Do you feel older or younger for your age?
Growing up, I have always looked younger than my age—slim body, innocent face, tiny voice. I had to speak loudly before someone could hear me lol, compared to other people my age. When I graduated from secondary school, people hardly believed I wasn't still a secondary school student, and when I entered higher institutions their belief that I should be in secondary school didn't change much. People would initially treat me like a small girl until they had an engagement with me beyond my physical appearance. And they would be like, wow, aren't you a bit more mature than your age? I usually smile and let things slide.
I love this look and body of mine. In a world where people spend so much money on supplements and even surgery to look younger, I kind of feel lucky, you know. But on the downside, sometimes it makes people underestimate me until I have to prove my worth. There are times this exposes me to bullies who think they can ride over me, but it's always fun putting such people in their place hehe.
Few months to my wedding, I had sent an invite to one of our new family friends, and he was in shock as to why a girl who should still be in school would be thinking about marriage, and when I told him I graduated six years earlier, he found it so hard to believe.
Immediately after the pregnancy of my son, I gained some weight which made me look more mature than my usual look. I remember people treating me with a bit more respect back then, and then a few months into breastfeeding, all the fat was gone. That was when I would meet someone for the first time and they wouldn't be able to tell if I'm married or not. Most people would just assume I'm just a girl who still lives under the care of her parents lol. It's funny 🤣 how people can just assume things like that by looking at physical appearance. They might have thought the wedding ring on my finger was for fashion lol.
There was a time my youngest brother, who I senior with nine good years, visited me for the first time in this town, and people who I hadn't introduced him to would first assume he was my elder brother 😂, while those people who didn't know my husband used to think we were couples until I told them who he is to me. And they would be like, what 🙄?
How do I feel about this mentally?
I do not let my worth be determined by my physical appearance. Inside of me, I feels young and lively when I think about my age. I feel it's cool, I enjoy looking younger than my age on the outside while I focus my inner energy on growing and adding values to my life. I believe this look of mine has to do with my family gene, as some of my siblings look this kind of way, plus I do my best to eat healthy in order to maintain the young look, as I intend to enjoy this look as long as I can.
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