Has anyone ever forgotten their age?

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Beautiful_Heat8248@reddit

I just realized that you can tell basically every age in the ~5 year range and nobody will ever notice. Nobody starts counting when you tell them your birth date… atleast if your over 25-30 I guess

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I turned 21 in September 2025 and i was so busy and stressed last months that I thought i was twenty. I’m also German and your a full grown adult able to do anything at twenty so it doesn’t matter but I realized I need to cut stress down lol

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movingmom1@reddit

Sort of: my husband and I had an argument about how old we are, had to have Alexa figure it out. Pass the Geritol…

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HedgehogNo8361@reddit (OP)

LOL I totally forgot about Geritol omg

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Mysterious_East5899@reddit

I completely skipped being 33

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Barcelona_McKay@reddit

Constantly

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ginoenidok@reddit

Yup constantly

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LadyNorbert@reddit

All the time!

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Melekai_17@reddit

Oh yeah.

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OkAd6047@reddit

All the time!! 🤣

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WishboneNo2829@reddit

My husband went to the doctor Thursday, and swore he was already 55. He will be in September.

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mobilene@reddit

Yes. I was 12 until, to my surprise, it was my 14th birthday.

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Captain-Pig-Card@reddit

A time or two more and you’ll wonder why you bothered to remember anyway.

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CryptocalEnvelopment@reddit

I do have to do the math every once in a while, I always make myself a year younger, like writing the earlier year on a check.

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chilicheesefritopie@reddit

Since the age of 25, more often than not I have accidentally aged myself a year older than I am. Oh well.

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IfICouldStay@reddit

Yes. Ever since about my late 30s I’ve had some struggle with it. It’s not that I don’t “remember” it’s more that I have to actually think about it. Like, I’ll see those ads that are: “dress/haircuts for your age” and my eyes go straight to the 30 range, and I have to consciously think, “nope! Not for you. Go to the 50 section”

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Commercial_Okra7519@reddit

Me! I was 38 for two years 😂

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CrankyUrbanHermit@reddit

I’ve been 50 for about 6 years.

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Ok-Humot9024@reddit

Every time I'm asked, I have to think of my son's age (20 now) and add 30. I can remember his, but not my own, which is pretty good evidence that parenthood breaks your brain.

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tango421@reddit

I use math. It’s not top of mind tbh.

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doofuspuppy214@reddit

I never know. I occasionally look it up when I need to know the number.

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Ok-Shift-908@reddit

When I was 30-something I didn’t care for my age. Now I’m 50-something and when people ask, I have to think of my first born and add 20 just to remember my age.

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fireworksguaranteed@reddit

Yes, all the time.

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Twice_Widowed@reddit

I just turned 57. Last year I was 55. I skipped 56 all together

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-wanderings-@reddit

You didn't miss much 😄

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Working_Park4342@reddit

I hate when that happens.

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SmallBarnacle1103@reddit

I was 45 until my wife let me know I was 47. Kind of feels the same.

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-wanderings-@reddit

Are we married to the same person 😄

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foozballhead@reddit

All the time. I have to redo the math everytime someone (rarely) asks.

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WNJohnnyM@reddit

I'm 50....no wait. I'm 51...no wait. I'm...52?

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Working_Park4342@reddit

Here. Use the calculator. That's what I do.

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WNJohnnyM@reddit

We all know what happens....80085.

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Recent-Vermicelli382@reddit

I spent all of last year thinking I was 57 when I didn't turn 57 until the end of the year.

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Purplish_Peenk@reddit

Yep. At Costco. Said a shirt was for someone in their 40’s. I had just turned 46…

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IndgoViolet@reddit

I was 25 for 3 years. The first one 'cause I can't count, the second year I actually was, the third year because the last two were pretty good so I leaned into the joke. GenX '68.

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Iwantaschmoo@reddit

I was 32 for almost 2 years. When someone pointed out my true age a really felt like I had just lost a year of my life. Weird feeling.

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DVSWDE1973@reddit

Every Summer, I forget I’m in my 50’s and jump off the dock into the lake. Hurts for days after. But I’m not going to quit. 😂

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Twice_Widowed@reddit

I JUST got rid of this song.... asshole! Its been in my head for a week!!!!

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DVSWDE1973@reddit

You’re welcome. 😉

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PreviousAd8450@reddit

This song is on repeat in my head now. Thanks. 😆

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DVSWDE1973@reddit

Mine too since I wrote that. Luckily I’m on mute in this Teams meeting.

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EPCreep@reddit

I stopped counting after 30.

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copperfrog42@reddit

I spent all of last year thinking that I was a year older than I really was...

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BabyBearMan@reddit

I just tell them the year I was born. Saves me from doin the math.

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gjohill@reddit

Damn near every time someone asks. I usually just let my wife answer that one.

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butterflygardyn@reddit

Yes! The math got harder after 2000 so I just announce the decade. I'm in my 40s , 50s, 60s... I told people I was 50 about 3 years before I turned 50. Lol

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Chris_Golz@reddit

I'm either 51, 52, or 53. I could figure it out, but I don't care.

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sysaphiswaits@reddit

Yes, but I’ve also been lying about it for a long time.

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1Pip1Der@reddit

Constantly have to do the math.

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ItsLikeARewardAZ@reddit

No. I just don’t want to share it. We’re becoming irrelevant as is. Life is meant for the younger.

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JanuaryDove@reddit

Yes, plenty of times -- in my 30s, 40s, and now in my 50s. I remember it when it is divisible by 5, but in between, nah, I just don't care that much. I know which decade of my life I'm in, that's good enough.

