# How different are you from the "average" person of your demographic? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 23, 2008, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-different-are-you-from-the-average-person-of-your-demographic/446513 "2008-04-23T06:34:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-different-are-you-from-the-average-person-of-your-demographic/446513/41 "2008-04-24T23:02:32Z")
[QUOTE=bannerrefugee] …20% of adults have Bach degrees in town; I have a graduate degree… [/QUOTE] Hmmm. That’s an impressive level of musical literacy. Do you and your fellow townsfolk prefer his choral or instrumental work? ---
**Author:** ![bannerrefugee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@bannerrefugee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bannerrefugee)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-different-are-you-from-the-average-person-of-your-demographic/446513/42 "2008-04-25T01:53:12Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Hmmm. That’s an impressive level of musical literacy. Do you and your fellow townsfolk prefer his choral or instrumental work? [/QUOTE] They like choral, at church. I am not such a fan. ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-different-are-you-from-the-average-person-of-your-demographic/446513/43 "2008-04-26T00:22:08Z")
I’m a female, white, 33 years old, and grad school educated. [ul] [li]Have never been married & have no real desire to.[/li][li]Have never wanted children & won’t be having any[/li][li]Shorter and thinner than most women my age[/li][li]Work from home[/li][li]I don’t cook[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Mrs.Cake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-different-are-you-from-the-average-person-of-your-demographic/446513/44 "2008-04-26T05:13:43Z")
Middle-aged professional female, married, no kids. Pretty atypical, as I a) have no children or grandchildren to make my life a living hell b) have never colored my hair and rather like the gray coming in c) chose a career I loved over one that makes a lot of money and has a sensible health and retirement plan d) hate shoe shopping e) don’t hate my ovaries f) have lots of great sex even though I have a monogamous marriage ---
**Author:** ![MissMossie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@MissMossie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissMossie)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-different-are-you-from-the-average-person-of-your-demographic/446513/45 "2008-04-26T14:25:57Z")
I’m a Catholic lesbian who wants to be a nun. I have a math degree, but I work as a second grade teacher’s assistant. My dream job would be selling the crafts/photography I produce. I was raised in a middle class, white, suburban family, but am perfectly happy with the less than 10k a year I’m making right now (to be fair, that’s only possible because I pay rent through buying groceries and cooking dinners for my sister/BIL who I live with). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-different-are-you-from-the-average-person-of-your-demographic/446513.md?page=2)