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"Otoh, looking younger, as I do, is kinda nice..."

Yeah, same here. Although this has not been something that people have complimented me with until I was about 18 or 19 (which I suppose is kind of understandable, as I was no more a tardy grower than my peers and was a fully-grown young adult by the time I was 12). But certainly ever since my late teens/early 20s so many amazed people have told me how I'm (apparently) the youngest looking individual they have ever seen in their life and have asked me if they could purchase my so called "fountain of youth" elixir, lol. They ask me the "secret" but I just don't know what that might be. Strangely enough, in spite of all this, I have still always felt a strong sense of "feeling too old", and feeling quite self-conscious about that. This is the irony of it all.

"And since I refuse to interact / not to interact on the basis of age alone, that too helps me stay young by virtue of my social circle expanding ever to younger people."

Some people think that one key to staying young is being around the young. It could be true, but in my case it obviously hasn't been the actual thing that has kept me looking young, simply because I have spent the vast majority of my life WITHOUT their company.