# How Old Are You? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 7, 2009, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946 "2009-10-07T15:58:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946/21 "2009-10-08T01:16:13Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > Not a surprise. We already knew that most of this board has lived past their usefulness and are just waiting to die. I lie to myself and say that I have a little bit of usefulness left. But in my case, you are probably more right than wrong. I’m 69, by the way. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946/22 "2009-10-08T01:19:45Z")
> [@LouisB](#): > > I lie to myself and say that I have a little bit of usefulness left. But in my case, you are probably more right than wrong. I’m 69, by the way. From reading what you’ve posted here over the years, I’d say you have a _lot_ of usefulness left, if for no other reason than to simply share your life experiences! That is _not_ meant as snark! We love you!🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946/23 "2009-10-08T01:51:26Z")
> [@Maiira](#): > > I’m 22. And I really need to stop going to bed at 3 AM. ☹ I’m 27 and have to be up for work at 7:00 AM, and usually fall asleep around 2:00 AM. 3:00 AM’s not unheard of, either. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946/24 "2009-10-08T02:20:18Z")
It’s my 40th birthday tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946/25 "2009-10-08T02:27:25Z")
> [@Curtis LeMay](#): > > I’m thirteen. Huh, I had no idea. Props! ---
**Author:** ![Oregon\_sunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/50afbb/32.png) [@Oregon\_sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oregon_sunshine)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946/26 "2009-10-08T02:27:37Z")
41 42 in December. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946/27 "2009-10-08T03:55:43Z")
> [@norinew](#): > > From reading what you’ve posted here over the years, I’d say you have a _lot_ of usefulness left, if for no other reason than to simply share your life experiences! > > That is _not_ meant as snark! We love you!🙂 That’s the nicest thing I’ve heard in quite a while. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946/28 "2009-10-08T04:10:07Z")
1. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946/29 "2009-10-08T04:22:14Z")
On behalf of aging twenty-somethings everywhere, bless you for putting ‘‘20’’ and ‘‘29’’ in the same age category. People here are generally older than me. That explains all the conservativism. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Rala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@Rala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rala)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946/30 "2009-10-08T11:38:49Z")
I’m 17. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946/31 "2009-10-08T13:21:55Z")
Related interesting thread: [What dopers were born in the same year?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=458574). ---
**Author:** ![Shig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Shig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shig)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946/32 "2009-10-08T13:29:09Z")
30 in four days. Sonofa… ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946/33 "2009-10-08T13:58:46Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > Wishing you a good day, a good year and a great life! Happy Birthday. 🙂 Thanks–it was a really nice day and the year is starting out well. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946/34 "2009-10-08T15:06:43Z")
I’m going to be 34 in a couple of months. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946/35 "2009-10-08T15:20:57Z")
I’m 61, although I still feel about 30. Aging is weird, especially to the generation which came of age in the 1960s. We weren’t supposed to grow old, damn it! What makes it even stranger for me is that, as a consequence of both my grandfather and father siring children later in life, I have a grandfather who was born before the Civil War! 1859 to be precise; my father was born in 1908, and I was born in 1948. It must run in the family. I have a 13 year old daughter. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![the\_first\_supraliminal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f475e1/32.png) [@the\_first\_supraliminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_first_supraliminal)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946/36 "2009-10-08T17:19:59Z")
"13 or Under (SDMB ToS says you have to be at least 13!) " Hah! I’ve been here since I was 2. Who knows, maybe I’ll die by 13 at the hand of a jealous husband, so I should post while I can! P.S. When I signed on they didn’t have the rule, so I never had to agree to it. ---
**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:** [October 9, 2009, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946/37 "2009-10-09T00:43:45Z")
I’m 62. One must get older, but can stay immature as long as he likes. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946/38 "2009-10-09T00:53:55Z")
I turned 50 in August. As I post, my group features 33 of the 255 total respondents. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946/39 "2009-10-09T01:09:09Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I’m 62. One must get older, but can stay immature as long as he likes. Good advice. 🙂 Did I say I’m 53? I forgot… ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946/40 "2009-10-09T01:32:21Z")
27, going on 6 and a half. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946.md?page=3)