(It wasn't the inability to drink that upset me, but completely irrational feeling that they thought I was dishonest or something idek. Hormones, etc.)

Oh dear.

/stuffs face with chocolate and watches teenage canadian soap operas

Take it as a compliment. It means you look young and beautiful, usually.

I do look young, but I honestly feel that I get treated as a kid a lot and it's a thing I have to fight often.

So then I get insecure.

Nah, it's just a US thing. If you look under 30, they usually card you.

Nothing to do with you, promise. <3

I have the flip side of this where I usually don't get carded but my friends do. Trust me, it's not you, m'dear. <3

I know it's not personal. Particularly in Utah, it's just the law. Logically I knew that, emotionally I felt awful.