Damp age poll

[maudefindlay]

Just curious on demographics for our group.

I'm 45.

[elefun]

I turn 30 this year so I answered 30s

Eta I don't identify with my 20s anymore 😂

[Jalapeñomel]

43

[staceymcgill]

41

[Monica Geller]

Just turned 40 in December

[georgeharrison]

44

[atlas]

Born 1987. 30s.

[TR]

38. I think this is probably universal, but I don't feel like what I thought 38 would feel like. I was 14/15 when my mom was 38. My memories of her are...not how I feel now, does that make sense?

[bex1973]

48

[chilerellanos]

43.

[gretchenindisguise]

40, but I've been here since my 20s (well not here here, but theknot, thenest, and then here). I definitely feel like the board average age has just aged along with me.

[daisycat]

Just turned 50

[jewel]

Jan 21, 2022 12:35:26 GMT -5 TR said:

38. I think this is probably universal, but I don't feel like what I thought 38 would feel like. I was 14/15 when my mom was 38. My memories of her are...not how I feel now, does that make sense?

My mom was young when she had me. I remember when she turned 30 and I told her I would have to start calling her “mother” because she seemed so old 😂

I’m 39 now. I often still feel strange about being the adult at home.

[mala]

37.

I had to use a calculator because I never remember.

H pointed out this morning that September '22 will be our 15 year wedding anniversary.

[egishere]

43

[wildrice]

Jan 21, 2022 12:35:26 GMT -5 TR said:

38. I think this is probably universal, but I don't feel like what I thought 38 would feel like. I was 14/15 when my mom was 38. My memories of her are...not how I feel now, does that make sense?

Yes. I am still not completely convinced that I'm the adult in the room. I felt like my parents were so much more grown up than me at this age.

Of course, I was 16/17 when they were my age and they had 2 other kids, so we had very different lifestyles and responsibilities at this age.

I voted I'm in my 30's, but I'll be 40 in June so that feels like a bit of an underestimation. 

[Gato]

Jan 21, 2022 12:35:26 GMT -5 TR said:

38. I think this is probably universal, but I don't feel like what I thought 38 would feel like. I was 14/15 when my mom was 38. My memories of her are...not how I feel now, does that make sense?

Same here.  When my mom was 53, her kids were 27 and 25, and I was married.  She seemed super old to me.   

I have a 13 and a 9-year-old (and they tell me every day how old I am, so I guess that's the same!)

[mofongo]

Just turned 44.

[Velar Fricative]

In my 30s for 3 more months.

[underwaterrhymes]

Jan 21, 2022 12:35:26 GMT -5 TR said:

38. I think this is probably universal, but I don't feel like what I thought 38 would feel like. I was 14/15 when my mom was 38. My memories of her are...not how I feel now, does that make sense?

YES. I’m 47 and I do not feel like (or look like) what I thought I would at this age when I was 20. It’s less my vision of what my mom was like (she’s vibrant and young still at 71) and more just that I think the media has thrust this idea upon us that your 40s are a downhill slide to AARP and assisted living. I reject that message!

[dcn]

40, my bday is in 2.5 weeks.

[bcv513]

Jan 21, 2022 12:35:26 GMT -5 TR said:

38. I think this is probably universal, but I don't feel like what I thought 38 would feel like. I was 14/15 when my mom was 38. My memories of her are...not how I feel now, does that make sense?

OMG yes! I'm 38 too and I was 12 when my mom was my age. I just remember her being so together and confident and adult-like, and I just...don't feel the same way

[mags]

Too old to say it out loud!

[jinkies]

I was just telling my son this week that I need someone to adult for me. I really don't feel qualified to make big life decisions. I'm 43.

[goldengirlz]

Jan 21, 2022 12:35:26 GMT -5 TR said:

38. I think this is probably universal, but I don't feel like what I thought 38 would feel like. I was 14/15 when my mom was 38. My memories of her are...not how I feel now, does that make sense?

Yes, definitely, but that’s also perception vs. reality. For instance, my DD definitely sees me as a mom — a cool mom (she often likes to tell me I’m not a Karen ha), but a mom nonetheless. I also catch myself saying mom-things like telling her I’m going to trip over her shoes one day and break my neck. 😞

I also feel it when I hang around my younger coworkers and they’re so, like, deferential. The way they interact with me is not the way they interact with each other. It’s like that old saying, “I feel exactly the way I did at 25 … except when I hang around 25 year olds.”

[sproctopus]

103, at least.

[Deleted]

I'm 46. When my Mom was my age she already 3 grandchildren, and I definitely don't feel any where near close to being old enough to be a grandparent (note, my YOUNGER brother has 3 grandchildren LOL).

[kaneen]

47

[hermione]

Jan 21, 2022 12:35:26 GMT -5 TR said:

38. I think this is probably universal, but I don't feel like what I thought 38 would feel like. I was 14/15 when my mom was 38. My memories of her are...not how I feel now, does that make sense?

I am 47. When my mom was my age, her youngest (me) was in their last year of college for an undergraduate degree. I have an almost 9 year old. Everything about our lives is just...different.

[atlas]

Jan 21, 2022 12:41:35 GMT -5 mala said:

37.

I had to use a calculator because I never remember.

H pointed out this morning that September '22 will be our 15 year wedding anniversary.

Hah, that's why I put birth year. I can never remember my age.