# Poll: What percentage of your life have you ... ? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 29, 2007, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you/424497 "2007-10-29T21:31:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you/424497/21 "2007-10-30T03:07:41Z")
Married: 0% Been a parent: 0% Been in your current profession: 58% ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you/424497/22 "2007-10-30T03:22:27Z")
Married: 53% Been a parent: 42% Been in my profession: Current job profession: 19% Avocation and dream: 45% ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you/424497/23 "2007-10-30T06:17:51Z")
0%, 0%, 28% ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you/424497/24 "2007-10-30T06:33:46Z")
Married: 39% Parent: 34% Current Profession: 48% ---
**Author:** ![SomeUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e480ec/32.png) [@SomeUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SomeUserName)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you/424497/25 "2007-10-30T11:27:00Z")
married . . 23% , two marriages parental … 48.72 % professional … 38%, current job ---
**Author:** ![FourPaws](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e0b2c6/32.png) [@FourPaws](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FourPaws)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you/424497/26 "2007-10-30T11:55:18Z")
Married . . . 34% Parental . . . 27% Professional . . . 51% Judging form those statistics, youd assume that my professional career carries the highest importance. Truth is, I just found out what I was good at and stuck with it. I enjoy been a parent much more than working 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you/424497/27 "2007-10-30T14:28:49Z")
**Been married?** 39% **Been a parent?** 41% **Been in your current profession?** 24% ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you/424497/28 "2007-10-30T14:41:25Z")
Married - 0% Been a parent - 0% Current profession - 16.15% ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Machine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Ice\_Machine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Machine)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you/424497/29 "2007-10-30T15:12:57Z")
Married - 12.4% (together as a couple 25.2%) Parent - 9.5% Profession - 50% since first related job with a lot of schooling early on, 33.3% more or less full time, 7.1% at current company To figure out duration, I just turned 35 a couple weeks back. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you/424497/30 "2007-10-30T15:26:27Z")
Married 0% Partnered 33% Parenting 0% Current profession 26% ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you/424497/31 "2007-10-30T21:12:55Z")
Married: 39% Parent: 24% In my current profession: .009% (4 months) ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you/424497/32 "2007-10-30T21:46:09Z")
Married 46% Stepparent (only) 40% Profession 68% ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you/424497/33 "2007-10-30T21:56:22Z")
Not married, no kids. 51.5% of my life in one profession, Veterinary Technician. ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you/424497/34 "2007-10-30T22:21:52Z")
**Married** 10% (1st marriage = 7.5%, current marriage = 2.5%) **Parent** 25% **Profession** 60% ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you/424497/35 "2007-10-30T22:24:38Z")
0% 0% 25% ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you/424497/36 "2007-10-31T10:33:08Z")
[QUOTE=NinetyWt] What percentage of your life have you… been married? Been a parent? (and a grandparent!) Been in your current profession? [/QUOTE] a) 14.3%, or one-seventh b) 2.9%, or one-thirty-fifth c) 14.3%, or one-seventh ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you/424497/37 "2007-10-31T13:40:14Z")
Dayum! For folks answering positively to all 3, I wonder who will have a tighter range than I. Married 48% Parent 42% Profession 45% Basically we got married between 2d and 3d year of law school, got jobs upon graduation a year later, and started having kids 1 1/2 years after that. And then - no major changes for the past 20 years until recently, when the kids have started to head off to college. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you/424497/38 "2007-10-31T13:47:50Z")
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**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you/424497/39 "2007-10-31T13:47:37Z")
Age 40. Married 0 % Cohabitated: 38 % Parent 0 % Pregnant 0,5% My last job: 16 % ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you/424497/40 "2007-10-31T16:38:38Z")
Married: 22.2% (we’ve been together 33.3%) Parents: 0% (this will never change) In my profession: 19.1% (working with movies in any capacity: 37.1%) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you/424497.md?page=1)