emails (not that I actually ever go on dates from online services! LOL.... I call it social research!  Well, I am a writer....).


Jay

I don't tend to pass but people still think i'm way younger than i am.  I'm thirty and was a mature student at uni up until last year.  Everyone thought i was eighteen/nineteen like my friends    Mind you i don't really feel old - maybe that's to do with not actually having really grown up yet 

Quote from: Arch on January 12, 2010, 04:16:46 AM
I've been frozen for so long that I actually feel as if I'm much younger than I am. Do any of you younger guys feel that way?

Yes, actually. I thought it was just me being odd and refusing to grow up.

When I resumed being myself, everything else also resumed from exactly where it was when I went closet case.


Back to thread..... 

I look young, I know that much. I don't know how old I look, but I've been told that I sure as hell don't look anything like 25.

I generally know when I've "passed" - I'm opening my wallet and getting out my ID at the time (Which is fun when it's got the right details on it  ).

I find myself looking forward to T bringing a few years of rapid aging with it. I don't see myself as a boy... I see myself as a fully fledged man! I can't wait for the effects to build up long term.