# I'm half my grandmother's age now

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-half-my-grandmothers-age-now/646413>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 7, 2013, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-half-my-grandmothers-age-now/646413 "2013-01-07T23:03:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2013, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-half-my-grandmothers-age-now/646413/1 "2013-01-07T23:03:12Z")

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We had birthdays recently, my grandmother and I, and as a result, I am now half her age. Obviously, this is not a stop-the-presses thing, but I bet there aren’t many people here who can say the same. In order for it to happen, two conditions have to be met: your grandparent has to be relatively young when you’re born, and has to live to a relatively advanced age.

So there you are: I’m mundanely, pointlessly special. I just had to share.

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**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2013, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-half-my-grandmothers-age-now/646413/2 "2013-01-07T23:13:28Z")

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When I was 14, I was twice my younger brother’s age and 1/3 the age of my mother.

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**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-half-my-grandmothers-age-now/646413/3 "2013-01-08T01:33:44Z")

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I was fifty when I was half my grandmother’s age. She recently passed away, justi missing her 108th birthday.

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**Author:** ![kferr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@kferr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kferr)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-half-my-grandmothers-age-now/646413/4 "2013-01-08T13:37:27Z")

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I was half my dad’s age when I was 40.

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**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-half-my-grandmothers-age-now/646413/5 "2013-01-08T15:00:02Z")

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I will be half my grandpa’s age when he is 132 and I am 66! Or, half my grandma’s age when I am 59 and she is 118. _crosses fingers_

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**Author:** ![Registered\_at\_Last](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@Registered\_at\_Last](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Registered_at_Last)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-half-my-grandmothers-age-now/646413/6 "2013-01-08T15:14:39Z")

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You realize that means you are the same age they were when YOU were born … right?

I was half my mum’s age at 37, dad didn’t make it to 80, so I never got to be half his age ☹ Despite 3 of my grandparents living into their 90s I had no chance to get to be half their age!