Hi all! I tend to get this very strange problem, and it makes me uncomfortable.

I'm 18, and I cant really tell how old a girl is just by the look, and I end up approaching girls around 5 years older than me.

Nonetheless, the girls around my age are usually immature and annoy me, so I like the older ones.

The funny thing is that I'm rocking a full grown beard (Nicely shaped and trimmed) but still the fullest beard of anyone I've seen on my age, so girls assume I'm older. Even when I approach older girls, they think that I'm older than them. I guess that the way I dress adds to that, cause I'm usually wearing coats, brogues, blazers etc.

So we get to the problem. Girls expect me to be a different person than I'm cause of my appearance.

It's not like I'm not mature, I pay my bills, I pay for my studies, I'm investing my income. But somehow my age is my biggest insecurity and it's bad for my game.

I still live at home, and I don't drive. I have a good fulltime job and I study which is good, but I still don't really feel mature when I'm living at home. When I have to take a girl home, I usually can cause my family has 3 apartments in the same city, and usually 1 of them should be available.

So question is do I fake it all and lie that I'm older? Or just be genuine with who I am?