I remember being 28/29 in the 1980s & people in their late teens & early 20s (both male & female) acting shocked when they found out my age. Typical comments were, "But you look so good!" and "You must live in a refrigerator."

Once I turned 30, I dated a lot of hot guys who were 20-23, so obviously the view that others of their age had about "older" women was not universal. When I finally married at age 36, it was to another hot guy nearly 8 years younger. But none of his friends - or our kids - ever noticed the age difference. When for one reason or another one of his friends found out, they were flabbergasted.

In situations when I had to use my passport or driver's license, my kids when they were young would remark in alarm that my DOB year was wrong & always blamed the government for making a mistake. This wasn't coz I ever overtly lied to them, but coz they simply (& sexistly) assumed I must have been born the same or an earlier year as their father. I never disabused them of this notion coz I thought the whole thing was hilarious, & I am evil & duplicitous.

When I became eligible for Medicare due to old age, they were like, "How can this be, you're only 57 or 58!" So I finally 'fessed up that I am in fact rather older than they thought. They were pissed & still are. LOL

On FaceBook, I chose the earliest birth year option available - which when I signed up was 1910. So in FB years, I am 111.