# Poll: Approximately how old are you? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 21, 2003, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-approximately-how-old-are-you/208663 "2003-10-21T08:13:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Snuggles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Snuggles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snuggles)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-approximately-how-old-are-you/208663/21 "2003-10-21T12:30:40Z")
B) I am 19. ---
**Author:** ![Walkabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walkabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walkabout)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-approximately-how-old-are-you/208663/22 "2003-10-21T12:33:34Z")
I’m e), 42 to be exact. ---
**Author:** ![dodyskin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecc23a/32.png) [@dodyskin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dodyskin)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-approximately-how-old-are-you/208663/23 "2003-10-21T12:40:23Z")
(b) 21 on Sunday! ---
**Author:** ![hocow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hocow/32/4112_2.png) [@hocow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hocow)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-approximately-how-old-are-you/208663/24 "2003-10-21T12:59:17Z")
(b) 18…19 in December tho, i’m getting there! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-approximately-how-old-are-you/208663/25 "2003-10-21T13:17:28Z")
Clinging on for dear life in ©. ---
**Author:** ![ShadiRoxan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@ShadiRoxan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadiRoxan)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-approximately-how-old-are-you/208663/26 "2003-10-21T13:18:37Z")
I’m at the beginning of c. 23 ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-approximately-how-old-are-you/208663/27 "2003-10-21T13:21:33Z")
I like this – I’ve never been classified as a D before! (I’ll be 39 in December.) ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-approximately-how-old-are-you/208663/28 "2003-10-21T13:22:35Z")
I’m a c). I’ll be 30 in January. ---
**Author:** ![Coil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Coil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coil)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-approximately-how-old-are-you/208663/29 "2003-10-21T13:41:43Z")
C, turning D next year. ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-approximately-how-old-are-you/208663/30 "2003-10-21T13:49:20Z")
B) I’m 19 in April. ---
**Author:** ![Yossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/9de0a6/32.png) [@Yossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yossarian)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-approximately-how-old-are-you/208663/31 "2003-10-21T14:04:11Z")
(d), and if I recall correctly, a thread sometime ago informally established the average age of the board (obviously based on people posting to that thread!) as 31 or 32 (my age). ---
**Author:** ![Eliphalet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eliphalet/32/9563_2.png) [@Eliphalet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eliphalet)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-approximately-how-old-are-you/208663/32 "2003-10-21T14:14:06Z")
D) 33 to be precise. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-approximately-how-old-are-you/208663/33 "2003-10-21T14:18:10Z")
f ---
**Author:** ![curly\_chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@curly\_chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curly_chick)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-approximately-how-old-are-you/208663/34 "2003-10-21T14:47:29Z")
I am in the middle of d) and it is so nice here, I am considering never leaving. I’ll still want the birthday parties and the presents, mind you, but I reckon I’ll be 35 for ever, if anyone asks! ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-approximately-how-old-are-you/208663/35 "2003-10-21T14:47:46Z")
b, I’m 22. ---
**Author:** ![AmericanMaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@AmericanMaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AmericanMaid)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-approximately-how-old-are-you/208663/36 "2003-10-21T14:50:53Z")
c. I have a question for the c - f crowd: was there an episode of _Benson_ where they had a simulation nuclear attack and in the simulation the little girl died? Scarred me for life. ---
**Author:** ![np\_complete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecb155/32.png) [@np\_complete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/np_complete)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-approximately-how-old-are-you/208663/37 "2003-10-21T15:07:16Z")
c) (and e!s, you should check your PMs at the [H], you, möbiusstrip, and I spent some time on the Soapbox together/apart) ---
**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-approximately-how-old-are-you/208663/38 "2003-10-21T15:08:48Z")
My drivers license says I’m a D. But I stopped believing it years ago, so I’m still acting like a C. (Do you think Peter Pan has room with the Lost Boys?) ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-approximately-how-old-are-you/208663/39 "2003-10-21T15:17:46Z")
f). I’m 54. ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-approximately-how-old-are-you/208663/40 "2003-10-21T15:19:49Z")
d), for a little less than 2 years. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-approximately-how-old-are-you/208663.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-approximately-how-old-are-you/208663.md?page=3)