What does it mean when someone call you a "you look like a big kid"

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2 of my coworker told to me that I look like a big kid... when I asked her she told me she can't explain it. Might be because of my brace that what she said. I'm really confused right now. Are they telling me I'm acting like a kid?

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Specializes in Dialysis.

I don't know, but they were rude to say it. If you actually care about their opinion, you are probably really hurt.

They might be talking about your appearance.

-How do you wear your hair? Does it suit your age?

-Do you wear clothes that fit you well? Baggy or really tight clothes make you look awkward.

-Are you confident? Awkward mannerisms make you seem immature.

That is all I can think of.

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I don't know if you are a male or female. If you are male maybe you have a kid type haircut or something, or just sort of cute.

If you are female, I have no idea what it would mean.:o

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you probably just look like a big kid. :uhoh3:

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Specializes in Critical Care, Clinical Documentation Specialist.

I don't think it is your behavior or personal style but perhaps your brace looks big on you. If you are petite you may look dwarfed by your brace... and they just mentally associated it with a child that is wearing something too large for them. I don't think they meant anything about the way you act at all, Datu.

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Specializes in Emergency/Cath Lab.

They called you fat.

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.

I would be flattered, at this point in my life, if someone said that I looked like a big kid. American society tends to value youth, not old age.

I am 30 years old. I can recall feeling slightly annoyed last year when one of my elderly patients asked if my children were grown. For me to possibly have grown kids, I would have had to become pregnant at ages 9, 10, or 11.

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Thanks for the reply guys~ , I will have my brace remove soon! :)

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what the heck is a brace? I thought that was a typo for braces.

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Teeth brace :) I'm kinda too old for having brace. Probably my brace makes me look like a kid, hahahahah

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.
Teeth brace :) I'm kinda too old for having brace. Probably my brace makes me look like a kid, hahahahah
My coworker is in her 60s and wears braces on her teeth. Guess what? She still looks older, as if she is sixty-something.
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must be a redneck thing. Do you have like 1 tooth?

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