JFF - How Old Are You?

Updated on October 19, 2011
M.D. asks from Washington, DC
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I am 21 - every year :o). At least every year since I really turned 21 in 2004! My daughter laughs about it, because I had her at 20 and she loves to point out that when she is 10, I'll be 30. Nice! I joke around with her and her friends and it always takes her friends a while to figure out I'm not really 21 - though I look nothing like 21!! All 3 of my kids just break out in a huge smile and my husband just shakes his head since he has some years on me....but it just is fun. I still feel 21! How old are you? OR..how old do you claim to be?

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So What Happened?

My hubby and I wouldn't be married if age was a factor :). I have no problem with him being older than I am...and I do tell my honest age to people - it's just fun to joke with my kids about it. Sometimes I'll say it to other people when ordering tickets or something just to continue the game with my kids. I am proud to be 28 for sure!! Glad to see so many can have fun with it - and that no one really feels out of their 20s!

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G.T.

answers from Redding on

54 [sigh], thought I would be rich and flying around with a jet pack at this age instead of driving a Honda :)

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V.B.

answers from Miami on

I'll be 37 tomorrow. Happy Birthday to me! :-)

I am actually 3.5 years older than my hubby. So, when my daughter asks how old we are (which happened last night), she thinks it's hillarious that I'm older than he is. ;-)

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C.O.

answers from Washington DC on

I'm 45....with a brain of a 30 year old - maybe!! LOL!!!

I don't really pay attention to the number anymore - stopped doing that at 30.

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I'm 45....with a brain of a 30 year old - maybe!! LOL!!!

I don't really pay attention to the number anymore - stopped doing that at 30.

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M.P.

answers from Portland on

I'm 68. I went to a new church a couple of weeks ago and my first thought was, "Oh, no! Another church with mostly old people." Then I realized I'm old too. LOL Don't feel old most of the time. But I'm starting to get used to mothers in my granddaughter's school treating me "with respect."

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R.M.

answers from Topeka on

62 years young...and loving every moment of it!! I don't fib about my age ( unless I forget how old I am...lol I have been known to add or subtract a year...lol) I don't color my hair ( I figure I have earned all of these grey hairs!!) the only thing I would like to change is my weight...need to start getting myself back into shape...so I can keep up with the grandkids!!!

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P.M.

answers from Portland on

I'm 64, and I've earned every minute of it!

I felt athletic and younger than my age up through my mid-40's, but then new health issues and old injuries started piling on. I'd say that on a good day, I feel 64, but a bad day can add a decade or so.

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C.W.

answers from Dallas on

I am 36 today!!! Of course, I will be 30 forever!!! LOL

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R.R.

answers from Los Angeles on

Lol, well, I did become a grandmother at a young age ; ) I feel younger than I am on good days, like I'm in my early 30's, but 100 on the days I'm hurting from my fibromyalgia :-/

My 2.5 year old keeps me young, I'm 58 in people years : )

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J.S.

answers from Chicago on

I am 44 and I claim to be 44.

Age is just a number.

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J.P.

answers from Lakeland on

I'm 41 and some days I feel 20 and others 120.It depends on my mood, lol. My daughters b-day is 4 days before mine in August and she thought that I turned 5 too, she looked so shocked when I told her my age.

GrandmaT I am still waiting for flying cars like the Jetsons.

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T.N.

answers from Albany on

Just went through the responses and sent a flower to every one old like me!

Tehehe, 45 in November.

:)

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C.W.

answers from Lynchburg on

Hi mom-

I am the same age as my tongue...and a little older than my teeth!!

lol

In my case, that is 52...and I do tell the truth about my age!

michele/cat

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J.B.

answers from Atlanta on

I'm 41, and I never lie about it! I spent all of my time lying about my age when I was under 21 and trying to get into bars and nightclubs ;-) Now I'm delighted to be carded! My husband is also 41 -although he's exactly 9 months behind me (our birthdays are on the same day of different months). I like to say when my mom was in agony, his mom was having some fun!

