# Ever (momentarily) forget how old you are? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 19, 2007, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-momentarily-forget-how-old-you-are/388636 "2007-01-19T22:07:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![That\_creates\_more\_Q\_s\_than\_A\_s](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/54ee81/32.png) [@That\_creates\_more\_Q\_s\_than\_A\_s](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_creates_more_Q_s_than_A_s)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-momentarily-forget-how-old-you-are/388636/41 "2007-01-20T20:33:43Z")
I forget all the time. Can’t say within a couple of years when asked suddenly. People act like I’m trying to duck the question. Tough. ---
**Author:** ![That\_creates\_more\_Q\_s\_than\_A\_s](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/54ee81/32.png) [@That\_creates\_more\_Q\_s\_than\_A\_s](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_creates_more_Q_s_than_A_s)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-momentarily-forget-how-old-you-are/388636/42 "2007-01-20T20:37:23Z")
I forget all the time. Can’t say within a couple of years when asked suddenly. People act like I’m trying to duck the question. Tough for them. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-momentarily-forget-how-old-you-are/388636/43 "2007-01-20T20:38:59Z")
[QUOTE=Lissa] I’m sort of proud of my age-- \*\*I’m stoked I made it this far. (I’m 29\*\*, and yes, I forget that number all the time.) [/QUOTE] Ohmygod, that’s the cutest thing I’ve ever heard! 😃😉 I forget all the time. I’ve always tended to add a few years to my age (for the obvious reasons when I was young, and more recently, just because I’d rather have people gasp “No you’re NOT!!!” then snicker and aside “No she’s not!” 😉 ) I’ve been telling people I’m 35 since I was 32. I actually AM 35 now, and though I’ll be 36 next month, I keep thinking I’ll really be 38. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Plan\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Plan\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plan_B)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-momentarily-forget-how-old-you-are/388636/44 "2007-01-20T22:37:41Z")
In a slightly less literal way, all the time. I’m in my 50s and have gray hair, but when I see myself, especially when I’m wearing jeans and running shoes I look like I’m 19. Of course the trick is to stay away from mirrors. So I do all sorts of dumb things for a guy my age, like running across the street in front of moving cars. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-momentarily-forget-how-old-you-are/388636/45 "2007-01-20T23:28:18Z")
Often enough but never more then by a few years. I thought I was 32 for months before I actually turned 32. I stopped celebrating and paying attention to my birthdays when I was 6. ---
**Author:** ![Salem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Salem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salem)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-momentarily-forget-how-old-you-are/388636/46 "2007-01-21T01:21:11Z")
Right after my birthday, I’m usually able to remember, but starting in the fall (I’m a February b-day), if I start thinking about what age I’m turning, I have a hard time remembering if I am that age and turning a year older or if I’m a year younger…I don’t know, it gets completely muddled. I vaguely remember one year celebrating the wrong birthday. I had thought I already was the age I was turning and added another year. I was relieved when I finally figured it out somehow. I don’t think this started happening til I was in my later 30’s (I’ll be 48 in February- I just double-checked and did the math, so at least for now I know how old I am. Just don’t ask me tomorrow.) ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-momentarily-forget-how-old-you-are/388636/47 "2007-01-21T02:44:48Z")
Jesus Christ… always! I ALWAYS have to think before I state my age. Dunno why. I have to do the “cock my eye to the ceiling” thing to figure it out. I guess because it doesn’t matter once you pass 21, unless you wanna be president… Joe ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-momentarily-forget-how-old-you-are/388636/48 "2007-01-21T02:46:18Z")
[QUOTE=Autumn Almanac] Every time someone asks me, I have to think about it for a moment before I answer. After 21 or so, the specific number doesn’t really matter anymore. [/QUOTE] Obviously, I didn’t read the whole thread before responding 😉 Joe ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-momentarily-forget-how-old-you-are/388636/49 "2007-01-21T02:51:33Z")
I’m starting to have a hard time remembering. Most friends are within a few years of my age, so sometimes I need to think for a second. Just turned 26. Yup, 26. Damn that looks old! ---
**Author:** ![OBJECTION](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/fbc32d/32.png) [@OBJECTION](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OBJECTION)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-momentarily-forget-how-old-you-are/388636/50 "2007-01-21T07:28:25Z")
[I’m not twenty.](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5033063110297578882&q=I%27m+not+twenty) ---
**Author:** ![A.R.Cane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@A.R.Cane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.R.Cane)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-momentarily-forget-how-old-you-are/388636/51 "2007-01-21T08:52:39Z")
I was in the military until just prior to my 40th birthday. I was very used to being asked my DOB and responding 1/13/39. Shortly after my retirement I was a applying for something, I’ve forgotten what, and was asked my age. I have absolutely no idea why I gave the answer I did, but it may have been that I was more used to responding w/ my DOB, although _even I_ can’t make a connection. Anyway I responded. “21”, only to be met w/ a skeptical stare from the clerk. I recall it took me a second to realize what had happened and then I, embarrassedly, corrected myself, w/ a muttered apology. Very weird [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-momentarily-forget-how-old-you-are/388636.md?page=2)