# How old are you? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 2, 2010, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/531053 "2010-03-02T22:55:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![berff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/43a26b/32.png) [@berff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/berff)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/531053/41 "2010-03-03T07:55:19Z")
> [@Wilbo523](#): > > Does anybody ever round up when asked how old they are? > > I always thought it was custom to not claim that age until your birthday. I know that that’s how law enforcement looks at it when it pertains to drinking age or age of consent or drivers licence eligibility. I actually do tend to round up to the next year about a month before my birthday. But then again, my birthday’s February 1 so by January 1, I figure it’s a new year anyway and I’m close enough to a new age. I’m only 34 now though so maybe it will be different when I’m older. ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/531053/42 "2010-03-03T09:40:30Z")
If a case ever needed to be made for polls, this makes it. 200+ votes in 12 hours vs 40 responses, half of them chatty or off topic. Long live polls. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2010, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/531053/43 "2010-03-03T12:54:10Z")
I’m a year older than I was 365 days ago. ---
**Author:** ![Panurge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@Panurge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panurge)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/531053/44 "2010-03-03T13:17:32Z")
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**Author:** ![SecTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SecTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SecTech)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/531053/45 "2010-03-03T13:23:44Z")
> [@hellpaso](#): > > Afraid I’m “rounding up” to another category in a couple of months. ☹ I also at 59 years and however many months. Can’t find my calendar. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/531053/46 "2010-03-03T14:14:40Z")
32 years old. ---
**Author:** ![A\_Spoonful\_of\_Awesome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@A\_Spoonful\_of\_Awesome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Spoonful_of_Awesome)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/531053/47 "2010-03-03T14:33:42Z")
29 years, 67 days, 8 hours and 31 minutes. I don’t truck with them ‘whole year’ rounding cats. Not in my 'hood… ---
**Author:** ![Booker57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Booker57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Booker57)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/531053/48 "2010-03-03T14:52:42Z")
Same as Czarcasm. Check out my user name. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/531053/49 "2010-03-03T15:12:39Z")
I recently turned 21. Times two. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/531053/50 "2010-03-03T15:20:11Z")
I’m 46. I’ll be 47 on October 10. 10-10-10 _bay-bee!_ ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/531053/51 "2010-03-03T15:27:46Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > I’m 46. I’ll be 47 on October 10. > > 10-10-10 _bay-bee!_ Your parents undoubtedly planned it that way. 😉 Looks like I will be changing categories this year since I was born in 1950. But I don’t look a day over 59, so there! ---
**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:** [March 3, 2010, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/531053/52 "2010-03-03T15:30:31Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I’m a year older than I was 365 days ago. Cite? ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/531053/53 "2010-03-03T15:33:06Z")
Bunch of kids. The lot of you! ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/531053/54 "2010-03-03T16:02:26Z")
1. Cool, **Ellen**! ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/531053/55 "2010-03-03T17:59:24Z")
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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/531053/56 "2010-03-03T19:33:40Z")
> [@Surly\_Chick](#): > > You forgot “None of your damn business!” 😉 Perfect match between user name and poll response. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/531053/57 "2010-03-03T19:49:16Z")
30-39 But not for too much longer… ---
**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:** [March 3, 2010, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/531053/58 "2010-03-03T20:29:35Z")
I’m 45, and starting to actually feel like it… ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/531053/59 "2010-03-03T21:27:55Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I’m 45, and starting to actually feel like it… You’re a mere youth. And get off my lawn … ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/531053/60 "2010-03-03T21:47:09Z")
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