How to look older?

[Gonzo]

Here's the problem. I'm 28 going on 29. I still look like I'm 20. People ask me all the time if I'm a student... I get asked to show ID when at a bar or buying a bottle of wine... I've been told I look like a work experience kid, I look 14 years old, I look like that kid from Home Alone... I've found working in the internet industry ok because people expect you to be young. But still, I feel sometimes no one takes me seriously because I look too young...

Suggestions please on how to look older!

I have always had the same problem.

A couple of years ago, I thought that glasses might be the answer. But when I found out how much they cost I ruled them out.

The irony is that I had an eye test this week and I now need to wear them.

[ferret]

Do as Shane McGowan does. Drink, smoke and take drugs as much as possible. You will look 50 by the time you hit 30.

[miffy]

Do as Shane McGowan does. Drink, smoke and take drugs as much as possible. You will look 50 by the time you hit 30.

Sound advice!

You could also eat loads (lots of fatty, sugary and starchy foods) and combine that with a bit of smoking. A bit more weight helps you look older too.

[Diver]

Short trousers and the snotty lip don't help much

[Gonzo]

Do as Shane McGowan does. Drink, smoke and take drugs as much as possible. You will look 50 by the time you hit 30.

I tried all that!

And I still got refused a drink at a pub in Brighton last year. I am 36

[beaker]

Short trousers and the snotty lip don't help much

You're a funny dude

[Diver]

You're a funny dude

The juvenile mentality/sense of humor has always been a hindrance to me too

[Denny]

Here's the problem. I'm 28 going on 29. I still look like I'm 20. People ask me all the time if I'm a student... I get asked to show ID when at a bar or buying a bottle of wine... I've been told I look like a work experience kid, I look 14 years old, I look like that kid from Home Alone... I've found working in the internet industry ok because people expect you to be young. But still, I feel sometimes no one takes me seriously because I look too young...

Suggestions please on how to look older!

Throw away your iPod. Instead, nick your grandads bus pass and Derby and Jones membership card and display them conspicuously on tables and bar tops. Buy a walking stick and bend over to walk, wear tweed suits, braces and a trilby and punctuate your discussions with 'when I were a lad' or 'during the war we had to make do and mend' or 'people don't know they're born these days and 'I wish they'd turn that racket down and put on Des O Connor' at club nights out with your mates.

[Diver]

Just go to these places with an older woman.

When they say "how old are you" avoid at all costs, pointing to the woman and saying "Ask my mum"

[beaker]

Just go to these places with an older woman.

When they say "how old are you" avoid at all costs, pointing to the woman and saying "Ask my mum"

This reminds me... a mate of mine is 38 but looks only a bit older than me. A few years ago a tradesman knocks on his door and says to him "Can you get your mum for me", he yells out "Mum!" then his wife (who's even younger than him) comes to the door and the tradesman asks to her to show him what he needs to fix. He never even guessed.