I'm a month shy of turning 31 :eek:

A few years back, I never thought it would have bothered me hitting my 30's, but then when it came it was a big reality check for me. Your 20's are such an exciting young time for experiencing life, and although it doesn't end when you hit 30, for me it was a big time to reflect on the decade just passed and see what I hadn't achieved, but said I was going to.

Guess I'll just have to make up for lost time in my 30's.

Oh & for the record. I think the perfect age is 29! If I could be 29 forever, I'd be very, very content!

no problem telling my age, not an issue. I don't think it will be when I'm older either. It's just life. I'm 26.

There was a previous thread on this topic that had a lot of great responses, but I can't find it now. :(

Anyways, I used to be much more sensitive about telling my age (35), but lately I have pushed myself to not care about it so much. I feel the best about myself and my bod right now. And I have many beautiful friends who are my age or older, and it encourages me greatly when they don't hide their age--Yes, you can be a knockout over 30, and over 40.

It's funny, a young co-worker (24) asked me my age last week. He said he could tell I wasn't his age, but he couldn't figure it out...he said that older people were usually lame (but that I wasn't, of course, lol. What else was he gonna say?). I think by that he meant settled into homey routines and also dismissive of those younger than them. So I was perfectly willing to tell him, as that can help to destroy another stereotype, eh? He said I looked 30. I told him he looked...23. :P

What does bother me though is the push for women to be so young in the media. Like in our own Titty Board forum, I always see tons of threads pushing "Teen!!" and "Sweet Young Gal" and whatnot. Come on.

I'm turning 40 soon and going on a long holiday (backpacking in Asia with DH and 2 kids) as my consolation prize and everyone knows the story.

What I can't get over is where those years have gone - it seems like only yesterday that I was getting my ID checked in bars!

I started one a few months ago

I don't see what the fuss is about when someone asks about your age, so I always tell.

(I'm 26)

I'm starting to get a bit embarrased by my age (28) because I haven't achieved a lot of the things you're supposed to when you're that age. So oddly enough, I have less of a problem giving my age to strangers than to people I know a bit.
It'll probably change once I get my shit together though. :hopeful:

I'm 23, and last year I was carded when I tried to buy an Eminem CD. I take that as a compliment :D

I really couldn't care less if people know my age.

Wow, I feel totally old now. heh....

I am 40 and happy to be so. I tell anyone who asks my age and they are usually surprised to hear it. I find I am much more comfortable in my own skin with each passing year.

i don't know how things work out when something like this happens. does one thread (the newer one) and the other stays open or does both stay open? Does anyone know?

& i can understand that, it seems that most of us answering this question is under the age of 30, maybe i will ask it again in 3 or 4 years and see if the answer remains the same :)

I'm 51. And your choice of font is making me feel it.:lol: I can't SEE it!!

Don't worry, ngdawg, I couldn't read it either!!! :lol:

As there is no point in having two seperat threads about the same subject the mods are most likely going to merge our threads.

I have no problem with saying my age, I'm 45.

thanks Nancy, I knew there was a thread on this topic, I couldnt find it.. :D

Threads merged...

Yeah. I'll tell if people ask. But sometimes it's fun to let people guess.

It also never occurred to me that it might be rude to ask. Until I did and the girl was like, "I really don't tell."

I'm 35. It's no big deal to tell people how old I am.

If my age is of so much concern to me that I would lie about it, I'd really need to get a life....

Hmmmm... interesting that no one here will admit to being guessed older than they really are. I'll add my voice to the chorus. I've always looked younger than my years--except when I suddenly grew a pair of big breasts at fourteen and could pass for eighteen. Long time ago.
I try not to think about it, but it bothers me that I will turn 30 this November. I think that just to boost my ego, that I will dress young and go out (even though I'm not much of a drinker) and see if I can get carded at a bar. I look young because I'm small, and at 5' 3" will probably always be looked at as a girl more than a woman. Sometimes in a job situation this works against me. I look young, and some people assume that I am fresh out of college. I am careful to dress in a conservative, tasteful, and professional manner, but it is hard to pack much "gravitas" into 105 pounds. My Mom calls it "the curse of cute."
Lindy

lol nope - never been guessed at being older.
I had one person guess me at being 12 or 13 when I was working dishpit at a restaurant during the summer between college years. I've always been much younger looking even when I wanted to be older.

I have a somewhat paradoxical experience with my age, as when I was a teenager, most people thought I was older than I was, but as an adult most people think I look younger than I am. Pah.....:p

I'm 28 and I guess I must look younger than I am. I've been out of college for 5 years now, and just the other day, my sister's softball teammates (they are 9 year olds) asked what college I was going to. When I'm in a bad mood, I hate the teasing about being young and when I'm not I think it's funny. I do wish the media wouldn't portray older women in such a negative light.

Just got my first gray hairs this month, and I'm actually kind of proud of them. :hmm: I can't really tell ya why though....

:thumbsup: That's been my experience, too!

I generally don't tell my age. Close friends and family know it and that's about it.
My father used to say, "A lady would never tell her age, and a gentleman would never ask.", so I guess that old adage has stuck with me all these years. :)

I'm 20, but I look younger. Most people tell me I look about 17 - 18. I like to let people know I'm a young adult, but I'm not a teenager. If I don't tell them how old I am, they ask me what year I am in, or how am I going at school...

