# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708/81 "2013-12-09T17:24:25Z")
Physical 60, Mental 44. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708/82 "2013-12-09T18:59:14Z")
Actual 45, projected mental 38. Odd, because I always mentally view myself as 17. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708/83 "2013-12-11T05:23:14Z")
For the ice cream one, did none of the rest of you use Google? It put me at 38, 9 to 10 older than my actual age. I’ve always thought I acted younger, but most of my young stuff wasn’t asked. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708/84 "2013-12-13T03:29:02Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I got stuck at question one. What is a magnum. What is a chocolate flake. And what is an ice lolly? They sell Magnum in every grocery store around here and Wal-Mart. They’re on sale at Target now. Real age: 36 Mental age: 40 …so I’m mature? ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708/85 "2013-12-13T15:58:38Z")
50/50, which is strange: I still get carded at the liquor store sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708/86 "2016-08-04T00:29:58Z")
> [@x-ray\_vision](#): > > 45 going on 41. I thought I was more immature than that. Re-took the test now, three years later. My mental age also increased by three years. Interesting. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708/87 "2016-08-04T02:04:43Z")
Took the test before realizing this is a zombie, but what the heck: Actual: 64 Mental: 40 Or so it would have you believe… ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708/88 "2016-08-04T02:20:15Z")
Real 60, Mental 16. I expected 17, this is even better. No way I’ll ever grow old mentally. ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708/89 "2016-08-04T02:25:00Z")
Actual: 63 Quiz answer: 33 ---
**Author:** ![Mallard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Mallard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mallard)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708/90 "2016-08-04T02:33:01Z")
I’m nearly 64 and scored a 42. A little bogus IMHO, my daughter will be 42 in 4 days for cripes sakes! ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708/91 "2016-08-04T02:42:48Z")
Hmmm. Mental age 52, real age 49. ---
**Author:** ![TYphoonSignal8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e99b99/32.png) [@TYphoonSignal8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TYphoonSignal8)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708/92 "2016-08-04T03:00:49Z")
Real 47, mental 32. …which is actually how I feel which is reassuring. It would be nice to do a 200 question version of this to get some more accuracy around it. “What does “oil shock” mean to you?”, “The surname “McCarthy” causes you to think of…?”, “The definition of “MAD” is…?” and so on. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708/93 "2016-08-04T03:11:29Z")
1. 49 years younger than my actual age. I’ve never been so insulted in my life. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708/94 "2016-08-04T03:13:08Z")
59% of my actual age, wish my knees felt that way. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2016, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708/95 "2016-08-04T03:32:19Z")
Back in '13 I was 59 and scored a 42 on that test. I took the test today and scored 28. Not sure what that means…😃 ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708/96 "2016-08-04T03:37:30Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Back in '13 I was 59 and scored a 42 on that test. > > I took the test today and scored 28. Not sure what that means…😃 You were so much older then, you’re younger than that now. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708/97 "2016-08-04T03:50:04Z")
Real, 65. Mental, 28. I don’t know how that happened. ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708/98 "2016-08-04T05:35:37Z")
Real age 73, mental 44. Very difficult to give a reasonably thought out answer to many of the questions. I would like to see this expanded to maybe fifty questions. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708/99 "2016-08-04T07:47:06Z")
Physical 48, mental 30. OK; guess instead of the Mommy of all those Youngsters at work (most of my coworkers are in their mid or late 20s) I’m just the older sister. ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708/100 "2016-08-04T08:40:39Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Actual 59, mental 49. > > Ditto. The TV one, for instance - I wouldn’t say there’s never anything good on TV, but none of the shows (or even categories) I like were listed: _MASH_, _Soap_, _The Muppet Show_, _Whose Line?_, _The Wild Wild West_, _The Man from Uncle_, &c… Hmm…Questions must change from one test to another, since I got no question about TV shows. real : 51 mental : 25 . Which surprised me quite a bit given the answers I gave. But of course, yes, this test is meaningless. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708.md?page=6)