# Is it rude to ask your age? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 23, 2018, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-rude-to-ask-your-age/812935 "2018-04-23T03:25:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nexopia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/278dde/32.png) [@nexopia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nexopia)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-rude-to-ask-your-age/812935/1 "2018-04-23T03:25:17Z")
I’m very curious lmao It seems like I’ve come across a forum for 50+ \<.\< \>.\> Have I? ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-rude-to-ask-your-age/812935/2 "2018-04-23T04:14:57Z")
Ill tell if you do. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-rude-to-ask-your-age/812935/3 "2018-04-23T04:59:55Z")
Are you asking all of our ages, or are you asking if it would rude if you did? ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-rude-to-ask-your-age/812935/4 "2018-04-23T05:10:01Z")
The OP is correct, this is a forum for at least 50 members. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-rude-to-ask-your-age/812935/5 "2018-04-23T05:18:19Z")
Who wants to know? My doc? Ok, I’ll spill. Some dude on a message board, probably not gonna happen. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-rude-to-ask-your-age/812935/6 "2018-04-23T07:31:06Z")
If you need to ask the age of the members of this MB, you are either a moron, a data-collector, or in the wrong place. A cursory appraisal of the stats of our members will give you some idea of the demographic here (which btw, spans from 17 to 90+ Happy Birthday Klondike!) Maybe not base your evaluation of our opinions on our age, but our experience instead. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Arabella\_Flynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8491ac/32.png) [@Arabella\_Flynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arabella_Flynn)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-rude-to-ask-your-age/812935/7 "2018-04-24T22:01:40Z")
I never think it’s rude, but that’s probably because I get some very confused looks when I tell the truth – I don’t look anywhere near my real age. “What do you mean you didn’t know [random thing] until you were in your thirties?” they ask quizzically, thinking I’m still an undergrad. Probably more scandalous is the fact that I’ve been loitering in SDMB-space since I was fourteen. :eek: Where were my parents, you ask? Out buying more books, most likely. They were the ones who started handing me the collected columns in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-rude-to-ask-your-age/812935/8 "2018-04-24T22:20:06Z")
Honestly, I don’t know why people give a shit. I’m 42. I’m happy to answer if anyone asks. But there still seems to be some sort of stigma about it, so I don’t. Why? Fuck if I know. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-rude-to-ask-your-age/812935/9 "2018-04-24T23:24:03Z")
Most people think it’s rude to ask, but it doesn’t bother me telling random strangers my age. I’m 29. ---
**Author:** ![BobBitchin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@BobBitchin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobBitchin)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-rude-to-ask-your-age/812935/10 "2018-04-25T00:23:12Z")
49 for a few more months. In some ways I’m SO VERY 50, and in others not so very. ---
**Author:** ![Buttercup\_Smith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buttercup_smith/32/473_2.png) [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-rude-to-ask-your-age/812935/11 "2018-04-25T00:29:06Z")
Suppose it is a board for members over 50. What is the problem? ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-rude-to-ask-your-age/812935/12 "2018-04-25T01:01:19Z")
And get off of our lawn. ---
**Author:** ![nexopia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/278dde/32.png) [@nexopia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nexopia)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-rude-to-ask-your-age/812935/13 "2018-04-25T03:58:15Z")
Yikes, a lot of rude babyboomer style responses. Couple normal responses tho thank u ---
**Author:** ![nexopia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/278dde/32.png) [@nexopia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nexopia)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-rude-to-ask-your-age/812935/14 "2018-04-25T04:00:54Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Who wants to know? My doc? Ok, I’ll spill. Some dude on a message board, probably not gonna happen. Why is it that the default gender for people on the internet is always male? I could make a thread about my boyfriend and people will just assume I’m a gay dude. Sexist af. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-rude-to-ask-your-age/812935/15 "2018-04-25T04:05:18Z")
So sorry, didn’t mean to offend you. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-rude-to-ask-your-age/812935/16 "2018-04-25T04:07:11Z")
You seem charming, regardless of your age. Keep up the great interpersonal skills. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-rude-to-ask-your-age/812935/17 "2018-04-25T04:32:17Z")
It’s not how old you are, it’s how old you act. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-rude-to-ask-your-age/812935/18 "2018-04-25T05:18:16Z")
Very unscientific board age distribution poll, [circa 2012](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=643018). Similar poll, [circa 2015](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=770417). ---
**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:** [April 25, 2018, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-rude-to-ask-your-age/812935/19 "2018-04-25T06:46:02Z")
You are free to ask. Others are free to reply, including the reply of NOYFB. Personally, I have nothing to hide; I’m 59. ---
**Author:** ![Delicious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@Delicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delicious)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-rude-to-ask-your-age/812935/20 "2018-04-25T09:18:29Z")
I am as old as the trees. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-rude-to-ask-your-age/812935.md?page=2)