I literally spent a solid minute deciding if I was 31 or 32

[momin2013]

LOL - I've totally done this before and had to do the math too. More than once.  :?

[water*drop]

I always have to calculate it now. I'm pretty sure that means I'm old.

[bunnymendelbaum]

I do this all the time. I also regularly as my 5yo how old I am, or DH is.

[justjen]

This phenomenon goes away the closer you get to 40

[halfpint]

I do this regularly. It doesn't help that my H is a year younger, and I often forget that we're not the same age. Once I hit 30, it was like, welp, eff it. It doesn't matter. Every birthday is just "practically 40".

[cjeanette]

Yep. Though I can typically ask the kids and they know mommy is 32 and daddy is 33.

[azurely]

I do this too. I vote normal.

[MadamePresident]

Yes, after 30 all the years start blurring together. I remember as a kid thinking my mom was crazy for not being able to remember her age.

[robyn]

I've done that more times than I'd like to admit. I too used to think adults were nuts for not knowing how old they were. How wrong I was!

[arebee]

I do this all the time. I am pretty sure I am 32.

[meij]

I had my first right after I turned 30, as long as I can at least remember her age, I can easily remember mine.

[londoncalling]

I've had to do the math a lot recently. Apparently I can't seem to remember it. Except I've been trying to decide between 32 and 33 (I'm 32).

[Deleted]

YEs. Two weeks ago at a wedding I told people at the table I was 34. It wasn't until days later I realized I'm 33. Even now typing this I feel confused, am I 32? Lol. I can't be 32 because my sister just turned 32 and I can't be 34 because H just turned 33 and we are the same age after his birthday until mine each year.

I have to do this sort of deductive reasoning frequently.

[Velar Fricative]

I turn 33 on Monday. I keep thinking I'm turning 32 though. Nope, definitely 33 but this is really the first year where I have to pause and think.

[Deleted]

Definitely happened to me last year!

[rootbeerfloat]

Apr 23, 2015 16:35:29 GMT -5 justjen said:

This phenomenon goes away the closer you get to 40

I was going to say this is the last year I will have this problem. After that, I no longer plan to calculate my age

I was 30 when I had DS, so easy math there.

[dancingirl21]

Totally. Last week I did the same thing. 31 or 32? Granted, I've only been 32 for a month, but still.

[spk926]

Normal.

The other night we were talking about something and I made the comment that I was 30. DH had to correct me and tell me I'm 31.

My good friend is retiring and recently met with the HR person and her husband. The HR person said,
"Okay so you're 57?"
Her "No, I'm 59"
Husband "Honey you're 57."
HR "According to your birth year you're 57."
Her "I am?!?!"

[dcn]

Apr 23, 2015 16:58:41 GMT -5 @stilljustash said:

yes.

i told somebody i was 27 the other day.

i am 30.

Ha yes, someone asked me a few days ago how old I am and I said "31".  I am 34.  Wtf?

[rugbywife]

I have had a hard time remembering if I am turning 36 or 37 this year. Unfortunately when I do the math I always get 37. I hate math.

[bcarp30]

DH would age himself all the time because he couldn't remember how old he was. On the upside people would always comment on how young he looked.

[redwino]

Dh and I are always checking in with eachother to see how old we are. I tend to say I'm an age between 30 and 33. I'm 32 but can't seem to lock it in my head.

[Velar Fricative]

Apr 23, 2015 17:43:28 GMT -5 @mrswindycity said:

Apr 23, 2015 17:05:36 GMT -5 Velar Fricative said:

I turn 33 on Monday. I keep thinking I'm turning 32 though. Nope, definitely 33 but this is really the first year where I have to pause and think.

How are we not the same age?? (I'm a year older.)

Maybe you are my age but you just keep forgetting you are?

[thebreakfastclub]

I'd love to be 32. Or 37 even.

[niq]

I think I only remember msniq's age because she's one year younger than me most of the year. So far I've been good about remembering that I'm 35 and no longer 34.

I have no idea how old my sister is.

[xtine22]

I do this all the time. Even while reading this thread I had to think about how old I really am, 33...?... Last summer someone asked me how old I was and it took me a minute and I kind of said it unsure and she totally side eyed me and was like "you don't know how old you are, lol". She was a young though.

[DarcyLongfellow]

Observation #1: You people are so young!!!

Observation #2: I do this all the time, and I have since I turned 30. For a while, I would forget whether I was say, 32 or 33. Now someone asks me, and I get a blank look. I seriously don't have a clue. I know I was 30 when DD1 was born, so I usually do the math from that. Because subtracting 1978 from 2015 is beyond my mental math ability.

[humpforfree]

Lol yes. I was born in 1985 though, so it makes the math a little easier.

[Deleted]

Been there, done that math!

[kershnic]

Yeah, I have the exact same debate pretty much every time I have to answer that question. Even doing the math gets tricky for me, because my birthday is at the end of December so basic subtraction only works for a few days a year. I always have to remember that Current Year - Year of Birth = Age I will turn at the end of the year.