When you’re young, you want to look older. But by the time people start truly aging, they have a tendency to
want to look young again.
The grass is always greener…
But the people in this slideshow have no choice – they look far younger than their actual age – and they don’t always love it.
While it might seem ideal to the rest of us to look 20 when you’re 40, these folks truly embody the “baby face” look.
Try to guess how old they are:
1. Ready for the first look
He’s the groom, not the bride’s little brother!
He looks way too young and the bad haircut isn’t helping – or the chubby cheeks, for that matter.
So apparently this childlike adult is old enough to be a teacher. I hope he’s teaching very young children, or else he’s getting no respect.
This really isn’t a member of the Belgian parliament. It was take your kid to work day and he was just sitting in dad’s chair, right?
Wrong.
4. A little something to throw you off
Ok, how about the opposite now. This is a 14 year-old-girl.
Bet you thought she was older, right? In her own words, she looks like a 40-year-old Russian housewife named Valenka.
It’s hard to believe, but there is only 2 years between these two. But those troublesome teenage years of puberty are different for everyone, so we hope junior caught up and filled out.
Here’s a prime example of a teacher who looks young enough to be one of his students.
That’s a full-grown man, right? Wrong! He’s a 15-year-old dressed up for Halloween as an Agent of Shield.
This dad was only 19 at the time this shot was taken! Is it the mustache that ages him or the lack of sleep?
9. You haven’t changed a bit
Cute kid.
Now a kid, you say? Well, he is 27. He just stopped aging at 17.
This is a page of 8th graders from an old yearbook. Did this guy get held back every year for about a decade or two, or was there in the water where he lived?
11. Masterchef contestant
He looks like a chubby teen, doesn’t he? But no.
He’s in training to be a police officer and he auditioned for Masterchef.
Nice picture of some 20 something with her 20 something sisters and her parents. Actually, no. That is a picture of a 12-year-old and her sisters and parents. And yes, the 12-year-old is on the left.
13. Someone get a pic at 60
This is actor Jason Earles. He’s 28 in the picture on the right and he’s 42 in the picture to the left. And he’s probably still getting carded.
How old do you think she is? She is a Japanese news anchor. And wait for it… She is 50 years old!
How old do you have to be to get married without a signature from your parents? Because it’s very hard to believe this guy is 26.
We thought he was the ring-bearer, but he’s the groom.
16. I bet she gets carded
She’s 22. And the more I look at this picture, the less I can believe it. There doesn’t seem to be anything about her that says 22 years old
Look at that baby face. Without the hair, no one would believe how old he was.
Is he part vampire? He writes manga, so maybe that’s what keeps him young. Whatever it is, he certainly looks younger than his age.
19. This Jeopardy contestant
I’m sure there’s a minimum age to be on the show, so he must be older than he looks. And that coral-colored suit isn’t helping matters.
Does this not look like a mini George Costanza? And the weirdness doesn’t end there. This could be a little boy or a middle-aged man.
Can you guess who is mom and who is the daughter? Don’t worry, I’ll tell you. The daughter is in the middle. But mom looks far too young to be her mother.
Wow. Just wow. 15 and 6’4”, 200 lbs. He had to move from Hawaii to Nashville, which meant a change in schools. Everyone avoided him because they thought he was an undercover cop.
23. Just a girl and her rabbit
She’s a kid, right? Not very tall, probably hasn’t hit that growth spurt at about 13. Wrong, she’s 22 and never had a growth spurt.
Wait. What? That’s right, she may look like she should be celebrating her 18th birthday, but she is a 50-year-old woman with children.
Okay, he’s of age and he’s cute. But I’m pretty sure we would be tailed by suspicious cops thinking I’m taking advantage of a 12-year-old.
But there he is with one of the members of Creed at a dispensary. A cannibals dispensary. He’s actually 21.
27. When you need to advertise
Poor guy. It got to the point where he got so sick of people thinking he was a kid, he needed to wear a sign. He’s 24. Of course, the pink hair probably doesn’t help.
That was probably the face of glee, but the camera caught something else. A constipated senior wearing a bad wig.
Well, according to the button, she’s old enough to vote. According to her ID, she is 37 years old. I think her ID must be fake.
In some cases, there is no denying that looking younger than your years is a good thing. But often, it just sucks when people don’t believe you.
31. It’s the Gerber baby!
Okay, he’s a little older than the Gerber baby, but that is still a baby face. The face just doesn’t go with the whole bodybuilder look, unfortunately for him. Of course, he’s probably building muscle to offset his face.
This really does look like a picture of her younger self. This is Zeynep Tufekci. She is a professor with a degree in sociology and writes for the
New York Times.
16 or 17, right? Sitting there all cool and trendy on her parents’ front step. Nope. She’s 35 and that’s probably her own front step.
This is Millie Bobby Brown from the show Stranger Things. So maybe it makes sense that this 16-year-old looks like a 40-year-old real estate agent.
No, that’s not an older sibling walking the little kids to school. That is their teacher. And he is 23 years old.
36. She’s not as she appears
At a quick glance she could pass as someone’s mom, right? Somewhere in her 30’s and settled in life. Nope, she’s 15.
What do you look for in a lawyer, should you ever need one? You probably want someone a little scary and sharklike. Someone who can fight for you. Not someone who looks like they are 12.
38. She’s older than you think
A sweet-faced teenage girl, right? Actually, she is 32 in this photo. She had 3 degrees behind her and was starting her doctorate at Johns Hopkins when this was taken.
Are you looking at a child’s birthday party or an early retirement party for a 50-year-old woman? People truly don’t know and the poster did not give an answer!
I’m sure all the women desperately trying to cover their grey shake their heads at the ash grey trend that was huge for a while with much younger people. But even the grey doesn’t help age this 25-year-old.
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When you’re young, you want to look older. But by the time people start truly aging, they have a tendency to
want to look young again.
The grass is always greener…
But the people in this slideshow have no choice – they look far younger than their actual age – and they don’t always love it.
While it might seem ideal to the rest of us to look 20 when you’re 40, these folks truly embody the “baby face” look.
Try to guess how old they are: