# Ask the 20 year old college boy at the prime of his life **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 10, 2003, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-20-year-old-college-boy-at-the-prime-of-his-life/147683 "2003-01-10T04:30:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Conti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@Conti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Conti)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-20-year-old-college-boy-at-the-prime-of-his-life/147683/1 "2003-01-10T04:30:54Z")
I’m young. I know everything. GIRLS, alcohol, parties…all nightly things for me. So go ahead! Ask away. With all the “ask the…” threads, I thought I should represent the college boys. I must warn you though, my responses may be slow…because I AM in college, and the college weekend has just started. So my trips to the computer will be few and far between. ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-20-year-old-college-boy-at-the-prime-of-his-life/147683/2 "2003-01-10T04:42:02Z")
I would like to pre-emptively denounce **Conti** ’s responses and point out that he does _not_ speak for all 20-year-old college boys. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Mith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mith)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-20-year-old-college-boy-at-the-prime-of-his-life/147683/3 "2003-01-10T05:02:54Z")
I think it’s kinda sad that people still consider “being 20” as being in the prime of their life. ---
**Author:** ![Kakkerlak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bb73d2/32.png) [@Kakkerlak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kakkerlak)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-20-year-old-college-boy-at-the-prime-of-his-life/147683/4 "2003-01-10T06:53:01Z")
Prime ? It’s divisible by 2, 4, 5, and 10. Punk. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-20-year-old-college-boy-at-the-prime-of-his-life/147683/5 "2003-01-10T07:03:52Z")
What is your greatest goal for when you are forty? ---
**Author:** ![Mith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Mith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mith)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-20-year-old-college-boy-at-the-prime-of-his-life/147683/6 "2003-01-10T13:15:33Z")
kakkerlack… we all know what he meant. “is AT his prime” so he claims. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-20-year-old-college-boy-at-the-prime-of-his-life/147683/7 "2003-01-10T13:35:46Z")
Yeah, I gotta go with the, “Do you really think 20 is the prime of your life?” crowd. What are you thinking? ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-20-year-old-college-boy-at-the-prime-of-his-life/147683/8 "2003-01-10T14:07:00Z")
Settle down, guys. Being stupid is what college is all about. Some day he’ll grow up and get a job and maybe, God help us, a family, and he’ll start to see what more there is to life. But hey, for now, let’s party! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-20-year-old-college-boy-at-the-prime-of-his-life/147683/9 "2003-01-10T15:40:54Z")
I recall a recent survey where they asked lots of elderly men when the prime of their life was. The average answer was 30. When they had some respect in their job, were making better money, still appealled to younger girls and lost a bit of the cocky attitude. Nothing wrong with twenty, but it gets better. ---
**Author:** ![Tony\_Montana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@Tony\_Montana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tony_Montana)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-20-year-old-college-boy-at-the-prime-of-his-life/147683/10 "2003-01-10T15:59:45Z")
[everyone stay calm,this is a hi-jack] Yeah, I remember when I considered 30 to be over the hill… > [@](#): > > still appealled to younger girls I gave an 18yr old hitchhiker-girl a ride the other day,afterwards she was asking a lot of “does he have a girlfriend” type questions about me(small town).(I pretend not to see her since then) Fercrissakes youngin’ IM 32, when I was 18 I wouldn’t even _look_ at 32yr olds,they were over the hill,run along now… /hi-jack ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-20-year-old-college-boy-at-the-prime-of-his-life/147683/11 "2003-01-13T05:23:21Z")
By the way, be careful about making alcohol a _nightly_ thing. We’re not all well-connected enough to become President. ---
**Author:** ![d12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/71c47a/32.png) [@d12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/d12)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-20-year-old-college-boy-at-the-prime-of-his-life/147683/12 "2003-01-13T05:43:21Z")
As seen on d12’s calendar: College: My parents and my liver paid dearly!