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LeanButNotMean@reddit

Sadly, I have not.

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rtduvall@reddit

I’m 57 and it just happened to me for the first time last week. That’s concerning.

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upnytonc@reddit

All the time. Recently I have been 45 and 49. My real age, 48.

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magdocjr@reddit

My wife thinks I’m twelve 🤷

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Motleywizard@reddit

You still laugh at farts. Butthead.

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DaddyOhMy@reddit

Hey, when my wife stops making them, I’ll stop laughing at them.

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magdocjr@reddit

Truth

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DVSWDE1973@reddit

Mine too

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Puzzleheaded-Novel27@reddit

Forgotten no. Didn’t care enough to remember or care yes.

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Sensitive-Elevator1@reddit

All. The. Time. I’m 49, but I might also be 48 or 50 depending on the day.

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Johnny_2Times@reddit

Yes. I've been almost 60 for 2 years now and finally actually almost 60 for real.

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LayerNo3634@reddit

I do all the time. I have been saying I'm 57...wait, I don't turn 57 until next month.

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Awe3@reddit

I’m trying.

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NoAngle2972@reddit

I went through a whole year of telling people I was a year older than I actually was. 🤣

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beebopn3rd@reddit

kinda it seems like once I hit my 50s, I always add a year to my age lol

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HammerMeUp@reddit

I'm glad I'm not the only one!

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whatsupgrizzlyadams@reddit

Yup. My husband aged 2 years on a Saturday night. I routinely have to use a calculator to remind myself how old I am. I'll be 58 this year.

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Blackberrygirl22@reddit

I'm somewhere in my 50's... Can never remember exactly where, so when asked my age I say "i'm 50-fun"

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tranquilrage73@reddit

Yeah. I am 50-something-ish. Somewhere between 51 and 53.

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JuJu_Wirehead@reddit

Between 35 and 40 I couldn't remember how old I was, my wife would have to fill in the blank whenever someone would ask. I honestly couldn't remember, I had stopped keeping track. Since 40 though I've had constant reminders so I'm very aware I'm turning 50 soon.

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Expensive_Rhubarb_87@reddit

More so now I’m over 50.

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WintersAcolyte@reddit

I filled out paperwork yesterday and struggled to remember. I'm not sure if I wrote down the right age cause now I can't remember what I wrote down. Sigh.

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stormlova@reddit

All the time!!

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NoFollowing7781@reddit

Yup lol.... glad it's not just me 🙄😅

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Rory-liz-bath@reddit

Yes I’ve done that thought I was a whole year older than I was , when I figured it out it felt like repeating a grade in school 😂

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Numbnuts696@reddit

Yes.

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LennardRamone@reddit

That usually happens around the time of my birthday 😊

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azchocolatelover@reddit

My age is about the only thing I DON'T forget.

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CA2Kiwi@reddit

Omg, exact same situation at the same age. i was convinced I was a year older than I was for like 9 months until my brain finally matched that that could not be right since I was born in 1967. In the SF Bay Area - Summer of Love, baby!

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Prestigious_Rain_842@reddit

Yes ..... sigh. I can remember anything with words but numbers..... uh what year was I born?

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RhodeReddit@reddit

No, unfortunately, but I forgot my iPhone passcode for the first time this morning. Fortunately, it came back to me a minute or two later, and after several ‘nopes, that ain’t it’ from my phone 😅

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m149@reddit

First lost track at age 35 when someone asked me how old I was and I said 39.

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VinceP312@reddit

WHen I got to the late 30s and late 40s i would lose track.

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Initial-Relation-696@reddit

Or the year, or where my keys are, or why I walked out to the garage or................

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pandorumriver24@reddit

My husband and I are the same age, I have to ask him how old “we” are pretty often bc I can’t remember.

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Schradykat@reddit

Yep. I married someone two and a half years older and most of my friends and my sibling are around that age, too, so I forget and round up to that age a lot. But turns out I'm just a fresh-faced 52 while he and our friend circle is now turning 55. 😂

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YesHaveSome77@reddit

Went to the doctor a few years ago. Told the nurse I was 47. My wife was with me and said, "Wanna try that again?" I was like "Oh hell, I'm only 45!" and laughed a bit. Turns out I was 46.

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trd623@reddit

i always seem to have myself a year older than i actually am 🤣

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GenXSkully@reddit

Constantly

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Beautiful-Event-1213@reddit

I always think I'm older than I am, and then I always have to do the math. I don't care enough about my age to lie about it. (I'm 57, confirmed by doing the math. I think I've been saying I'm 57 for about 3 years now, so I'm relieved I finally caught up to what I've been telling people.)

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itskellibell@reddit

Damn near every day

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Quietus76@reddit

All the time. Im turning 50 this year, so that one is pretty hard to forget.

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Cute_Doughnut_7739@reddit

I used to a long time ago. Had PTSD from abuse. The only way I would know is that I was born the year the Super Bowl started.

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kalelopaka@reddit

No, I start thinking of the next number before my birthday and call myself that age before I get there.

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No_Gap_2700@reddit

I've done this several times. Thought I was turning 48 last year just because I'm an idiot. I was a bit pissy when I realized I lost a year and was going to be 49.

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BeLikeDogs@reddit

I lost my whole 45th year because of this!

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PeppersteakPi@reddit

I’d like to 🤣

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fridayimatwork@reddit

Constantly forget that and how long I’ve been married

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Square-Wing-6273@reddit

Married in 2000, that's an easy one

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Square-Wing-6273@reddit

All the time

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netanator@reddit

Before my birthday this year, all the time

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Jackalope_Sasquatch@reddit

OP I was born July 1, 1970 so we are basically twins. 😁 Funny you brought this up because just yesterday my wife and I were discussing whether I was 55 or 56. I'm 55 until July. Scary it took both of us to deduce that...

