# How many days have you been alive? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 23, 2024, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-have-you-been-alive/996518 "2024-01-23T01:40:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-have-you-been-alive/996518/21 "2024-01-23T15:25:19Z")
I’m not sure what it says about me, but a few months ago I built a little block on my generic tidbits spreadsheet for at which date I’ll have outlived my late first wife, Dad, and Mom. Those first two are coming up pretty soon. A somewhat somber set of occasions. What little other extended family I had / have is either younger, or lived to such an advanced age it’s almost silly for me to make an entry for them; I’m 99% sure not to live to see that age myself. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-have-you-been-alive/996518/22 "2024-01-23T15:26:56Z")
22,823 days for me. Some days it seems longer. ---
**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-have-you-been-alive/996518/23 "2024-01-23T15:34:52Z")
**26,173.** However, based on how I feel this morning, I may not make it to 26,174. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-have-you-been-alive/996518/24 "2024-01-23T15:59:35Z")
**24,077 days.** And this morning I’m feeling every last one of them. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-have-you-been-alive/996518/25 "2024-01-23T16:07:17Z")
22,672 When I was more like 7-8000 days old one of the few albums I had after moving for university was Long Distance Voyager by The Moody Blues. One song was 22,000 days: > [@](#): > > 22,000 days, 22,000 days > It’s not a lot, it’s all you’ve got > 22,000 days Guess I beat those odds. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-have-you-been-alive/996518/26 "2024-01-23T16:33:57Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I’ve learned that I have been drawing breath for **24,054** days. Update: 24,055 days. mmm ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-have-you-been-alive/996518/27 "2024-01-23T16:35:24Z")
22,853 Ha ! I’m younger than the rest of you added together ! ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-have-you-been-alive/996518/28 "2024-01-23T16:36:09Z")
I’m about two months short of 25,000 days. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-have-you-been-alive/996518/29 "2024-01-23T16:51:02Z")
28,014: beaten out by Zeldar. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-have-you-been-alive/996518/30 "2024-01-23T17:40:27Z")
21,680 days, and I can’t complain about a single day. …and that single day was day 9,127. The rest were fair to barely tolerable 😄 ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-have-you-been-alive/996518/31 "2024-01-23T17:47:55Z")
I just passed 22K, so I’ve got that going for me. My dad is almost at 36K, so I’ve got my work cut out for me. ---
**Author:** ![Ferris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ferris/32/11573_2.png) [@Ferris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferris)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-have-you-been-alive/996518/32 "2024-01-23T19:41:48Z")
I turn 20,000 later this year - and have added a calendar note for it. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-have-you-been-alive/996518/33 "2024-01-23T21:12:28Z")
25,445 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-have-you-been-alive/996518/34 "2024-01-23T21:13:09Z")
You have been alive for 17,586 days. ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-have-you-been-alive/996518/35 "2024-01-23T22:51:25Z")
Coming into the clubhouse in third place at 27,329 -OldGuy but not OldestGuy ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-have-you-been-alive/996518/36 "2024-01-23T22:56:24Z")
23,522 days for me. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-have-you-been-alive/996518/37 "2024-01-23T22:59:28Z")
~20.5K for me. ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-have-you-been-alive/996518/38 "2024-01-23T23:54:42Z")
28,406 including today. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2024, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-have-you-been-alive/996518/39 "2024-01-24T00:03:24Z")
16,011 days. The OCD part of me wishes this thread had come up 11 days ago so it would have been an even 16,000. ---
**Author:** ![TXRebel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6de8d8/32.png) [@TXRebel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TXRebel)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2024, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-have-you-been-alive/996518/40 "2024-01-24T00:54:20Z")
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