Grandma T -I am itching to get my hands on a jet pack! If they're ever available to the public, I will take out a second mortgage if I have to!

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S.B.

answers from Kansas City on

I'm 30. I don't feel like a grown up, though.

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A.G.

answers from Dallas on

41, and I always admit my age. I figure I've earned my lines. :)

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C.B.

answers from Kansas City on

i am 34 in a couple weeks...and i don't claim to be anything else...honestly i often have to stop and do the math!! i don't place much stock in age...i still feel like i'm in my 20's most days :) ok maybe late 20's...lol.

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H.D.

answers from Dallas on

I'm turning 35 this Sunday, this is the first birthday I'm starting to feel "old". I don't feel 35, I don't look 35 but mentally I am sad to have to admit my age:(

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L.M.

answers from New York on

34 and hubby is 37...I never feel old but I realize I am getting older when I think back to being in school and it was in the 90s and I see these teeny bop stars and they were BORN in the 90s....ok that makes me feel old.

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B.C.

answers from Los Angeles on

I'll be 61 in just over a week and I've always been honest about my age.

I could hardly wait to be 21 and then while I was waiting, the age for voting and such was lowered to 18.

Now I look forward to the senior discounts.

Good luck to you and yours.

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M.L.

answers from Colorado Springs on

Well... I've been celebrating the anniversary of my 29th birthday for over thirty years - let's leave it at that! :^D But I'm not old; old is 128.

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D.H.

answers from Louisville on

LOL - I'm at the century mark - little bro likes to remind me of that -- just waiting til it's his turn!!! now feel like I'm starting to look that age - really need to get out and do more fun stuff (winning the lottery could really help there! *L*)

btw - couple of age "jokes" -- like age is just a number and mine is unlisted!

also heard this one from a fella doing balloons for kids at a festival (must've been a kid's b-day in the group) -- said now that he's in double digits, he adds the two digits together for his age and said he was now 8 ... I laughed and said, well then I'm 5....

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☆.A.

answers from Pittsburgh on

Well, Theresa...you owe me O., then!

47 here.

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S.P.

answers from Seattle on

I just turned 25. even though my husband thinks I'm 26 and can't ever remember my birthday. I feel like i'm 96 but look like 18. I love the looking younger feeling but hate feeling so old sometimes. I have a 3 yr old and a 8 month old.

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D.K.

answers from Pittsburgh on

46 and 46. I received a birthday card when I turned 30 that said '30 is not old, if you're a tree'.

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J.W.

answers from St. Louis on

I am 43, I suppose I may start playing with my age if I ever feel like I have grown up. I had my son at 20 as well.

Turning 30 didn't effect me nor did 40. I was sure my son turning 18 would hit me and then 21, not even. I did take pause when my son went to the first wedding of a friend. Then a minute later I forgot I was old.

Really the looks of shock are too much fun to lie about my age. :)

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M.R.

answers from Rochester on

28 (as of last week). It will take me a year to remember that I'm not 27 since I just started remembering that. At least I never forget what year I was born so I can always fall back on doing the math. :)

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J.V.

answers from Chicago on

I'm 39. Every year gets better. I just wish I had the body I had when I was 21. But I prefer the mind I have now, so it balances out.

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S.M.

answers from Kansas City on

45, just this last week.

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E.J.

answers from Lincoln on

I just turned 26 and now I'm realizing that age where you forget b/c I guess it doesn't much matter. On my birthday they asked me how old I was and I had to think about it! :-)

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J.D.

answers from Cincinnati on

36. Loving every minute hanging with friends, girls trip and lots of other things too. When people ask, I have to think about it for a second.

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T.F.

answers from San Diego on

I will be 36 on Halloween! Turning 36 doesnt both me as much as realizing that 40 is on 4 years away. LOL! I dont feel old but my clock is a ticking and I hope to be able to talk my DH into another baby by this time next year.