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FortuneOpen5715@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/pmlzxpuj04fg1.jpeg?width=2316&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f0947f3b5dbe0bd933ef41d5117598cc444c0a9d I’ll be 50 in April. I took this selfie last Summer. I had trauma when I was 15 and they say trauma stunts your emotional growth. In my head I feel like I’m about 17, the mirror tells me I may be 10 years younger. In the past decade, I’ve found myself thinking I’m a year or two younger in my head.

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BubbaPrime42@reddit

You're beautiful regardless!

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FortuneOpen5715@reddit

Thank you! 😊

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TheRateBeerian@reddit

Just this morning my wife asked me how old a certain friend of mine is, and I paused and said "well he's a couple years younger than me, so...how old am I? oh right, 56, so he's about 53 or 54"

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BubbaPrime42@reddit

I turned 60 today. I'm trying hard to forget :)

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Vintage_Zoo@reddit

Happy Birthday!

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BubbaPrime42@reddit

Thank you 🥰

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HedgehogNo8361@reddit (OP)

Happy birthday!

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BubbaPrime42@reddit

Thanks so much!!!

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HHSquad@reddit

Meh, I'm 64, you're just a baby 😉

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BubbaPrime42@reddit

Lol, thanks!

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Foulwinde@reddit

Happy BD!

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BubbaPrime42@reddit

Thanks 💕😍

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MichaelJamesDean21@reddit

Not my age but random everyday bull shit like forgetting why I’m looking at my phone or asking why in the hell did I just walk into the kitchen

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curiesity73@reddit

All last year I told people I was 53 - born in 73- I guess I won’t age this year

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Kitsune9_Robyn@reddit

Not really? 1970 makes for easy math.

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full_of_ghosts@reddit

Sometimes I have to stop and think about it. I mean, it never takes longer than a second or two, but it's slightly longer than "instant." I suspect it's less about aging-related memory failures, and most about the fact that the *exact number* matters less at our age. The difference between 20 and 21 is enormous and super important. The difference between 48 and 49? Barely relevant in any imaginable context. No need to have it on instant recall.

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Glitterbomb4274@reddit

Omg yes! Just last week I was talking to my husband and said some about being 52 and he said wth are you talking about. You’re only 51. lol

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2workigo@reddit

Sometimes I have to do mental math to figure. And sometimes my mental math is wrong.

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wellbalancedlibra@reddit

I have to calculate when people ask because I've given up keeping track. I know I'm in my 50s. I'll worry about it again when I'm in my 60s.

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handsomeape95@reddit

🎶 Nobody likes you when you're 23 And are still more amused by TV shows What the hell is ADD? My friends say I should act my age What's my age again? 🎶

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mEp1973@reddit

Yes lol. My husband is 8 months older than me so after his birthday, I tend to start thinking of myself as the same age. One year, I did that and then as my birthday got closer, I had already added another year on. So I actually thought I was 2 years older than I was. Honestly right now I'm not 100% sure how old I am 🤣🤣🤣 I think I generally see age at this point in terms of dead or not dead lol

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CrustyBatchOfNature@reddit

My daughters are 8 months apart (one bio with first wife, one second wife's bio who I adopted) and I do this shit with them all of the time. Youngest is 28 so that means the oldest must be 29. Not yet but I keep thinking that.

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mEp1973@reddit

I feel bad even saying this, but I also don't know how old my kids are 😏 One is over 30 and the other is 3 1/2 years younger but born in December so even the math doesn't always help. I also recently thought my grandson was turning a year older than he is. I can't even say numbers aren't my thing because I'm in AR for work 😅😅

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CrustyBatchOfNature@reddit

I have to math that out a lot. And even then I have to hope for the best. Now I have a grandchild I gotta keep up with. It is so much easier with my siblings. My brother is 9 years younger than me and my sister is 9 years younger than him (which means she is exactly the same distance from me as I am from our father since he was 18 when I was born). And all of our birthdays are in a 3 week period.

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LiquidSoCrates@reddit

I still feel like I’m 22.

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mEp1973@reddit

Yes lol. My husband is 8 months older than me so after his birthday, I tend to start thinking of myself as the same age. One year, I did that and then as my birthday got closer, I had already added another year on. So I actually thought I was 2 years older than I was. Honestly right now I'm not 100% sure how old I am 🤣🤣🤣 I think I generally see age at this point in terms of dead or not dead lol

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ONROSREPUS@reddit

I ask my wife once in a while if I need to know otherwise its just a number now how I act or feel.

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SlapMySloth1@reddit

I do this all the time because it’s not something I repeat often enough. It’s like phone numbers now a days. I don’t remember those because I don’t have to dial them anymore.

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chopper5150@reddit

Yep, I was I think 45 for two years until my birthday rolled around and I realized I was about to turn 47, not 46 lol.

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Internal-Fun-5411@reddit

I had it wrong for about six months but the plus side is that I actually got younger when I figured it out.

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Subject-Chart7371@reddit

I've been forgetting my age since I was in my 30s. I often have to count up from 1974 to the current year to be sure. My wife has been forgetting her age about as long, She'll periodically ask me how old she is, so I have to then remember how old I am and subtract 4 years for her age, then inevitably, "What's My Age Again" by Blink 182 gets into my head.

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keithfantastic@reddit

How can you forget how old you are? It's the easiest thing to remember. I've been 39 for almost 20 years.

