# Where were you in '62? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 6, 2001, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-in-62/97201 "2001-12-06T09:01:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![IMWOMANHERE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/57b2e6/32.png) [@IMWOMANHERE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IMWOMANHERE)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-in-62/97201/1 "2001-12-06T09:01:28Z")
I used to get laughed at when I would confess that I was in the 3-4th grade. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-in-62/97201/2 "2001-12-06T09:12:05Z")
BWA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA! (sorry, I couldn’t resist.) HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA! ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-in-62/97201/3 "2001-12-06T09:14:38Z")
Wasn’t even born yet. My mother was 12. ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-in-62/97201/4 "2001-12-06T10:12:04Z")
Wasn’t born yet, by four years. Mom was 27, if that makes you feel any better, and you’re the same age as my sister Sherry. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-in-62/97201/5 "2001-12-06T10:19:00Z")
11 years from being born- my mother was in high school, my father was in France racing cars or something. ---
**Author:** ![MalFrog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@MalFrog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MalFrog)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-in-62/97201/6 "2001-12-06T10:36:11Z")
Yep. I was just swimming around in my fathers testicles. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-in-62/97201/7 "2001-12-06T10:41:43Z")
In the fall of '62 I entered second grade. I always count backwards or forwards from November of '63 when I figure the elementary grades out, because it is burned into my brain that I was in third grade when JFK was assasinated. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-in-62/97201/8 "2001-12-06T11:09:56Z")
I was also in 3rd-4th grade. Most Dopers, of course, were not even conceived by 1962. Those of us who can remember where we were then, are definitely the board’s greybeards. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-in-62/97201/9 "2001-12-06T11:31:57Z")
My Dad was 9. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-in-62/97201/10 "2001-12-06T11:45:46Z")
Do you mean 1862? If so then my great great grandfather was 9 years old. And in Tennessee. BTW all you guys must be really old! ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-in-62/97201/11 "2001-12-06T11:46:08Z")
2nd-3rd grade The cut-off date for starting school in our district was December 31. I was born in January, so I was pretty much always the oldest in the class, except for those left back. I started first grade in Sept of 1960, so Sept '62 would have been the start of 3rd grade. I was in a basement classroom that year - weird the things we remember… ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-in-62/97201/12 "2001-12-06T11:48:10Z")
**phantomdiver** was six, FWTW. So it would logically follow that I was a few years away;) ---
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-in-62/97201/13 "2001-12-06T11:54:10Z")
Not born yet but I make the cut off for baby boomer, so I’m not that young. ---
**Author:** ![CBEscapee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b19c9b/32.png) [@CBEscapee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CBEscapee)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-in-62/97201/14 "2001-12-06T12:32:59Z")
3-4 grade too. Funny I don’t feel that old! ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-in-62/97201/15 "2001-12-06T12:35:36Z")
I was in the second grade, too. Geez, I can’t believe that some Doper’s parents were so young at the time. It’s almost enough to make me feel old. ---
**Author:** ![CanadianSue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@CanadianSue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanadianSue)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-in-62/97201/16 "2001-12-06T12:46:18Z")
I was a twinkle in my daddy’s eye and a bulge in my momma’s tummy! ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-in-62/97201/17 "2001-12-06T13:29:17Z")
My parents were 10 years old, so I hope I wasn’t even a thought yet. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-in-62/97201/18 "2001-12-06T13:31:13Z")
My parents were falling in love in high school. My husband was 3. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-in-62/97201/19 "2001-12-06T13:39:44Z")
In diapers. I was born in January ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-in-62/97201/20 "2001-12-06T13:42:36Z")
Let’s see… I believe that would have been my mom’s 12th trimester. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-in-62/97201.md?page=2)