# My REAL age **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 13, 2006, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-real-age/356676 "2006-05-13T22:24:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2006, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-real-age/356676/21 "2006-05-14T02:44:31Z")
Calendar: 30.5 “Real” age: 32.8 ☹ ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2006, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-real-age/356676/22 "2006-05-14T03:29:14Z")
Calendar age=43.9 Real age=42.5. I was down as low as 40.2, but I smoked in college and apparently I don’t eat enough fruits or veggies (yeah, I know) and I dont’ know my cholesterol levels (they’ve been taken but I don’t remember them. Since I don’t remember them, chances are they ar normal or fine). And it says I should get a dog to help with my stress. Um, to me, dog=stress. Like I need one more thing that needs constant attention…I take care of people at work and at home. What I need is a Jeeves! And I should seek therapy for my unhappy marriage–done that. Waiting for him to finish his houseboat, so he can move out… I do hope I am not now inundated with mailings from this site–but it was a good quiz. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2006, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-real-age/356676/23 "2006-05-14T05:29:24Z")
I took this test or one like it a few years back. At that time I smoked, weighed 300 pounds and was totally inactive. (I’m 5’3".) It did not give me an answer. Try it if you don’t believe me. I’m old enough that I don’t want to try it again. I lost 150 pounds, but I still smoke and I’m still a couch potato. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2006, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-real-age/356676/24 "2006-05-14T05:40:27Z")
> [@MLS](#): > > I see some flaws in the test – for example, you get penalized if you take medicines. Presumeably you only take medicines if you have some kind of health problem. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2006, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-real-age/356676/25 "2006-05-14T06:39:22Z")
Fuck. Real Age, 26.3 Actual age, 19.9 Probably related to motorcycles, not wearing a seatbelt in a car, talking on a cell phone while driving, and never doing any kind of exercise. I have a healthy diet, don’t smoke cigarettes regularly, so it’d have to be those. ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2006, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-real-age/356676/26 "2006-05-14T09:52:47Z")
Calender age - 21.1 Real age - 20.7 Yay! ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2006, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-real-age/356676/27 "2006-05-14T11:52:53Z")
My age: 43.2 Real Age: 32.1 Which is about how old people tell me I look…hmmm, maybe there’s something my mom isn’t telling me, like I was swapped for an 11 year old at some point. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Strinka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strinka/32/512_2.png) [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2006, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-real-age/356676/28 "2006-05-14T17:27:49Z")
Apparently, people under 20 don’t have a real age. Heh. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2006, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-real-age/356676/29 "2006-05-14T18:38:44Z")
Physiological: 45.3 Chronological: 48.2 About what I expected. Of course, if they reduced the real age for cat ownership as they do for dog ownership, We’ve got four cats, so multiplying that by a hypothecal per-cat age deduction would put me practically in diapers, as it were. Oh wait…don’t the cats own us? ---
**Author:** ![pendgwen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3da27b/32.png) [@pendgwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pendgwen)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2006, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-real-age/356676/30 "2006-05-14T18:51:33Z")
Calendar age: 28.1 “Real” age: 24.3 I wonder what it would be if I actually lived up to my goals of eating more veggies and working out every day. ---
**Author:** ![SkeptiJess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SkeptiJess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkeptiJess)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2006, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-real-age/356676/31 "2006-05-14T20:14:34Z")
Calendar age: 45.6 ‘Real’ age: 41.4 Acceptable. I was penalized for my weight, for eating more than 1 serving a red meat a week and a few other things. I wonder why they ask if you go to church? ---
**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:** [May 14, 2006, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-real-age/356676/32 "2006-05-14T20:29:17Z")
Aw, my actual real age is 50-something, but on that REAL age test I am dead. I resent having years or fractions thereof added just because I don’t wear my seat belt, talk on the phone while driving, have a motorcycle license–that is not going to make me older, sorry. As opposed to when I go to my actual real-life doctor who says I am in the physical condition of someone at least 15 years younger, although admittedly I don’t look 15 years younger. (Does it count if I get carded when I buy cigarettes? No, it does not. They are carding everybody.) ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2006, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-real-age/356676/33 "2006-05-14T20:41:08Z")
Calendar Age - 42 Real Age - 35 It was actually that site that made me start eating and living healthier, a couple of years ago. Back then my Real Age was the same as my calender age. And that was just not acceptable!\* I had a hard time turning 40.\* ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2006, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-real-age/356676/34 "2006-05-14T20:43:47Z")
Lame. It only asks you about stuff like your health, diet, and exercise, but nowhere does it take into consideration eternal pain and torment to the soul as a result of the world grinding down on it. Plus, they’re trying to send ads to your e-mail address. ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-real-age/356676/35 "2006-05-15T02:11:51Z")
Calendar age: about 38.6 “Real age”: 37.1 Perceived time it took to fill out all those stupid questions, in years: 1.5 So I came out even. ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-real-age/356676/36 "2006-05-15T03:06:56Z")
My Age: 23.1 Real Age: 15.5 Who knew a university lifestyle with healthy eating and no exercise could be this good for you? ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-real-age/356676/37 "2006-05-15T04:38:10Z")
Hey **Kid** that is pretty damned good !!! My “RealAge” is a whopping .1 years higher than my chronological age. Pretty good considering I have health problems (MS for one) and others. Then again, consider all the so-called “health-conscious” gurus out there - be it Jim Fix or Ewell Gibbons, etc - who died _before_ their time. Then again here’s what George Burns (who lived to be 100) had to say: **Interviewer:** How much do you smoke? **George Burns:** I’ve smoked 10 cigars every day of my adult life. **Interviewer** : What does your doctor say? **George Burns** : He’s dead. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-real-age/356676/38 "2006-05-15T04:58:43Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > …but nowhere does it take into consideration eternal pain and torment to the soul as a result of the world grinding down on it. Wild applause. If we consider that then I’m _definitely_ on the wrong side of fifty! Calendar age: 38.9 Real age: 37.8 Perceived age: 14.7 I think this is a spam generating site. Yeah…I went in there anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Danalan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@Danalan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danalan)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-real-age/356676/39 "2006-05-15T05:29:29Z")
The whole damn thing is just a scam to sell vitamins. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-real-age/356676/40 "2006-05-15T06:46:22Z")
Calendar Age: 34.4 Real Age: 24.1 Holy crap. That whole diet and exercise spiel really works! I swear I answered honestly. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-real-age/356676.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-real-age/356676.md?page=3)