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Massive_Look8179@reddit

I only know now because I figured it out a couple days ago and still remember.

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mekiva222@reddit

I have to pull out a calculator.

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Fuzzteam7@reddit

Yup, all the time.

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froagie1979@reddit

You know your age? Ffs. I’m screwed.

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Ok-Street7504@reddit

Yes, spent a whole year thinking I was a year older than I actually am

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Grand_Taste_8737@reddit

Yep, once I passed 21 , I found myself having to remember my age multiple times.

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wondergirlinside@reddit

Yes, often!

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sickboy6_5@reddit

since 50, i am always either thinking i am a year older (more common lately) or a year younger than my calendar age.

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snichopop@reddit

I have a late in the year birthday so for my entire adult life I’ve spent thinking I’m a year older (the math from birth year to current year).

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Accomplished-Bus-531@reddit

This year. I'm 56. I can not remember this for the life of me.

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GhostFour@reddit

I have to do the math 100% of the time. And if I ask my wife, it just complicates the problem.

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AnnabellaPies@reddit

All the time but I have dyscalculia. I have my kids birthday written as a note in my phone. The clerk at the doctor office said many parents forget

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Decent-Inevitable-50@reddit

Not yet, no senior moments to date.

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sindlouhoo@reddit

My husband keeps saying we are the same age, 50. I am three years older than he is. I'm 55 he is 52. I'll take it

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LostBetsRed@reddit

[Blink-182](https://youtu.be/K7l5ZeVVoCA?si=bFcc4W1DOm-v2tBS). 🎶 *With many years ahead to fall in line, why would you wish that on me?* 🎶

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YogurtclosetBroad872@reddit

Haha this started playing in my head when I saw the OPs post

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Monkeynutz_Johnson@reddit

All the time. I used to stop and do the math but I've started telling people, "I was born in 69... you figure it out. "

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Silly_Teacher_4847@reddit

Born in ‘67. Still feel like I’m 32, so I always have to do actual math like a chump

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x_cynful_x@reddit

All the time. Generally by a year 😂

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yunoeconbro@reddit

Im my for a 2 year span in my early 40's I legit thought I was 3 years older than I was. My brother thought it was hilarious.

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Ms-Anthrop@reddit

I spent 22 months at the same age once. I upped my age 10 months in advance as soon as the year changed. Math was never easy for me

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thagor5@reddit

I told everyone i was 57. I just turned 56…….

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Sensitive-Question42@reddit

All the time. I’m 49 but think that I’m 15. It’s really hard for me to remember my age.

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Magpie2003@reddit

Plenty of times! I’m still not really sure if I’m 53 or 54…

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_Kajara_@reddit

I told someone I was 54 yesterday. I just turned 53 last month. It's a weird age to be.

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Magpie2003@reddit

😂 I think I’ve been 53 for the last 3 years!

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PinkMini72@reddit

Yes, me not even 20 minutes ago. November, 1972. How old am I???

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lastfreerangekid@reddit

I said I was 50 until I was 55

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Lookin2live@reddit

Was born in Oct 1969. I’m constantly a year off

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roset75@reddit

Ignored, more than forgotten

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AnyDamnThingWillDo@reddit

I’m 58 next month. Thought I was 58 already. I have also forgotten about my birthday on occasion.

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uckluckluckl@reddit

Same here. Born 1969, feeling 57 since my last birthday. Will be interesting what happens when I turn 57 next month…

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KinkMountainMoney@reddit

I used to forget how old I was. I still do, but I used to too.

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FrostedMoon8888@reddit

I was 22 for a long time back then, now I have occasionally been older than I am. I am usually within a year or two.

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Grobbekee@reddit

Nope

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Hot_Rock@reddit

Nah man, I'm 28. have been for decades.

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PepperCat1019@reddit

I see what you did there

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a_nona_mouse@reddit

are you me?

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Malgus-Somtaaw@reddit

Yes, a couple of years ago someone asked me how old I was, and I didn't know and had to do the math.

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mojowit@reddit

Constantly think I’m a year younger than I am. It’s like my unconscious is digging in its heels.

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sugahack@reddit

I spent the better part of 45 thinking I was 46

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FlyingTerrier@reddit

Yes. I had to calculate if I was 48 or 49. Turned out I had an extra year in there!

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Ok_Location7161@reddit

4 years until 60 bro....

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DaWalt1976@reddit

A week before 1977.

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The_Lloyd_Dobler@reddit

When I was 11, my dad told me that he “wasn’t ever 43 years old”. I was really confused because birthdays are so monumental when you’re a kid. Basically he said that he was 42, then turned 43 but sort of forgot about that and kept thinking he was 42. Then, on his next birthday someone asked him how old he was and he did the math and was like “wow - I missed being 43!! I went from 42 right to 44”. I thought that was completely insane until I got to my 40s. Now, I can see how that happened 😄

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creeva@reddit

I made a separate comment about this - but I was 24 for 4 years.

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creeva@reddit

Over a couple decades ago I was 24 for 4 years. I was pissed to be corrected and learn I was 28. Recently I realized because I was 25 when I lost my best friend - that it could have been a psychological trigger. That being said - mentally I’m still 24.

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imtoowhiteandnerdy@reddit

Nope.

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Dead_Dude_abides@reddit

I’ve to do the maths every time since I hit the 30s decades ago

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JudgmentMysterious8@reddit

What's my again again?

