Younger guys hit on me (37/f) and then brutally reject me when I tell my age, what's the best way to cut off these interactions before they happen?

I am 37 years old but most people say I look between 18 and 24. Guys in that age range are constantly hitting on me. I immediately say how old I am. I do this because if I just politely decline, they keep being persistent, thinking that I'm just shy. When I tell my age, some of them actually shriek, make disgusted facial expressions or noise. Or they just kind of back away slowly. Their friends start laughing at them or they start laughing at me. Just today a group of high-school boys were walking home and one started hitting on me. I told him I was more than twice his age and he started screaming "that's rap*!!" (Word censored because it caused my post to be locked.) I was humiliated and felt people were looking at me on the street thinking I was creepy, when I never even wanted these boys to talk to me in the first place.

I do not want to have these interactions and they are humiliating and hurtful for me. What is the best way to cut them off before they happen?

Tl;Dr: Younger guys hit on me and then brutally reject me when I tell my age, what's the best way to cut off these interactions before they happen?

Submitted October 02, 2018 at 07:15PM by Jgfcvb https://ift.tt/2xWyqvf