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What age do you start to tell everyone your age?
what age to you begin to tell everyone your age? eg.... i'm 85 you know....so people are impressed you have lived that long !
i'd say when you get over 80, then again I say it and i'm 56 because people think I look younger ! |
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It's all subjective.
Men and women feel differently about disclosing ones age. Women will generally hint at men to ask them their age especially ones over 50/60 if they rightly/wrongly feel they look younger than their age. The ones that look older tend to shy away from this subject. Men will lie about their age EG say they are older when younger and younger when older to get into womens beds. |
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Not a thing I either talk about, or enquire with others about. If directly asked, which I think is rude anyway, I answer truthfully. Quote:
what age to you begin to tell everyone your age? eg.... i'm 85 you know....so people are impressed you have lived that long !
i'd say when you get over 80, then again I say it and i'm 56 because people think I look younger ! ![]() You could easily pass for 55
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Only if they ask.
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40 - but only to the people who said if you carry on like that you'll never see 40
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Not a thing I either talk about, or enquire with others about. If directly asked, which I think is rude anyway, I answer truthfully.
Just seen your profile pic and can confirm that you look bloody good for 85 ![]() You could easily pass for 55 ![]() ![]()
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Only when people say stuff to me like "just wait till you hit 40".
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Only if they ask.
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When people say they think I'm 16, I can proudly say "nah bruh, I'm 19, I'm old enough to be your mother"
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I don't advertise my age to anyone in my real life. I'm open on here as no one actually knows me but, apart from a very small handful of my closest friends and family, no one knows my age. I've never even told anyone at work when my birthday is
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In my case it was when my daughter started announcing it to everybody because she knew it and wanted the world to know she knew that number
![]() Well, to be fair to her, I've always told people my age - nothing to hide, it's just a number. It was funny when I kept getting it wrong by a year though, and she kept correcting me very loudly! ETA: I'm 53 (54 in a month) and it did feel good when several people, at different times recently, thought I was still in my 40's! I thought that, now that I don't dye my hair any more, I would no longer be thought of as younger than I am. People often assume I'm Jr's grandmother to counter-balance those nice comments.
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I am guessing that I started when I was about 4 or maybe 3 and three quarters.
I was very proud of my age in thsoe early years.
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In my case it was when my daughter started announcing it to everybody because she knew it and wanted the world to know she knew that number
![]() Well, to be fair to her, I've always told people my age - nothing to hide, it's just a number. It was funny when I kept getting it wrong by a year though, and she kept correcting me very loudly! ETA: I'm 53 (54 in a month) and it did feel good when several people, at different times recently, thought I was still in my 40's! I thought that, now that I don't dye my hair any more, I would no longer be thought of as younger than I am. People often assume I'm Jr's grandmother to counter-balance those nice comments.![]() ![]() As for the question. When do I tell people my age well when it's needed, tax man I tell people like that haha I don't just randomly tell the lady on the till at Tesco for example
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Yeah yeah Miss Muggins you knew your age, getting it wrong accidentally on purpose hey!
![]() ![]() As for the question. When do I tell people my age well when it's needed, tax man I tell people like that haha I don't just randomly tell the lady on the till at Tesco for example ![]() I kept saying I was 52 when I was 51
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Whenever I'm asked and I always answer honestly (i"m a woman btw). I never lie about my age as there's a chance of getting caught out. If someone doesn't believe me I'll show them my birth certificate, passport or college ID card (which has my full DOB on it)
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What I didn't explain was that I was getting it wrong in the wrong direction
I kept saying I was 52 when I was 51 ![]() ![]() Or maybe not. lol |
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I like revealing my age to people, most people are noticeably shocked as I do look a lot younger.
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I have spent years telling fibs about my age, just knocked a few years off
, however this year, if i am asked, i am now truthful..honest !
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When you are old you tell everyone what your age is next birthday.
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im sure when im 100 i will tell everyone
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There's a middle period between 30 and 50 that are the shame years where we all just basically pretend we're younger and when someone asks how old we are, we always respond with "guess", followed by daggers if they don't horribly understate.
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what age to you begin to tell everyone your age? eg.... i'm 85 you know....so people are impressed you have lived that long !
i'd say when you get over 80, then again I say it and i'm 56 because people think I look younger ! 69 is a pretty good number to start at.
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Nicest thing that has happened on this forum over Christmas was when I found out a long time mate thought I was 15 years younger than I actually am.
Made my day.
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When I say "I'm 37, you know?", people seem to respond along the lines of "Jesus! I thought you were about 50!"
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to counter-balance those nice comments.

, however this year, if i am asked, i am now truthful..honest !
69 is a pretty good number to start at.