# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Lobot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce7236/32.png) [@Lobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobot)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2015, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754/81 "2015-07-12T03:30:05Z")
I’m 37, and I guessed around 58. I was definitely thinking late 50s/early 60s. ---
**Author:** ![purplehearingaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@purplehearingaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehearingaid)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2015, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754/82 "2015-07-12T04:19:24Z")
60 yo. I was one year off ! Not bad . ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2015, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754/83 "2015-07-12T04:38:11Z")
I guessed 63. I see I’m a little off. Really, the hand is the giveaway, without that I probably would have guessed late 50s. ---
**Author:** ![sunstone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunstone/32/3372_2.png) [@sunstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunstone)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2015, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754/84 "2015-07-12T04:45:03Z")
I would say between 52 and 55. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2015, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754/85 "2015-07-12T05:22:35Z")
Would anyone be upset if we started a “how old do I look thread?” How would we do that? ---
**Author:** ![CaptainAmerica\_1987](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@CaptainAmerica\_1987](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptainAmerica_1987)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2015, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754/86 "2015-07-12T05:40:03Z")
I think you look just fine ---
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2015, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754/87 "2015-07-12T05:41:30Z")
1. ---
**Author:** ![eulalia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eulalia/32/457_2.png) [@eulalia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eulalia)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2015, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754/88 "2015-07-12T06:42:30Z")
I’m 59 and I guessed you were about the same age. Pretty close! I have the same kind of hair, fine and thin and not much gray yet. Pantene’s stuff helps. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2015, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754/89 "2015-07-12T10:34:55Z")
> [@eulalia](#): > > I have the same kind of hair, fine and thin and not much gray yet. Pantene’s stuff helps. You mean their “volumizing” formula or whatever they call it? That’s what I use - dunno if it makes a difference, but I can dream. 😃 ---
**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:** [July 12, 2015, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754/90 "2015-07-12T12:12:39Z")
I guessed 50, plus or minus. I’m 78. ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2015, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754/91 "2015-07-13T04:30:09Z")
I knew your age (at least approximately–you’re really close to my mom’s age) before this thread, so I won’t guess. However, I asked my partner, and he said 48. ---
**Author:** ![up\_the\_junction](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f1d935/32.png) [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2015, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754/92 "2015-07-13T13:08:37Z")
There’s a great quote from someone which basically says every woman has to make a choice when they get to 40 - either they choose to work the body and look their age, or put on weight and stretch out those facial lines. As a male, I kind of did both … ---
**Author:** ![cherry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cherry)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2015, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754/93 "2015-07-13T13:19:42Z")
My guess is you are around 60-65. You remind me of how my mom looks and I’m 42. ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754/94 "2015-07-14T15:41:29Z")
I’ve read enough of your posts to know that you are, in fact older than I am. I will turn 47 this year. You look younger than I look, and the last person to guess my age guessed 45. Based on that I’ve decided that you look 40. I’ve never been much good at guessing age, either. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754/95 "2015-07-14T16:10:11Z")
**gwendee** , you are far too kind. Altho I wouldn’t mind being 40 again - that was before my eyes started to fail me. On the other hand, trifocals aren’t bad as a trade-off for going to work every day. I do want to thank everyone who responded - I learned what I set out to learn from this thread. Apparently I give the impression of being sufficiently younger than I actually am, hence I don’t get offered to good Senior deals when I go to stores and restaurants. Looks like I gotta remember to ask. And I need to get one of those t-shirts that says “I’m a Senior Citizen - Gimme my Damned Discount!!!” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754/96 "2015-07-14T16:51:24Z")
I’m in my late thirties and I was thinking late 50s. ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754/97 "2015-07-14T16:56:07Z")
I’m 37, guessed “early 50s with good skin” and now learning your real age, let me upgrade that to “great skin”. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754/98 "2015-07-14T18:59:12Z")
I’m late to the party, but my thought was, “Clearly post menopause; clearly pre ‘little old lady’”. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754/99 "2015-07-15T05:22:44Z")
My hair is greying significantly and I’m only 30! Just posting to say I’m jelly, and I didn’t bother trying to guess your age because I’m terrible at that. But you look like my aunt who is about 55. ---
**Author:** ![rucciface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ba9def/32.png) [@rucciface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rucciface)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754/100 "2015-07-15T05:33:05Z")
Have not read the thread. I’m not the greatest guesser, but I would say 52-54. I’m 44 myself. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754.md?page=6)