I'm 22, almost 23, and I've got no problem telling people my age. I'd like to think that as I grow older, I'll still have no problem with it. :)

I have no reason to hide my age. If someone asks, I tell!

I tell my age if asked. I always said I never had a problem with my age & couldn't imagine that I ever would, giving the ol' "you're as old as you feel" adage. However my boyfriend is 7 & 1/2 years my junior & most of the time I get asked this question now it's when we're together somewhere... I still answer truthfully, but I'm more self-conscious now about why people are asking.

I've never had a problem telling anyone close to me my age, but it can affect how people treat you on the job. Age bias is a big deal in the work place it seems - more often than us older ladies like to acknowledge.

Whenever someone tries to guess my age, it's kinda interesting to me & a big ego boost each & every time that game get's played! Guess that I've been lucky with good genes and smart health habits.

I look younger then I really am so ppl get shocked when they hear my answer.
I like to tell ppl my age.
I feel old all the time, with all these new fashions that they are bringing back in style that they should of left behinde which I refuse to wear.

The only time I ever have a issue with age it when I am in a hurry, and I try to buy a pack of smokes from the same gas station and the same guy I buy cigarettes from every other day asks me for my age, I tell him then he doesn’t believe me, and he now needs to see my ID, which is in the car plus I am now very late. I may be 31 and not look 31 but I sure as hell look over the age of 18.

I'm 22 years old and I really couldn't care less about the whole age thing. I have to agree with Mistress Cathy though; I hate it when I'm in a rush and the same guy who's asked me about 10 million times for my ID asks again and again. I realize it's his job and all but man...

I do get treated differently when people find out how old I am. Largely, that's because I act a good 10 years young than people suppose I should and I work around college age kids. For some reason, anyone over 30, to them, is nearly dead so to have humour, a sex life or understanding appears to blow them away. When they ask I will tell them, yet I do make them ask first more as a way to get them to shatter their perceptions. They always guess 5-10 years younger. They will guess closer to my age when I mention being around for this or that.
If people didn't treat me differently, I wouldn't be nearly as reticent, at all. Yet, it would go counter to my very private nature. :)

sure i tell people when they ask my age. i don't mind telling them. sometimes people actually think i look younger than what i am. i mean, they still ask me for my I.D when i go to the casino. that really pisses me off sometimes but hey...life goes on. now, i just try and keep it on me all the time.

Nancy, do you think you will have issues with this when you reach 40? It's all very well asking this question as a mid twenty-something, but perhaps when you're older it may be different?

Exactly!

Respectfully, I notice that it's by and large the 20-somethings who "don't have a problem" with telling the age thing--To be really honest, there's not much societal pressure on 20-somethings regarding their age...It's rather like a very fit lady declaring she has no problem telling people her weight or body-fat content, and doesn't see why others would either.

I think a big point is "Why would someone be asking for that information?"

I think from now on when/if I'm ever asked this question in the future, I'll tell them, along with details of my fantasy medical procedures...:lol:

Im 32, I look 32, I feel 32 and Im cool with being 32. I'm nothing like I was when I was in my 20's and thank god for that. At 32 Im young still, I cant imagine that Im anywhere near feeling the need to lie about my age, doubt I ever will, Im just beginning approach real adulthood. My partner is hot on MILF and Im talking 40's, 50's, MILF, which gives me a boost for continuing to feel good about gaining another year. I believe from what he's told me alot of other men are too, just not willing to admit it to their mates.;)

Yea I hear you, I'm 18 and people say I'm still young and fresh, or in the words of a gentleman friend of mine I'm dating about four ahead of me says I'm a "whipper-snapper" Haha either way I'm fine with it. I have always hung out with an older crowd since high school due to my sport, and at work. So it's just natural I guess. I feel like I get along better with older people, less drama.
At work this summer my age was a negative in several situations.
People would refuse to give me authority because I was younger at the pool where I worked. I was a lifeguard, started when I was 15. Most of the other guards were in college, so I obviously had something to prove with being so young. Three years has taught me how to show when I mean something. I had to call the police several times due to older men coming up in my face screaming at me when I had asked them to leave for lacking the proper information for entrance into the pool. They would try to scare me into letting them in, didn't work. I never did cry when they got up in my face, I held my own, very proud of myself for that. That job has really toughened up my view on situations. Now I have more of a bring it on attitude.
It probably helps that my mother is a corportate woman and knows how to show it...although I do wonder if she is bipolar at times, she said she is passive-aggresive which is a commont trait among corp women.
Age doesn't mean much, I believe it is how you act with it to show you're true maturity. I wish older people would give a little more credit to "youngins" when they're working, otherwise no problem.
Any other similar stories?

Back in the dark ages...a woman was considered a white haired granny after 50...so none wanted to admit to being in their 40's. That is such a crock now.:cool:
I'm 50, and love it! I consider OLD to be 80. (Go hang out at a nursing home sometime....;) :D ) Times, health, and lifestyles have changed since the days when it really was "ungentlemanly" to ask a woman her age.
The only time I was sensitive to being asked my age was the 18 to 28 years....when I really wanted to appear/be older and wiser.
Back in the 1940's, a starlet was considered washed up after about 35...so they really did lie about their ages, and women copied the movie stars back then.
My favorite fashion/beauty magazine is "MORE" which is for women 40 and over. Very beautiful, glamorous, and real women......:thumbsup: