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\nSometimes the internet tends to humble you quickly. This is why, posing questions to strangers online, is not for the faint of heart. If you post content online, people will think they can leave whatever comments they want and it is warranted.\n
This woman thought she would pose a simple question to the internet; how old do I look? A question that came from general curiosity that most of us have\u2026 turned into a life lesson not just for her but for everyone on the internet.\n
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Keep reading to learn more about what transpired\u2026\n A woman posted a video on TikTok and asked viewers a simple question; to guess her age. However, nothing could have prepared her for the answers she received which she simply said were \u2018wild.\u2019\n Emily Jane posted a video of herself sans makeup and social media filters and asked people to guess how old she was. She was shocked to see that some thought she was in her forties, her fifties, while some even thought she was in her sixties!\n \u201cI\u2019m 56, my guess is that you are close to 47,\u201d one commenter wrote.\n \u201cI\u2019m 42. I\u2019d guess you\u2019re around 51,\u201d another person pondered.\n \u201cA really attractive 42, and I\u2019m 29,\u201d someone shared.\n The answer that took the cake for Emily was one commenter who thought she was 58 years old.\n \u201cDo I genuinely look like I\u2019m nearly 60? Like I\u2019m nearly at retirement age? Do I actually look that old?\u201d she asked in a follow-up video.\n A lot of people of course also thought she was in her thirties and a few thought she was still in her twenties as well. The guesses were of a wide range.\n Emily however, was shocked at people who guessed she was so old and finally revealed the truth about her age.\n \u201cI turned 36 last week, so only just 36,\u201d she said.\n And she is well aware of why people think shes older, its because she has stopped dying her naturally grey hair.\n \u201cI\u2019ve had grey hair for quite some time now and it is a natural grey. I started going grey around 19, and people think because I\u2019ve got grey hair, I\u2019m over 50,\u201d she said in her video.\n She said even with her grey hair, she was shocked people were guessing she was older.\n She said in the original video, that the eyebags she had were a result of sleepless nights because of having a newborn baby. She also said she wore no makeup or filters which might have given people pause, but in her opinion she looked totally normal.\n \u201cI\u2019ve never had any work done. This is my face, and this is what I look like, and I think this is what most people my age would look like without a filter,\u201d she shared.\n She theorized in her video that peoples\u2019 guesses for her age had less to do with her and more to do with how social media has conditioned people to view women.\n She said that these days most people do not know what a woman looks like naturally since social media promotes cosmetic interventions and the use of filters to alter appearances.\n \u201cI think it is essential to remember that what you see on social media and what you see on television or what you\u2019ve seen in magazines, and people have said this for years, it is not real. What\u2019s your take?\u201d she asked.\n \u201cDo you think we have a warped perception of age based on what we\u2019ve been exposed to on social media?\u201d she asked her viewers.\n Some people however did not agree with her and said it was just her grey hair that was aging her.\n \u201c36 going on 60. It probably is the hair that ages you but you are still very gorgeous,\u201d one person wrote.\n \u201cI think you look your age. I think it\u2019s people\u2019s perception that we only get white hair when we age. They can\u2019t get past it,\u201d another added in argument.\n \u201cIt is just the hair that ages you. Your skin looks great,\u201d someone shared. Whatever the case might be, Emily Jane seems to be happy just the way she is! Share this story with others to see if they can guess her age right!\n Source: newsner\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sometimes the internet tends to humble you quickly. 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\nWhile another person added, \u201cI think people get confused by a younger person feeling comfortable growing their gray hair out.\u201d\n