What are you oftenly mistaken as?
 

I'm oftenly mistaken as:

*A 12 year old (I'm small and don't wear make-up that often).
*An introvert (I'm quiet around people who I don't know well or uncomfortable with). That couldn't further from the truth, I love being around people, I'm just shy at times.
*Hispanic, Arabic, Indian, or as a Pacific Islander (Don't ask, I can't answer, because I see no resemblances).
*Stuck-up (probably related to the second one).
*Really smart.
*Or, really dumb.
*Non-agressive.
*Bulemic/anorexic (kinda skinny). That also is far from the truth, when I'm not stressed, I eat a lot! I just have a very good metabolism. Also, when I go to the restroom after I eat, it's to wash my hands (I hate greasy/sticky fingers), not to vomit. :rolleyes:

People always say I am younger than my sister, and she's 3 years younger.
I guess I'll be happy when I'm 30 and get mistaken for 27!
lol,
M

That happens to me now! lol! I am so happy when people think that I am the youngest when I am actually the oldest by one and almost four years. :D

freshly shaven, i can't buy cigarettes without being carded.

People think i'm 21, eventhough I'm 26. It's a good thing though.

When on the phone sometimes I get called ma'am or they ask if my parents are home :( :confused: so I talk with deeper voice now. Sometimes I forget myself though and my voice gets high. People make fun of me for it.

The key words being MISTAKEN for...

Age-I look younger than I am.

Ethnicity-I am not as dark as when I was younger, but I've been asked if I was Indian, Creole, Spanish, just plain "foreign". The term frequently used was exotic. (I'm a mix of German, French and Irish)

Anti-establishement- Well, yes and no. It drives people WILD when they think something is sooooooooo important and to you, it's rather trite. I'm not ANTI too many things. I just have different priorities.

A Democrat-I argue for the "little" people, so I guess I really AM ANTIestablishment! LOL:D

I am mistaken for...
 

...Being 16. It's okay, I don't mind it, but I think some people do it just to be annoying. :rolleyes:

...Moroccan. I don't know why.

...Conservative. I don't understand this one either--I grew up in a really tight area of the country, but my parents aren't very conservative at all. When I came to school, based on my dress alone (think Charlotte from SATC), a lot of people thought I was going to be some super-conservative. They were surprised.

I'm sometimes mistaken for being Hispanic, Italian, or Indian (as in, from India).

I'm often mistaken for being a couple of years older than I am. This was sweet when I was 19 or 20 and wanted to order a drink ;) but now it's not quite as pleasant... :(

I'm mistaken for :

-age: when I turned 23, I had more people tell me that I looked 15, 18, and 19. People at the hospital would ask me if I was old enough to work there. On a flight, a flight attendant asked if I was over 15, because I was sitting in the exit isle. :rolleyes:

-ethnicity: people, just because I live in Texas and have brown hair and olive skin does not mean I'm Hispanic!! I have nothing against Hispanics, but I am sick people at work assuming I speak Spanish and looking shocked when I tell them I can't. I'm Italian dammit, we have olive complexions, too :rolleyes:

Ok, thats about it...:)

Some misconceptions about me...

- I am from the Northeast...because being in the South and not having a southern accent, people assume that you must be from the northeast. Most people assume Philly for some reason. :confused:

- I am Hispanic. Especially when I am around my roommate because we speak Spanish when we don't want people to understand (not the best idea, being in Florida, lol).

Ummm...there are more, but I will have to try to remember.

just the other day i was buying a pack of ciggies for one of my friends. After i showed him my ID guy behind the counter said he thought i was a 13 yr old trying to buy ciggies. I almost cried !!!

People always think I'm Italian or Greek (I'm Cuban).
I'm usually mistaken for being younger as well.

I think we must be twins!! :) I get the same thing all the time...both the age and the ethnicity. I had a doctor ask me if I was a high school volunteer!! Umm....no...I am a college graduate look at my badge.

I have been mistaken for being shy as well. Not really shy but more reserved. I'm only quiet when I'm uncomfortable and completely out of my element...I'm usually pretty talkative. A lot of people that think I'm this way are the ones that are most shocked if they see me out drinking or if they hear me use "less than lady-like" language. They're like "wow...you're pretty fun...I had no idea you were cool." :rolleyes: I made good grades in college as well and people assumed that I must have stayed home all the time and studied. No, I didn't...I had a very full social schedule, thank you. Just because someone makes good grades and isn't always trying to be the center of attention doesn't mean they're a bookworm or not fun. Ugh.

Mistakes people make about me:

Ethnicity - I am often mistaken for being Greek, Jewish or Middle-Eastern. I guess it's the dark hair and eyes. I am actually Italian/Polish.

Age - Telemarketers are always asking to speak to my mom because I have a little girl-ish voice.

They sometimes think I'm a teenage mom - When we first moved to the area, we lived in a hotel suite that didn't have on-site laundry so I took my then 5-month old daughter with me to the laundromat. I had no makeup on and wasn't wearing my wedding ring and was sitting there waiting for my clothes to dry when an older woman came up to me and gave me a flier advertising free classes young, unwed mothers could take to study for the G.E.D.

