# How old are you? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 27, 2004, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/266377 "2004-09-27T23:29:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/266377/161 "2004-09-29T19:51:52Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > 1. My daughter turns into a teen ager in a couple of weeks, which should slap a few decades onto that in fairly short order. Shodan, You don’t know how right you are. Good luck. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/266377/162 "2004-09-29T19:54:55Z")
(sorry 'bout the double post.I didnt mean to do it. Honest) ---
**Author:** ![Greenback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/2bfe46/32.png) [@Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greenback)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/266377/163 "2004-09-29T20:00:17Z")
29 and getting younger by the day thanks to my son. ---
**Author:** ![gooti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/eb8c5e/32.png) [@gooti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gooti)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/266377/164 "2004-09-29T20:11:33Z")
In about 8 hours (EST) I’ll be 31. ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/266377/165 "2004-09-29T20:19:33Z")
Another 31 yo here. ---
**Author:** ![singersargent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/edb3f5/32.png) [@singersargent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singersargent)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/266377/166 "2004-09-29T20:23:25Z")
29 ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/266377/167 "2004-09-29T20:25:18Z")
> [@cryptic\_j](#): > > 25 - - > > can you have a quarter life crisis? > > * * * > > Tales of the **cryptic** > > [http://www.organizedrhyme.co.uk](http://www.organizedrhyme.co.uk) John Mayer says you can. \* Might be a quarter life crisis, Or just a stirring in my soul…\* – Why Georgia ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/266377/168 "2004-09-29T20:28:03Z")
I’m thirty-ten. ---
**Author:** ![\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/7cd45c/32.png) [@\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Deep_F_ied)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/266377/169 "2004-09-29T20:49:13Z")
33 34 in Dec. Man, where does the time go…? ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/266377/170 "2004-09-29T20:52:47Z")
1. 33 in December. Some days it feels like 50, though… ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/266377/171 "2004-09-29T21:14:15Z")
34 ---
**Author:** ![Sami41](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c57346/32.png) [@Sami41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sami41)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/266377/172 "2004-09-29T21:26:39Z")
31 ---
**Author:** ![SnakeSpirit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snakespirit/32/7271_2.png) [@SnakeSpirit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakeSpirit)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/266377/173 "2004-09-29T21:36:56Z")
> [@chappachula](#): > > (sorry 'bout the double post.I didnt mean to do it. Honest) Fingers twitching on the mouse button, causing double posts, is one of the first signs of old age… ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/266377/174 "2004-09-29T22:29:26Z")
> [@tremorviolet](#): > > Man, that’s totally how I feel. It flet so galling when I adjusted my age range on my personals ad up to 45. :eek: So, does being past 35 mean I can’t shop at [Hot Topic](http://www.hottopic.com/) anymore? I sure hope not! I’m 39 and some of my favorite stuff comes from HT, aka Goth-in-a-Box. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Caprese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9a28c/32.png) [@Caprese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caprese)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/266377/175 "2004-09-29T22:42:51Z")
49–until October 30th ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/266377/176 "2004-09-29T23:24:07Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Officially old enough to join AARP! I’m 50! Now get outta my way you whippersnappers, I gotta early bird special to get to! 😃 Now, you know you can’t combine the early bird special with your senior’s discount, right? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![alphaFemale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecb155/32.png) [@alphaFemale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaFemale)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/266377/177 "2004-09-30T00:00:13Z")
24 ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/266377/178 "2004-09-30T00:18:09Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Officially old enough to join AARP! I’m 50! Now get outta my way you whippersnappers, I gotta early bird special to get to! 😃 Pfft. You’re younger than the last guy I boinked, and at 58 he was pretty damn vital. _So there_. ---
**Author:** ![unclviny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e274bd/32.png) [@unclviny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unclviny)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/266377/179 "2004-09-30T00:46:36Z")
39 in 2 weeks. Unclviny ---
**Author:** ![Trigonal\_Planar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/0ea827/32.png) [@Trigonal\_Planar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trigonal_Planar)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/266377/180 "2004-09-30T02:53:17Z")
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