# What is your "mental age"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 6, 2013, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708 "2013-12-06T21:41:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708/1 "2013-12-06T21:41:35Z")
This [20-question quiz](http://mymentalage.com/) will tell you your “mental age,” which can be very different than your chronological age. In my case, my chronological age is 68, but my mental age is 47. I think I’ll just claim to be 47 from now on. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708/2 "2013-12-06T21:46:23Z")
Chronologically 44, mentally 38. Much older than I figured, considering I’ve been told to act my age twice already today. ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708/3 "2013-12-06T21:52:51Z")
56 for reals 39 mentally ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708/4 "2013-12-06T21:53:08Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > This [20-question quiz](http://mymentalage.com/) will tell you your “mental age,” which can be very different than your chronological age. > > In my case, my chronological age is 68, but my mental age is 47. I think I’ll just claim to be 47 from now on. you read older than that. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708/5 "2013-12-06T21:54:12Z")
Actual age: 53, mentally: 38. But, I found some questions very hard to answer truthfully, since on a few of them none of the answers were really possibilities for me. ---
**Author:** ![Tethered\_Kite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@Tethered\_Kite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tethered_Kite)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708/6 "2013-12-06T21:54:31Z")
My security tells me this site contains malicious software so I’ll have to estimate. Guess not. I don’t know what mental age means! Is it spontaneity and playfulness or is it naivety? ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708/7 "2013-12-06T22:03:04Z")
Physical: 44 Mental: 42 But I have to agree with\*\* beowulff\*\*. Was this quiz written by a kid? ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708/8 "2013-12-06T22:05:23Z")
My mental age is 37. I’m 23. I always knew I was mature beyond my years I have some doubts about the scientific accuracy of the test though ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708/9 "2013-12-06T22:05:50Z")
Actual 62, mental 45. However, I would say that on more than half the questions none of the answers were what I actually would have done in that situation. ---
**Author:** ![James\_Toothpaste](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e56c9b/32.png) [@James\_Toothpaste](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/James_Toothpaste)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708/10 "2013-12-06T22:10:10Z")
42 :eek: ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708/11 "2013-12-06T22:11:59Z")
Actual 35; mental 45. Same problems as others, plus–well, when I hear the word “magnum”, ice cream is not the first thing that comes to mind. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708/12 "2013-12-06T22:20:02Z")
Real age 47, mental age 42. I found the questions odd, the one that asks for the best thing on TV didn’t list any of the shows I like. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708/13 "2013-12-06T22:23:36Z")
I ranked 48 vs. my real age of 31, though I’m not sure how accurate that is since the questions were grossly Anglocentric. (I’m not even sure what a “magnum” is in reference to ice cream - I’ve only ever heard the term in reference to firearms and prophylactics.) ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708/14 "2013-12-06T22:30:26Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > This [20-question quiz](http://mymentalage.com/) will tell you your “mental age,” which can be very different than your chronological age. > > In my case, my chronological age is 68, but my mental age is 47. I think I’ll just claim to be 47 from now on. 54/37 ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708/15 "2013-12-06T22:35:44Z")
Actual 63, mental 38. There is obviously something wrong with the test. ---
**Author:** ![EmAnJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708/16 "2013-12-06T22:47:52Z")
Real age: 33; Mental age: 38. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708/17 "2013-12-06T22:48:06Z")
Actual 59, Mental 47. I don’t see a whole lot of difference. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708/18 "2013-12-06T23:07:35Z")
actual 38, mental 31. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708/19 "2013-12-06T23:17:03Z")
66/39. Yeah, I’m childish. ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708/20 "2013-12-06T23:20:20Z")
According to this test, mentally, I’m 36. I turn 40 next month. The test had a lot of questions with answer choices that didn’t fit me at all, so I’m not so sure it’s a great measure of anything. If I want ice cream, I’m probably going to one of the bodegas or the grocery store near my place and getting a pint of something (usually whatever seasonal flavor of Haagen-Dasz or new Ben and Jerry’s that I haven’t tried yet.) My favorite TV shows weren’t listed in the question about which programs were best. I think the iPad is potentially very useful, but I’d prefer the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. When Apple comes out with an iPhone, I don’t really pay much attention. I’m an Android fan at this point. I think the best way to get rich is to really invest in yourself, developing your talents with an eye towards what’s meaningful and gratifying not only to you, but to others. That’s not an answer choice, though. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708.md?page=2)