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L..

answers from Roanoke on

I'm 26 and loving every minute!!

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S.H.

answers from St. Louis on

49 last month. I'm looking forward to next year: I'll be 50 & my Mom will be 70! We're hitting the road!

& best of all, no matter how old I am, my DH is older...by 8 years. :)

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R.B.

answers from La Crosse on

33. I will be 34 mid November. My husband turned 40 this year.

I had my kids when I was 18, 21,22, 29 & 30.

I tell my age... then when I say I have a 15 yr old or that I have 5 kids, the looks I get are funny! Most say I look like Im in my mid 20's... but I feel like Im in my mid 40's most days!

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K.C.

answers from Orlando on

26 years old, the only reason I lie about it is because I forget haha. I can tell you exactly (to the month) how old the kids are :) I usually say 25 because that's what I remember.

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S.R.

answers from Kansas City on

I just turned 25 in September.

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V.W.

answers from Jacksonville on

43. And I tell my real age if asked. I was actually carded at the store a few months ago. It was odd, because it was one of those rare days when I put on NO makeup and only had used moisturizer. ?

Of course, I didn't have my kids with me either.. that's usually a giveaway...a 13 year old calling you mom tends to give the impression you're substantially over 21, lol.

I don't think or worry too much about age. I think more about "urg... that hip is feeling weird again" or "ouch. shouldn't have carried those computers out to they car by myself".... lol.

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N.P.

answers from San Francisco on

I'm 396 months old and counting! I've never fibbed about my age but have been guiltily of forgetting how old I am since I don't make such a big deal about my birthday. I used to, but since I have a September 11th birthday, many of the post twin tower birthdays have been so subdued I've forgotten my own age due to the unmemorability of them. I have to whip out the year I was born and the year it is now and do some math.

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J.C.

answers from Rockford on

44 and I am truthful about it. I think I look younger too, and I'm going to take mother nature up on that for as long as it will last! My husband is 3 1/2 years older than me, and when we were first together 8 years ago someone mistook me for his daughter. I NEVER let him forget that, lol!

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R.N.

answers from Norfolk on

I am 36, I typically say either 30 lately I have said 35. For me it is more of a, no one needs to know other than my doctor. I hate when people ask, I am rather peite and so they see me with my husband and children and think i am 20 and he is 40 and we have 5 kids.

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S.D.

answers from Colorado Springs on

34 & claim it
Annoyingly enough I apparently look anywhere between 23 & 50+. I've been told I couldn't possibly be this old & then asked if my 21 yr. old niece is my daughter & if my kids are actually my grandkids.
Guess it depends on what I'm wearing!

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M.B.

answers from Washington DC on

30, as is my husband.

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K.F.

answers from Cleveland on

I'm 26 but I look like I'm 16 :(

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K.I.

answers from Los Angeles on

34

I still feel like I am in my 20's!

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C.R.

answers from Kansas City on

I will be 37 next month - I don't feel like it though. :)

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A.H.

answers from Tulsa on

28. Although I don't feel like I should be that close to 30! I remember when I thought that was old!

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M.B.

answers from Orlando on

28! But being pregnant and the mother of a 5 year old makes me feel like I'm 68!

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L.L.

answers from Orlando on

I'm about to be 33......and like someone else said...I don't feel like a grown up. Sometimes when I'm at work, I'll secretly look around at all the other "grown ups" and think...how do they think I'm a grown up?! LOL seriously sometimes I still feel like a little girl in a 33 year old womans body/life. I have a good career, own my own home, 9 yr old daughter, pets that I'm responsible for..and I still feel that way sometimes! Oh, and my boyfriend is 26 and we totally mesh. lol

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J.L.

answers from Los Angeles on

I'm 29.
I usually say I am 29, and joke that my guy is my old man. He's 38. He however always tells people he will always be 32 (inside car joke).
=)

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K.L.

answers from Washington DC on

I turned 39 last week!! I suppose I really shouldn't be bothered by it, because I FEEL FABULOUS!!! I'm planning to live to about 100. :)

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T.M.

answers from Philadelphia on

34, i had to think about it for a second...lol! seems like that happened after the 30th bday.