I'm a Democrat - Because I grew up in Pittsburgh in a family of union members, people often assume I am a Democrat which is about as far from the truth as you can get

I'm mistaken for being younger than I am ( 5 years younger). I went to pick up my brothers last week from their freshman orientation (high school) and the mom volunteers said that I needed to pick up my schedule before i cuold go in. They apologized to me when I told them I was a sophomore in college though. It might be nice when i'm 34 and still look like i'm in my 20's...

Many folks think I'm either Native American or Mexican..

I'm neither.... It was much worse when I had long hair.

It's all due to my heritage I was told it was the "Black Dutch" in my family...

A Garth Brooks lookalike. :rolleyes: Yeah, minus the 300 lbs of fat on his ass.

A 17 year oold. I get carded all the time. Am now getting to the age where I get offended if they dont card me. lol.

People thought my dad was lation. He was german, just with dark features.

People often think my sister andf I are identical twins. I am all, "Um, HAVE you ever had a science class. Shes a girl, I am a guy. theres no possible way we could be identical twins. Even if we were fraternal twins we could look just as alike as we do now, being born 4 years apart.

People think my oldest sister (by 20 years) is my mom. We do look alike, so since shes older, peeps be thinkin she my momma. lol

Mistaken for...
 

I have sometimes been mistaken for an intelligent lifeform.

I am 23, but I look younger and I teach high school. Parents still get me confused with the students. I know I'm not that much older than them, but they wear a uniform. I should stick out like a sore thumb :)

I got carded for a rated R movie last year. Talk about embarrassing!

For some reason, people think I have asian features. I'm german-scottish know of no one in my heritage that was asian. It has to be the dark hair and eyes.

My students also think I am a democrat because I like to play devil's advocate. I just want them to be able to intelligently articulate why and what they believe, even when they may have go against the crowd.

People think I'm younger than I really am (just turned 21 in June!) All the freshmen have been out in full force on Fraternity Row and I've been joking to my friends saying they probably think I'm a freshman too (I'm a senior). But my friends say that I don't seem like a freshman because of the way I carry myself. Even though most people think I'm younger than I look, there have been a few instances when people think I'm older than I am because of the way I carry myself. Shortly after I was initiated I was out with a bunch of my pledge sisters. I was talking to an ATO and I told him my age. He was like, "Whoa I thought you were one of the older sisters taking out the new girls!" That made me happy!

People also think I'm more prissy than I really am...I guess it's because I dress very trendy and am always very put together...they think I'm not athletic. It bothers me sometimes because I'm very athletic (when I want to be--just whipped my friend, a Theta Chi, in racquetball) (played basketball for 5 years and softball for 4 years before high school and then ran track and cross country all 4 years of high school).

i always get told that i look older than i am...dunno why.. and i also get told that i look like one or both of my parents - - not so!! i'm adopted!

people tell me i look like jennifer lopez all the time

LoL.. ok not really

lol! I've been told that I look like Nicole Kidman or Geena Davis. Usually, it is by very drunk men. ;)

lol cream

sometimes people think im older than i am (which is 20). this happened in high school too. i was a freshman in high school and my friends and i went to a football game. well, i started talking to this girl that was a senior. it was going well until my buddy said i was a freshman, that totally ruined things, she thought i was at least a junior :(

damn
 

Once I told a girl she looked like Cameron Diaz. She didn't, but her friend looked like Sloth from Goonies.

-Rudey
--I always compare people to actors from the Goonies. If you're like Chunk or Sloth, the closest you'll get to me is by sleeping with my landlord.

Mine would be age. I'm 23 but I been told i look like 16/17/18. As for carding, I always have my ID out because I know they will ask. One time I wasn't carded, I was like hell yeah :) LOL Oh another story, when I was senior in high school, I was getting graduation stuff, the sales lady asked if I was graduating grammer school. I was like No, I'm graduating HIGH SCHOOL, thank you very much. I just think of it, when I'm 35, I'll look like 25, so its all good

- Under the age of 15 when I'm in my most comfortable outfit: No makeup, overalls, white t-shirt...

- That I look like the spitting image of Lucy Lui... frankly, I don't think I look anything like Lucy Lui, although she's a really beautiful actress and everything. Sometimes I think that its because she's really one of the few Asian women in the media so everyone automatically associates me with her.

XOXO,
Annie.

I'm 26 and everyone that doesn't know me thinks that I'm 18 or 19. You should see their jaw drop when I tell them my age and that I'm married. It's actually pretty funny.

i'm usually confused for...
 

someone that gives a damn. people always want to tell me their problems and talk about the most boring BS.

Re: i'm usually confused for...
 

Dammit, you beat me to the punch. I was going to say that :p

I am often mistaken as Tara Reid... no, not really. Just kidding!

Someone who has a few screws loose in the head. :rolleyes:

I guess I can appear that way if someone doesn't know me that well. Or, knows me TOO well. :D

On the phone, everyone thinks I'm my mom.

People think I'm Swedish. I'm not. I'm Polish/German. That's not too outlandish, I guess.

And stupid. I partied a lot in college. I don't always have the most eloquent of speech. (I just don't feel the need at times *shrugs*). This bugs the crap outta me :

Them: "Oh....*YOU* got a 4.0??!!!"

What I would like to say: "Yeah, D.A. I did. While you were studying your little head off for a B, I got an A with a hangover. So nyah!"