In my mid 30s and I look about 18....

[MichaelKnight]

Basically, I'm in my mid-30s but I look like I'm a teenager. (You're going to have to take my word for it because I'm not going to post a pic.) People generally tell me that I look like I'm around 17 or 18. The problem is I can't "smash the 17 and 18 year olds" because a) I'm not really attracted to girls who are that young and b) it probably would get me run out of town if I was f**king some guy's teenaged daughter. So throw that idea out.

When I approach girls in their mid-20s in real life, they think I'm some kid. It's not about "confidence level," it's literally that they see me and see a little kid. It would be like if some confident woman who was 28 came up to you but looked like she was 14. You're not going to f**k her because she looks like she's 14 (or at least I wouldn't). Online, women think I'm posting a "fake pic" or one that is from when I was a teenager. Any suggestions for solutions to this or has anyone else experienced this and gotten over it somehow? I can't just wait until I look older because I've looked pretty much the same since I was in college. Even my friends say so. (By the way, yes, I know it's a great "problem" to look young, but I'm just saying it stops me from getting into a relationship.