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A.A.

answers from Las Vegas on

I am 37 and my husband is 36.

V.C.

answers from Dallas on

I'm 56 and my husband is 50.

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M.E.

answers from Jacksonville on

I am 29. It is common for people to think I am 21 or so... occasionally even younger. The other day I had an older lady ask me why I wasn't in school...lol as in high school! I told her because I graduated 12 years ago....;) I don't claim to be younger or older.

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K.M.

answers from Norfolk on

I'm 35 but if I could pick an age to be I'd pick 30. I loved being 30. Being 35 isn't bad either but it's hard for me to believe I'm this age! I thought I'd feel older than I do.

I, like someone else who responded, never remember my age!!!! When someone asks me my first response is 32. Then I say, wait, no, 33, no, 34, no, 35!!! lol

Fun question!

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J.M.

answers from Dallas on

I am 41. Had my first baby at 40 and proud of every year!!! I never lie about my age becuase people don't believe me anyway!

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I am 41. Had my first baby at 40 and proud of every year!!! I never lie about my age becuase people don't believe me anyway!

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K.F.

answers from New York on

My mother was 30 and holding until she died this year at 69. So in her world I was 14 years older than my own mother. LOL ;-)

I'm now 45 and fabulous.

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T.J.

answers from Seattle on

35 and my husband is 40, I think I look around 30.

✿.3.

answers from Reading on

I turned 33 in August and my husband is 38.
Have a great day ladies!

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S.L.

answers from St. Louis on

I'm 32 and hubby is 31... just had baby #2

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A.P.

answers from Norfolk on

I'm 10. I give my age in the Celsius scale now.

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B.D.

answers from Washington DC on

My kids tease me because I can NEVER remember!! Either 43 or 44! I'll ask them!! lol When I go to Doctor and have to fill out age, I have to actually calculate it so that i get it right!

F.H.

answers from Phoenix on

I'm 44 and happy about it. My life got SO much better after I turned 40! =)

✤.J.

answers from Dover on

I'm 27 & have been for almost 8 years now.

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J.S.

answers from Charlottesville on

I tell everyone that I am 39. I tell them my 39th birthday (9/11/01) was so explosive that I am afraid to go any higher. Then I usually go on to admit that I am really 49.

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M.A.

answers from Toledo on

i'll be 28 on Oct 31 :))

M.P.

answers from Provo on

lol I'm 24 and I had O at 22. . and he was an accident but I wouldn't change the past for anything :D Even though it was a real rough one. I learned that I really did want him and more babies (when I get married this time!!)

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M.T.

answers from New York on

I'm always honest about my age, I don't joke about being younger, every birthday is another year I've survived cancer and am here with my kids. I am 44. My kids are 12 and 16.

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I'm always honest about my age, I don't joke about being younger, every birthday is another year I've survived cancer and am here with my kids. I am 44. My kids are 12 and 16.

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K.C.

answers from Washington DC on

I'm 27 and would not want to be 21 again ;)

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S.H.

answers from Richmond on

Hubby is 45...he says I am his "sweet young thing" - it's nice to hear that at 37!!!

A.S.

answers from Iowa City on

I'm 28. But I have to think about it. I never remember my age. Sometimes I am off by a year or two when someone asks me unexpectedly how old I am. I'm always like, "26?...no...28!" I was just thinking about this the other night. I am nearly 30 and I still feel like a kid. I think I always will.

M.L.

answers from Houston on

30, but it's really weird b/c I forget and think I'm still 29.

C.M.

answers from Washington DC on

I just turned 31 on Friday. My husband is 30

E.S.

answers from Dayton on

32
It is what it is. We're all getting older. ;)

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