# How old do I look? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 10, 2015, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754 "2015-07-10T10:58:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754/1 "2015-07-10T10:58:36Z")
First and foremost, this is not an ego or a vanity thread. I make no secret of my age and I expect some who read this already know how old I am. Never in my life have I lied about my age (OK, not since I could no longer pass for young enough to get a child’s ticket to the movies.) And when asked, I don’t play the “How old do you think I am?” game… But based on some things that have happened to me in recent years, I’m really curious to know how old I look to others. So if you could respond with your age as well as your estimate of my age based on the photos alone, I would appreciate it. A range rather than a specific number would be OK, as long as the range isn’t “somewhere between 22 and death” - while accurate, it’s not of much value. 😉 The reason I ask for your age is to see if that colors one’s perceptions - do teens routinely see me as lots older while folks closer to my age have more accurate guesses? There are two photos [here](http://s72.photobucket.com/user/fairychatmom/library/Test?sort=3&page=1), taken a few weeks ago at my niece’s wedding. FWIW, I don’t color my hair and I don’t wear makeup (which should be obvious from the photos.) And please make your guess before reading this: I was born January 1954 - making me 61. ---
**Author:** ![JVDaly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/edb3f5/32.png) [@JVDaly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JVDaly)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754/2 "2015-07-10T11:07:38Z")
I’m 32, and Based on those photos I’m going to guess you’re about 52-55. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754/3 "2015-07-10T11:07:57Z")
1. Haven’t looked at the spoiler. ---
**Author:** ![FinsToTheLeft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finstotheleft/32/2930_2.png) [@FinsToTheLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinsToTheLeft)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754/4 "2015-07-10T11:13:28Z")
My guess was 60. FWIW, I’m 45. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754/5 "2015-07-10T11:16:38Z")
I said 57. I am 59. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Essured](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Essured](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Essured)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754/6 "2015-07-10T11:22:34Z")
I said 48, my other half said 50-55. We’re both 36, and I’m notoriously bad at guessing ages FWIW. ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754/7 "2015-07-10T11:28:38Z")
I’m going to guess 60. Then I’m going to demand you tell me where your lovely dress comes from! ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754/8 "2015-07-10T11:32:36Z")
I am 68. I guess you are 60 (and I see that’s a popular guess up-thread). ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754/9 "2015-07-10T11:38:42Z")
**sandra\_nz** , the dress is part of what prompted this thread. (It came from Dress Barn.) My husband is nearly 3 years younger than I am, but his beard is nearly white and what hair remains on his head is more gray than brown. For years, he’s been automatically given a senior discount at certain restaurants, but I’ve never been offered one. However, when I was buying the dress in the pic, the clerk asked about my age and said that the particular day I was shopping was Senior Discount Day, and I got an extra 10% off! I don’t know if it’s because I look so youthful _\_ or because so many women seem to get their panties in a knot about being asked their age, but it’s never been brought up to me before. I really need to remember to ask about discounts from now on. Some places give them for 55+, some 60+, and most of the rest are 65+ but you have to ask. There’s the catch - remembering. 😉 \*\*Essured \*\*- I’m awful at guessing ages also. Even looking back at photos from my younger days or of my daughter growing up, unless there’s a clue in the pic, I can’t say with certainty how old any of the photo subjects are. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754/10 "2015-07-10T12:04:19Z")
I’ve never been good at guessing ages either, but I guessed about 50. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754/11 "2015-07-10T12:06:11Z")
About 55. I am in my mid 30s. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754/12 "2015-07-10T12:40:33Z")
So most people are within a decade and no one has gone over. I guess good, clean living has paid off. 😃 And genetics… I wonder if I’d used photos where I wasn’t smiling if it would have affected the guesses. Hmmmmm, another experiment for another time. I look back at old family pics, and I see my mom and my maternal grandmother both went gray and were somewhat wrinkled in their 40s, whereas my dad hardly had any gray or lines when he died at 72, and his mother, while her hair was very thin (like mine) doesn’t appear to have had much gray either (hard to tell in B&W photos.) ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754/13 "2015-07-10T13:09:17Z")
55! And you look so cute! ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754/14 "2015-07-10T13:11:40Z")
I wish the photos were larger . . . but all in all, I’d guess about 55. I’m 69. ---
**Author:** ![KinkiNipponTourist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@KinkiNipponTourist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KinkiNipponTourist)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754/15 "2015-07-10T13:15:31Z")
I think maybe 60, but you look younger than that. A happy, young-looking 60yo. I am 49. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754/16 "2015-07-10T13:23:26Z")
I’m 49, and I would say you appear to be mid to late 50’s. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754/17 "2015-07-10T13:37:37Z")
I guessed at least 45 with no upper range limit. You don’t look your age and you’re a little older than I am. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2015, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754/18 "2015-07-10T13:47:28Z")
I find that people, when guessing the age of someone over 25, tend to guess younger than the person’s actual age, because they don’t want to sound unflattering by accidentally guessing older. I find that when people guess my age, they tend to go younger than I actually am (and I’m only 30.) I myself am terrible at guessing ages, so I almost never do it. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754/19 "2015-07-10T13:52:41Z")
I am 61, qnd I would guess that you are 55. ETA:We were born in the same month and year. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754/20 "2015-07-10T13:54:06Z")
I guessed 9 years too low. Maybe it’s because having met you I know how sweet you are. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754.md?page=2)