A WOMAN who insists she always gets mistaken for a high-schooler has found herself brutally humbled.
Courtney Petri, believed to be from the US, took to TikTok to proudly show off her youthful looks – but the response was not the one she was after.
According to the fashionista, who reckons she looks a whole decade younger, strangers always fail at guessing her true age, with many allegedly assuming she hasn’t even graduated from school yet.
”I always get mistaken for a high-schooler,” the woman recently revealed in a video.
All chuffed with her looks, the brunette beauty uploaded a clip where she claimed she’s often said to look under 18, despite being almost 30.
”Is somebody gonna match my freak? Is 27 but looks 17.”
Unfortunately for the style lover, who was sporting a sleek half-updo, the comments were anything but kind, as TikTok users quickly pointed out that it wasn’t necessarily the case, in their eyes.
Thousands flocked to share their initial guesses – and sadly, many insisted that not only did Courtney not look 17, but that she also appeared to be older.
”You don’t look a day under 37,” wrote one meanie, as 68k others gave the comment a like.
Another agreed, writing: ”More like is 27 years old, looks 37.”
Someone else joked: ”17 years until retirement.”
A fourth noted that perhaps with the ”high school” remark people had referred to something else – the staff at school.
”A high school teacher maybe…”
After taking the internet by storm for all the wrong reasons, the style lover uploaded another clip where she hit back at the trolls.
”Y’all need to chill out – my age is not even that serious.
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”My entire life people have told me I looked younger than my age, probably because I’m really short,” claimed Courtney, who added that on average she gets mistaken for a 21-year-old.
”I was definitely dramatic when I put 17 – but regardless, y’all need to chill out.”
Speaking of youthful looks, one woman, who’s about to ”enter the workforce”, recently hit headlines after allegedly being ID’ed to buy a hot dog.
”I gave her [the lady at the till] my credit card and she goes ‘Oh no, honey, you’re gonna need your mum or dad to pay for that’.”
Despite emphasis that the payment method was, in fact, her credit card, the lady at the till refused to believe the foodie and even demanded to see her ID card.
”I know I’m gonna be thankful to look young in a few decades from now on – but right now, I really want to look 20,” the woman moaned.
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