# How old are you? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 9, 2013, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/646641 "2013-01-09T16:52:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/646641/21 "2013-01-09T22:55:08Z")
45 and counting ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/646641/22 "2013-01-09T22:58:12Z")
51 going on 12. ---
**Author:** ![Trom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@Trom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trom)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/646641/23 "2013-01-09T23:01:50Z")
Just turned 29. ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/646641/24 "2013-01-09T23:12:08Z")
64 here ---
**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 9, 2013, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/646641/25 "2013-01-09T23:14:05Z")
67 this April. Retired two years. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/646641/26 "2013-01-09T23:26:44Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > 41 > > Huh, this is surprising somehow I always imagined the average doper was in their 20’s Makes those “no avatars evar!!!” and “Like button?! Hell, no!” threads make a bit more sense, huh? ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/646641/27 "2013-01-09T23:48:55Z")
I am 1 day under 8 calendar months from aging out of the 35-39 range. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/646641/28 "2013-01-09T23:56:01Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Born in 1959, so 50-54 range. Get off my lawn! I was born in 1958. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/646641/29 "2013-01-10T00:02:02Z")
I’m 37, I’m not _old_. (I’ve been waiting since high school to be able to say that.) I’m a little surprised at where the peak of the curve is. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/646641/30 "2013-01-10T00:17:06Z")
44 in April. (43 now, to be precise.) ---
**Author:** ![Moonchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@Moonchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonchild)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/646641/31 "2013-01-10T00:21:37Z")
47… and still get my head wrapped around having turned 43. But the most freak-out age for me was turning 30… which seems like yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/646641/32 "2013-01-10T00:24:51Z")
I’m 28 and still a loser. ---
**Author:** ![steviep24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f9b8f/32.png) [@steviep24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steviep24)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/646641/33 "2013-01-10T00:27:03Z")
Just turned 47 today. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/646641/34 "2013-01-10T00:32:26Z")
I’m 50. But I figure I’m about 40 on the outside and 30 on the inside. Give or take. I am older than I once was and younger than I’ll be, that’s not unusual. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/646641/35 "2013-01-10T00:36:59Z")
Early 30s. I feel older though. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/646641/36 "2013-01-10T00:48:24Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > In another 119 days, you should have a party. With real record albums on a turntable. 😉 I did that! On my 33 and a third birthday, I went out and bought George Harrison’s “Thirty Three and a Third” album (on vinyl) and brought it home and played it in my own honor. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/646641/37 "2013-01-10T00:52:43Z")
1. Also very surprised to see someone claiming 90+. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/646641/38 "2013-01-10T01:22:22Z")
> [@Moonchild](#): > > But the most freak-out age for me was turning 30… which seems like yesterday. See, I always hear this but for me 31 was much worse than 30. When I turned 30, I still felt like I was at the end of my twenties. I still felt _young_. When I turned 31, it was like, ok, dude, you are in your thirties now. Straight up. Look at it from the standpoint of most standard questionnaires: when filling out your age bracket, you have the choice to select (_25-29_), (_26-30_) or (_31-35_). When you are 30, you are still in the bracket with the “late 20’s” crowd. Once you hit 31, it’s nothing but thirtysomethings in your group. _That’s_ depressing. ok not really but it sounds good ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/646641/39 "2013-01-10T01:38:15Z")
1. Among the oldest. I doubt the 90 year old. ---
**Author:** ![Oedipus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Oedipus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oedipus)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/646641/40 "2013-01-10T01:40:00Z")
Wow…when most forums are filled with college students, Dope is filled with 40-50 year old people. BTW, I suspected that, since all the music Cafe Society threads are filled with tons of obscure classic rock love. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/646641.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/646641.md?page=3)