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Kid_supreme@reddit

My back and my knees remind me everyday

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hypoxiate@reddit

Yeah, happened the first time a few months ago. It was the weirdest thing: I couldn't renderer how old I was. I had to do the math and I was shocked that I'd qualify for a senior discount. My daughter was confused and said "but you aren't 65." Then I was even more shocked to realize that I was thinking of what the senior citizen discount started at when I was a teenager.

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PureOrange7049@reddit

It was my birthday just before Christmas and I seriously thought I was turning 47. I was born in 1979, so I’m actually only 46. My husband thinks I’m crazy for not knowing how old I am.

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brianb8976@reddit

When we are kids, we are proud of our age because it means that we are "getting big." When we reach a certain age, we know we ain't going to "get bigger. "

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brianb8976@reddit

I did that a few years ago and my brother was there to correct me. Someone asked me how old I was and I gave my answer. My brother said, "No you're not! You're..." whatever my age was. I stood there and did the math on the year I was born and just laughed. He was right.

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BubbhaJebus@reddit

Not yet.

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FirebirdRed5@reddit

Many times. I always seem to I am years younger.

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Strict_Ostrich_165@reddit

Yup. Had to do the math and everything.

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worrymon@reddit

Meh, close enough.

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Tough-Principle-3950@reddit

I turned 52 a couple of months ago. The year or two before that, I was trying to remember it right, thought I was already 52…

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Carrollz@reddit

I stopped keeping track of how old I am long ago so if asked I have to do the math. I also stopped keeping track of how old my kids are after my youngest turned 18.

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om_hi@reddit

I'm supposed to remember that too?! My God?! Why even bother at this point? We survived this much. EVERYONE GETS A GOLD STAR! ⭐

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nirreskeya@reddit

You mean I'm not really 30? Shifting eyesight notwithstanding it still feels that way.

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LadyCatzrule@reddit

All the time. I have to think about birth year and do the math

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OperaBunny@reddit

I have calculators for this reason alone.

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Fossa_Aeldrix@reddit

This! I was born in October of ‘70, so because the math is easier, I think I’m a year older for most of the year. As of New Years, I turned 56. Math is a bitch!

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Possible_Shoulder_50@reddit

I always have to think about it for a second and do the math 😂

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Vintage_Zoo@reddit

Me, too! Imagine if we grew up using modern math and couldn't figure it out in our heads without some crazy ladder or 10-base block system!

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ASDPenguin@reddit

Unfortunately, no.

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Vanman04@reddit

Every year. I don't really think about it and if folks around me didn't tell me how old I am I would need to do the math. Of course I am the same age as the Superbowl so every year I am reminded by that. Fuck you super bowl!

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Miss_Terie@reddit

All the time

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HedgehogNo8361@reddit (OP)

I'm so glad it's not just me lol

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Htiaf26101@reddit

All the time. Congrats on giving yourself more time! I always think it’s great to learn you’re younger than you thought :)

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HedgehogNo8361@reddit (OP)

Thank you lol

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mycatsaidthat@reddit

Funny you asked! I was at the Dr on Tuesday and got asked my age. I had to think about it and said ‘uhh, 51? …is that right?’ No, maybe it’s 52? I’m sorry I can’t remember!’ The nurse just laughed and said don’t worry about it, it happens more often than you’d think, when I said I was embarrassed I couldn’t remember.

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HedgehogNo8361@reddit (OP)

I feel seen. Thank you <3

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Independent-Pea5131@reddit

You mean today when I thought I was still 52? (I'm not).

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HedgehogNo8361@reddit (OP)

Exactly! Except I hopped ½ a year forward.

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Primary-History-788@reddit

My wife let me think I was 52 for the entire year I was 51, because she thought it was funny. Gotta say I was pretty stoked to find out I had a whole extra year to burn.

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HedgehogNo8361@reddit (OP)

That's kinda how I feel! lol I was stoked (I also had to REALLY think about it bc I have dyscalculia AND I was baked)

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luckyman562@reddit

I did during COVID mentally thought I was 2 years older... Shit that was wild

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Party-Stormer@reddit

In the shitty period, I guess we all aged three to five years so maybe your intuition was correct

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my-coffee-needs-me@reddit

Sometimes I have to think about it for a minute, but I've never completely forgotten.

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Athos-1844@reddit

I have never "forgotten", but it really doesn't matter to me. Until I reach 67 and can retire with full Social Security, anything from 50 to 66 is not important to me.

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ImaginationEcho@reddit

I keep a note in my phone. Not kidding.

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cosmoboy@reddit

No. I was born in 75. The math is pretty easy. Sometimes I still manage to forget how many years have passed though.

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KISSALIVE1975@reddit

Many Times Over The Years, Usually Within A Year In Either Direction…

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Matt-J-@reddit

I forgot my age up until I turned 60. Now I'm counting minutes.

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railworx@reddit

Feel like I'm 26 & 65 at the same time for some odd reason

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FunScore3387@reddit

I try too..

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Over_Market_3998@reddit

![gif](giphy|6MWW3IJVKqKNW)

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transhumanist2000@reddit

No

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QuokkaNerd@reddit

Yep! I have a birthday in a couple of weeks and couldn't remember fir sure. Had to so some subtraction

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Ssladybug@reddit

I’ve been thinking I’m 47 for the last year. Nope. Realized I’m actually 48

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fire_works10@reddit

I spent an entire year telling people I was 52. Figured out I was wrong on my 52nd bday.

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anniecet@reddit

I did that at 46 - spent all year telling everyone I was 47… was surprised on my 47th birthday. So I have been 47 for 2 years now. But I have now started telling people that I’m 50. lol. So when it happens I won’t be stressed about it.

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DawnHoyt@reddit

lol yes! I also have to do the math to remember how old everyone else is, including my adult kids.

