# What's the average age of a straight doper? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 28, 2001, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-a-straight-doper/78612 "2001-08-28T22:13:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2022, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-a-straight-doper/78612/101 "2022-10-01T16:53:58Z")
I turned 55 a couple days ago. It’s a bit surreal, because I don’t feel 55. The weird thing is that I am eligible for retirement at work. It’s a university-affiliated research institute, and the HR pamphlet says an employee is eligible for retirement if they’ve worked there at least 20 years at they’re 55 or older. (I’ve worked here for 26 years.) It says that, if I quit, my healthcare benefits will remain in place, and my children can still go to the college for free. But I don’t think I can touch my 401K until I reach 62. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2022, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-a-straight-doper/78612/102 "2022-10-01T17:09:08Z")
Maybe a trifle late, but this thread is for you. [What is the average age of the NON-straight Doper - Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share (MPSIMS) - Straight Dope Message Board](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-average-age-of-the-non-straight-doper/972546) ---
**Author:** ![TheCuse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thecuse/32/2854_2.png) [@TheCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheCuse)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2022, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-a-straight-doper/78612/103 "2022-10-01T17:23:19Z")
Turned 60 last month. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2022, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-a-straight-doper/78612/104 "2022-10-01T17:32:38Z")
You need to Google “Rule of 55”, my friend. You can touch your 401k now most likely. I’m 58 by the way. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2022, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-a-straight-doper/78612/105 "2022-10-01T17:35:47Z")
66 in 2 days. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2022, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-a-straight-doper/78612/106 "2022-10-01T17:53:14Z")
I’ll help bump the average. 75, going on 19. ---
**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 1, 2022, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-a-straight-doper/78612/107 "2022-10-01T18:07:42Z")
73, so far. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-a-straight-doper/78612/108 "2022-10-05T18:39:01Z")
According to my mother, I’m a bouncing 656 months. And a straight-except-for-Tom-Hiddleston-Benedict-Cumberbatch-Rafael-Nadal-and-Neil-Patrick-Harris doper. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-a-straight-doper/78612/109 "2022-10-05T18:51:52Z")
I started posting (had been lurking for some time) in the SDMB about a month after this thread started, I was 23 then, I’m 44 now, in a couple of years (if, Og willing, the SDMB and I are still around) I will be been here more years in my life than not. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-a-straight-doper/78612/110 "2022-10-05T18:56:07Z")
34 years old here ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-a-straight-doper/78612/111 "2022-10-05T19:04:42Z")
I’m 65. If I responded when this thread was new, I was way younger then. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2022, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-a-straight-doper/78612/112 "2022-10-06T04:28:57Z")
I’m 67 now, forth six when the thread started. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-a-straight-doper/78612.md?page=5)