Grown DUers, do you ever get mistaken for a child or teen on the phone?

[GreenPartyVoter]

I have a voice like Minnie Mouse, so yeah, it happens to me. x(

Sadly, I have made that mistake with other people on the phone. (You'd think I'd know better, but no.)

[Jennicut]

1. I get mistaken for a teenager in person...and I am 33!

I still get carded too, when I go out. And I went to the DMV with my Dad as I was taking over his car that he was giving to me and the person there thought I was 17 or 18. Heh. I have spent most of my adulthood trying to look older. Its runs in my family. My mother once answered her door at 25 and was asked where her parents were. Oh well, I will look damn good at 60, that is for sure...or at least I hope.

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. :^D

[Maine-ah]

12. me too, and I'm 35.

I'm enjoying it though. :)

[Haole Girl]

3. I used to, in my 20's

Now people think I'm in my 20's, but I'm 47. So, there is hope for you! lol :hug:

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. Well, I certainly don't look like a kid. But maybe, just maybe, my voice will get deeper. Or perhaps

it will just skip to that elderly quaver?

[Haole Girl]

7. I think the two most important things for preserving one's voice are:

Not smoking & not straining it too much.

[crim son]

4. No.

I do get mistaken for a man, however.

[GreenPartyVoter]

6. That probably never will happen to me, but mainly because I

look permanently preggo. x(

[crim son]

8. Laughing. I don't get mistaken for a man in PERSON!

:rofl: I have a low voice... people make the mistake on the phone. Oh my! :rofl:

[GreenPartyVoter]

10. D'oh! LOL I was just replying to someone who was talking about "in person" and forgot

that you were answering my original question.

So, do you have a Kathleen Turner huskiness or what? :D

[crim son]

14. More like Winnie-The-Pooh on steroids.

That's also true in person. :P

[TZ]

9. Yep.

Minnie mouse voice here as well.

[GreenPartyVoter]

11. I deejayed on the high school radio station, and one time after reading the news my BF

told me I had sounded like Strawberry Shortcake. :cry:

[hobbit709]

13. My wife is constantly mistaken for a man on the phone

[SacredCow]

15. No, but even into my 20's I'd sometimes be mistaken for a woman...

Not anymore though- my voice has changed more in my 30's than it did at puberty. I can almost sing in Johnny Cash registers, though my actual speaking voice isn't quite that deep.

[tabbycat31]

16. yes, and my high pitched voice does not help

[KamaAina]

18. I'll bet your tabby likes it, though

kind of like a meow.

[tabbycat31]

21. sometimes he does

actually I was out of town for most of this week and my parents had Tabby. He missed me and was not mad at me for leaving him this time around.

[cherish44]

17. I'm in my 40s and I get "Is your Mommy there?" once in awhile

No. My mommy lives across town :) Edit: I also get mistaken for my 12 year old daughter when answering the phone all the time

[Moondog]

19. No, I've been a serious baritone since I was 13.

[Iggo]

20. Nope.

I use my manly-man voice on the phone.

Very authoritative. Almost announcer-like.

[_dynamicdems]

22. Yes. It's amusing.

People younger than I am are always calling me "honey" or "dear" because they think I'm a teen.

I'm over 50 so this is really funny. Admittedly, sometimes I play to it if I'm avoiding a call or if I want to garner sympathy when dealing with an irate customer. :7