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econkle@reddit

I thought I was 45 and wife laughed at me and told me I was 47. She was right. 🥺

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ppr1227@reddit

All the time. I thought I was 58 but I was 56.

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Whynot151@reddit

There were a couple of years around 30, parenthood, college, new job, it really wasn't important at the time.

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Uranus_Hz@reddit

I have to actually “do the math” to know how old I am. Every time.

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blaggard5175@reddit

Catch me 2 drinks in and feeling good, I'll prolly say 37. I'm 52.

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jeffnorris@reddit

Constantly

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phunkygroovin@reddit

Considering I haven't celebrated a birthday since I was in fourth grade, it is rather easy to even forget when it is my actual birthday. My son was upset this year when I had my birthday and I didn't remember it, but he didn't either. A month later he realized I had had my birthday and he missed it. I didn't know how old I was, he had to tell me (i'm not bad at math, so I would have easily figure it out, but it didn't matter to me).

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SonicCaffeine@reddit

I made it easy on myself, “I’m in my 50s.”

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Western-Bug1676@reddit

Yes . I had to think about it because I’ve been the same age for ten years . Mind ur business.

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Inwardly-Outgoing@reddit

I went almost a whole year thinking I was 57 but I was 58

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FrozenH2oh@reddit

I can’t remember if I am 52 or 53. I’m pretty sure I’m 53. Crazy. Mostly it’s crazy, because it doesn’t really matter.

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WhiskeyAndWhiskey97@reddit

I haven’t forgotten my age. But I recently had a blood draw, and the phlebotomist asked me to confirm my info on the vial labels, and I told her, “Everything is accurate, but it’s going to take a while before I wrap my head around seeing “Age 50”. We had a good chuckle. I hit the big 5-0 a couple of months ago, but I feel like I’m in my 20s, and I still get carded at bars.

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SergeantBeavis@reddit

I was born in 1971. I’m 32. Forever.

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Abe_drinking@reddit

Dude, we're the same age and I was born in 1974.

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SergeantBeavis@reddit

What an amazing coincidence.

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DCLascelle@reddit

I don’t know it now! But that may be more of a math thing. I’m probably 57.

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Fluffebee@reddit

Constantly! And it’s been happening at least 19 years, because when I was pregnant with my 18-year-old, every time I saw my OB (you have a lot of appointments when you’re pregnant!) we’d talk about my age, and I was one year off! I’m not sure if he thought I had early dementia or I was just shaving a year off my age for vanity 🤣

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jtrades69@reddit

about 25 years ago i forgot how old i was between when i was around 26 maybe, to 30-something. i had no reason to remember.

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qatch23@reddit

My partner is 6 months older than I am. There was a good 6 months I thought I was a year older until she reminded me. I still wonder every year. Was about to say I'm 53 and actually had to think about it.

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IranticBehaviour@reddit

Me, never. My wife? Frequently/ But I'm only a few months older, so I remember for her, lol. When I was a teenager we had our mom believing she was a year older than she really was. She did not think it was as funny as we did. Boomers, haha.

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MTkenshi@reddit

Like today? No, not yet.

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THORmonger71@reddit

I had that happen to me when I got interviewed for a news report last summer. I said I was 53, and a few seconds later had to correct myself, "Sorry, I'm 54. Time's been a bit of a blur lately." I'm really having a difficult time with the prospect of turning 55 in a few months. How the hell did that happen?

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Zadyria_Gelm@reddit

I think I'm 28, but m t body screams 51

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Mediocre-Proposal686@reddit

I’m Sept 71 and I am forever, forgetting my age because I mean think about it? I’m the last part of the year. It’s really hard to remember. I’m not just saying that right? It’s not something I’m just telling myself is it?

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FrostnJack@reddit

I’ve always had trouble tracking my age other than my own birthdays… but then I hit 50 and I lost all ability to keep track. Every fuckin’ time I have to get out a damn calculator.

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InfernalTest@reddit

Plenty and often

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Blasphemous__Rumour@reddit

Since I turned 45

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shehulud@reddit

Yes, but mostly like me climbing a big ass ladder into the attic space above the garage and finding a giant wasps nest in there. It’s winter here, but I still panicked a little and almost knocked the ladder over. (I was sitting on the edge of the attic floor). As a teen, I would have lowered myself down enough with upper body strength then dropped and hoped for the best. Today, I would have been trapped up there until my teen got hungry and came looking for me. Just me alone with the wasps nest. Wtf was I thinking?

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revolutionoverdue@reddit

What, I can’t hear you?

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Happy-Speech-7003@reddit

I used to forget quite often but when I hit 50 I suddenly started remembering. Now I’m the big six oh and boy it’s like a glowing beacon right in front of me!

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Ckn-bns-jns@reddit

Yes, I just forgot on Monday when I skated at the skatepark with my kids. Been hunched over since Tuesday. And also yes, I have had to think about my age in recent years because it’s just blurred into decades now.

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terry1381@reddit

☺️

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PeterPunksNip@reddit

Yes, often. But I'm time-blind so... 10 days, 10 months or 10 years basically feel the same for me. The only change I see is seasons. Thank goodness for calendars and phone task managers 😅 !

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bjb8@reddit

Really I think I feel like somewhere in my 20s, unless I look at the calendar.

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ggoptimus@reddit

All the time. And other stuff but I’ve had several head injuries. What was I saying?

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theeaglesareoverrate@reddit

Sadly, yes. Not because I can't remember but more because I don't care to.

