# How old are you? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 24, 2007, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/423840 "2007-10-24T18:08:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/423840/181 "2007-10-27T00:15:00Z")
To The New and Improved Superman listmaker: Now I remember. You can delete the 86 from the list. I was kidding earlier (post #83) when I said I turned 86. That’s what you get when you transpose the digits from 68. But I’m still admittedly the oldest, at least up to the time of the list. ---
**Author:** ![krisolov](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/krisolov/32/3724_2.png) [@krisolov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/krisolov)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/423840/182 "2007-10-27T00:28:33Z")
I’m 43, and realize that having to count up from my birth year to get the number because I don’t always remember is not a good sign 😉 . I’m old enough to know what I like and what I won’t put up with so this is a very good time in my life. ---
**Author:** ![Dying\_Butterfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d2c977/32.png) [@Dying\_Butterfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dying_Butterfly)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/423840/183 "2007-10-27T09:40:09Z")
I’m 17. ---
**Author:** ![DudleyGarrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DudleyGarrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DudleyGarrett)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/423840/184 "2007-10-27T10:37:01Z")
33 until Pearl Harbor day. I feel exactly 33. ---
**Author:** ![ErinPuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@ErinPuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ErinPuff)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/423840/185 "2007-10-27T12:58:17Z")
I’m 21. ---
**Author:** ![Ronald\_C.Semone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/423840/186 "2007-10-27T13:13:19Z")
[QUOTE=Ignatz] To The New and Improved Superman listmaker: Now I remember. You can delete the 86 from the list. I was kidding earlier (post #83) when I said I turned 86. That’s what you get when you transpose the digits from 68. But I’m still admittedly the oldest, at least up to the time of the list. [/QUOTE] See post 88. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/423840/187 "2007-10-27T13:19:24Z")
27 ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/423840/188 "2007-10-27T14:48:20Z")
Three score and ten. ---
**Author:** ![liberty3701](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@liberty3701](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liberty3701)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/423840/189 "2007-10-27T15:02:22Z")
I’m 26. My husband, **Jamaika a jamaikaiaké** , is 27. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/423840/190 "2007-10-27T15:55:17Z")
I’m 30 and feel kinda 30. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/423840/191 "2007-10-28T02:54:04Z")
37 in May and feeling crap because my ovaries are apparently a decade older. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/423840/192 "2007-10-28T02:54:13Z")
37 in May and feeling like crap because my ovaries are apparently a decade older. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/423840/193 "2007-10-28T03:54:41Z")
31 ---
**Author:** ![Khampelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/423840/194 "2007-10-28T04:12:04Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] Just turned 39. [/QUOTE] Me, too. (Well, back in August, anyway.) ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/423840/195 "2007-10-28T04:13:02Z")
[QUOTE=brewha] Are you gonna make a spreadsheet or something? Will you post the median age? [/QUOTE] I don’t know if anyone else responded but I am compiling the data now and will post it soon! ---
**Author:** ![Glazer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a88e57/32.png) [@Glazer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glazer)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/423840/196 "2007-10-28T05:18:43Z")
42 til Dec. 18 ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/423840/197 "2007-10-28T05:30:58Z")
[Here’s a chart & list of all the ages so far!](http://blnwebdesign.com/dopersages.html) I will update it again later with newer posts as they come. ---
**Author:** ![Leah\_M](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/57b2e6/32.png) [@Leah\_M](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leah_M)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/423840/198 "2007-10-28T06:45:34Z")
Another 26-er here. ---
**Author:** ![Thalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f475e1/32.png) [@Thalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thalion)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/423840/199 "2007-10-28T10:15:47Z")
44 ---
**Author:** ![bundykala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@bundykala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bundykala)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/423840/200 "2007-10-28T10:29:46Z")
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