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poop_on_you@reddit

Oh yes. Between 38 and now I've had to pull out a calculator....so since like 2015

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foureyedgrrl@reddit

I do rather often. When I am off, I am always off by 1. I usually think that I am 1 year older than i actually am. Born in fall, 1979.

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Silver_n_Black_8@reddit

Yep. And my birthdays. Numerous times even in my 20's. I'm typically busy that time of the year and my wife is the one that reminds me 😆

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Sweaty-Bus8079@reddit

I try to. But my aches & pains remind me.😄

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aluminumnek@reddit

I dont think about it. Age is just a number. I try to stay young at heart

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AnswerGuy301@reddit

I have forgotten that my birthday has relatively recently come and gone and so forgot that I had to add a number to that age.

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Substantial_Layer_79@reddit

All...the...time...

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-DethLok-@reddit

No, not in the last decade or so, since I have been close to retirement and now, close to paying bugger all tax on my retirement income - I am VERY focussed upon my age these days! One more pension increase, then a fortnight later no tax (or taxable income from pension) and my life changes for the better, so muchly!

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unloosedcoin@reddit

On my 49th bday my mum said happy 50th..I was infact 50

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cyn00@reddit

Yes, a few weeks ago I mentioned to my mom that I was going to start saving soon for a trip to Japan for my 50th. My mom was puzzled when I said it was a year away and it is actually two years away.

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kevbayer@reddit

I'm 52. I was talking to a coworker and mentioned I was 51. It wasn't until later my brain caught the error.

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SweetPossible4425@reddit

Yep. Last year seemed like a very long year. I recently turned 56 but have said a couple times since that I’m 55. I’ll figure it out by February.

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CivilBreadfruit3562@reddit

No. But i forget my kids ages. They are older, in their 20’s, and on their own. It’s like once they moved out, I lost track. I feel bad about it actually.

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Dirty_Wookie1971@reddit

I’ve done it twice in my adult life. It was strange because when it dawned On me I suddenly lost an entire year of my life. Twice 😂

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Luv2Dnc@reddit

Yeah got asked by a doctor a few years ago and I did the deer in headlights look. I was thinking to myself “ it wasn’t meant to be a stumper.”

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someolbs@reddit

All the time. Until in the middle of the night when I wake up to go piss after a hard gym workout. Then….its hits me. I’m old. Because everything hurts. 🫤

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daddydillo892@reddit

I tend to think I'm my last landmark age until the next landmark age. I was 21 until I was 25, then 25 until I was 30, 30 until I hit 40, and ever since 40 I've just given up paying any attention to my age, I have to do the math now because I have no clue.

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Olderbutnotdead619@reddit

I did.🙋🏻‍♀️🙋🏻‍♀️ When no one remembers your birthday for years and years it becomes irrelevant, it's just another day. When your life is about your kids you even forget about yourself as a person. A while ago I came to a horrible fact. Someone had asked for my date of birth. I then had a "wait a minute" moment of clarity. Thanks HRT. I got my phone out and tapped in 2025-1968. Holy shit! I'm 10 years older than I thought I was!!! I don't feel 57 and I don't think I look 57. I've been telling people that I'm 47. I received Happy Birthdays from 3 out of 4 kids and I celebrated my birthday by myself this year and bought an outrageously expensive sound system for my car. 😆

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tandem_kayak@reddit

I have to do math anytime I need the exact number. I just haven't cared in years.

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PennyG@reddit

Unfortunately no

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Mean-Skirt-4812@reddit

Yes! Half the year, I think I’m a year older than I am. Not sure why.

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bzee77@reddit

Yeah, that was about the time she walked away from me.

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TheGriff71@reddit

🤣🤣🤣 Yes! I thought I was 51 for a couple years. I said it one time and thought wait.. I often forget my birthday, especially when asked at my pharmacy. I'll stand there blankly until everything clicks.

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AdditionOk6134@reddit

Born in July 1969 and yeah I've done that. I'm also a California native but a few years ago moved to Washington State. I had someone ask me a while back about how long I'd been here and realized that I had been here two years longer than I originally answered. Wait, it's 2026 😂.

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TheycallmemissRaven@reddit

I always make myself a year older. I think I am always anticipating the next year and when someone asks, I default to that. 🤷🏻‍♀️Absolutely, no idea why. Brain fog?

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BallzBologna@reddit

I’m lucky if I can remember what year it is. Much less what month. Hell, what day is it even?

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Good_Nyborg@reddit

I was \~32 when I went from *always knowing my age* to *having to do the math*.

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Belt-fed78@reddit

Yup. When I made this username I forgot what year I was born. I was actually born in 77.

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ElJefe31@reddit

All the time. I'm not worried about the number, just about how I feel.

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ITgirlrocks@reddit

Yep, when I turned 35. I got into a very heated argument with my sister... math is hard

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Big_Criticism_8335@reddit

I was 37 for 5 yrs - before & after my actual 37th bday. Being born in '73, I just didn't want to be bothered with math 🤷‍♀️ Now, when my age comes up, I look like that woman in the meme before I answer: ![gif](giphy|WRQBXSCnEFJIuxktnw)

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NotAGenius76@reddit

Yes. Have to do the math every time.

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SteakAffectionate833@reddit

I thought I was a year older than I was one year

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GravyBoatShipwreck@reddit

Same. I was 36, and thought I was 37. My 37 year old cousin corrected me when we were having a conversation, and I was like "are you sure?" She was right.

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CommonCut4@reddit

I do forget. That’s why I laughed it off when my mom made a big deal about me turning 50. On my 51st birthday. 😹

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jbenze@reddit

I have to do the math every time someone asks me. I stopped remembering sometime in my 30's.

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Old_Goat_Ninja@reddit

No, I always remember. My wife is also GenX and never remembers though, so asks me how old she is all the time.

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zeldasusername@reddit

Dad asked me how old I was going to be the other day, I replied incorrectly twice before my husband and sister shouted the correct age at me 54, I mean ...

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holidayoffools@reddit

Turning 60 this year and keep thinking I'm going to turn 50. Then reality sets in and my eyes fly open and my mouth gapes and then I lose consciousness from the horror of it all. How'd I get so fu#king old????!!!

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beetus_gerulaitis@reddit

Not until you just asked me.

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fakeaccount572@reddit

I thought I was 53 the ENTIRE year is was 52. Seriously. It wasn't until a month before my birthday that I remembered. To be honest, it was kinda of relieving.

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GrandPriapus@reddit

My wife does all the time.

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ugh_idfk@reddit

I'm 52 since November, but constantly say 53 until I stop myself and do the math.

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Major-Specific8422@reddit

all the time

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SassholeSupreme1@reddit

I forgot my son’s age. I guess by trying to make him younger it would make me younger?

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BeebsMuhQueen@reddit

Yeah, when I was 42, couldn’t remember if I was 42 or 43 lol

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101violations@reddit

Lost track after I turned 45 and too lazy to do math, so yup.

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ApprehensiveAd8870@reddit

Spent two years thinking I was 52. Completely skipped being 51. Ughhh.

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lantanabush88@reddit

Forgot my name.

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CurrentFew6275@reddit

I was 46 for about a year and a half. I didn't realize it until my hubby's birthday 6 months later when he corrected me. <Duh>

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johnbr@reddit

I was born 3 months before you. I deliberately start thinking of myself as my new age at the beginning of the year, so I have some time to adapt to it.

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RepresentativeBarber@reddit

After around 34 I always have to think when someone asks me. What I want to really respond with is, “I don’t care, so why should you?”

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zSmileyDudez@reddit

My what?

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Odd-Pop-7737@reddit

I have to think about it every time.

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Old_Use7058@reddit

I took her out, it was a Friday night I wore cologne to get the feeling right We started making out And she took off my pants But then I turned on the TV

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Independent-Pea5131@reddit

And that's about the time she walked awaaaay from me

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Uunadins@reddit

I always say the year I was born, because I can’t remember the age and I suck at maths so can’t be bothered counting 😆

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davidcoons@reddit

My wife (55f) is several months older than me and I always forget I don't age up when she does, so I'm with you. I've been 55 for several months already even though I haven't had my birthday yet!

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violethorizon74@reddit

Im 53 (im not, ill be 52 soon) because my husband turned 53 last November. I get it.

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cszack4_@reddit

My usual response to, “How old are you?” Is “Fuck, I don’t know”

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zombie_spiderman@reddit

I mean honestly, once you're past 21, what's the point in even counting anymore?

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Jeichert183@reddit

I know how old I am if the year ends with a 7, other than that I'm guessing.

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Illustri-aus@reddit

First I have to remember what year it is Covid was the year before last, yeah??

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Reginald_Sockpuppet@reddit

yes

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bodonnell202@reddit

Definitely. I often have to think about it and do math (what year is it again?) to remember my age.

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MikeisET@reddit

Since my 30’s I’ve run on a five year system Right now I’m 50 until I turn 55, then I’ll be 55 until I turn 60 If I make it that long

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RuralEnceladusian@reddit

Like a lot of folks here, I don't remember it as something important anymore. That's probably been the case for every year except the one that ended in a 0.

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TMBActualSize@reddit

I’m born later in the year. I start thinking of myself at that age in January.

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Pewpew-OuttaMyWaay@reddit

Yes .. told everyone I was a year older for about a year until an old school friend corrected me

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MoveToPuntaGorda@reddit

Yes! I have to constantly think (real quick) ok my wife is this, my cousin is this, my daughter is this, so yes! I’m 57. You would think at my last birthday it would be ingrained with the new age number, but not. After 2 months you start second guessing and analyzing everyone around you to come up with your own age. It’s interesting. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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LemonPuckerFace@reddit

I turned 35 twice. I completely skipped 34 because my brain just went from 33 to 35. I did it again for the first half of 43 and thought I was 44 already. I'm 49 now (if my math is correct), and assuming I will likely forget another year soon enough.

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BoringOrange678@reddit

Not my age, everything else yes!

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AngelaRocks78@reddit

All the time.

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badgko@reddit

I keep trying, but my body keeps reminding me.

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MagicKittyPants@reddit

So, I just had a birthday. Born in 79. Realized I was turning 47, but I’ve been telling people that I was 47 all year. So, I guess I get to be 47 for 2 years!

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Public_Ad_9578@reddit

Time is going by faster now. I'm newly 48, so I remember that, for now, but I always forget how old my husband is. Its a crap shoot if I know how old my niece and nephews are.

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Fleegle1834@reddit

Intentionally? Yes.

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KelsoReaping@reddit

I was 22 two years in a row. Forgot to tell myself how old I was. Now I have a lead up to my birthday where I tell myself how old I’m going to be.

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Aromatic_Mission_165@reddit

I don’t even know how old I am right now

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Solid-Narwhal1895@reddit

It stopped being important after a while, so yeah.

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Serious_Ad4542@reddit

I find as I get older (I’m 54) I have to think about it and do some mental math to double check.

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LilacSlumber@reddit

Yes, I just called a friend to tell him happy 45th, because he is three years younger than me. He's 44 and I've been one year younger than I thought for the past three months.

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