If you did not know your age, how old would you be?

pammyfay

16 years ago

This was the question posed on the lid of a bottle of iced tea I quite enjoyed today (the tea AND the question! lol!).

Think about it!

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socks
16 years ago
Well, how 'bout you? How old would you be?

The cleavage question got me thinking about this. I feel like I'm in my 40's. Not too young, not too old.
lydia1959
16 years ago
In my brain I am still in my 20's, but my body (especially my thyroid) tells me I am an old woman.

I am actually 50.
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marilyn_c
16 years ago
I'm 63...I feel like I am in my 30's...or did, until just recently. My bad knee tells me I am probably in my 70's.
carol_in_california
16 years ago
I think I am 47.....or maybe 45 but age wise, I am 70.
glenda_al
16 years ago
I am going on 71, but don't feel it. Thankfully!
minnie_tx
16 years ago
39 years old
minnie_tx
16 years ago
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pammyfay
Original Author
16 years ago
some days, especially at work (we are a strange bunch!), i feel like i am frozen at age 12 ... ! i guess i just try to be the jokester and fool around, to make people laugh, and lighten the place up (we are on tough deadlines every day).

most days, I feel like i'm about 30 (i'm 45 plus a handful!).
i don't feel like i've matured physically, the face, that is-- things ARE sagging, tho!
oldgardener_2009
16 years ago
I feel about 35, but I'm far past my sell-by date. ;)
petaloid
16 years ago
My brain hasn't gone past 35, but my body is pushin' 60.

How did that happen?
trishaw
16 years ago
I feel like I am still in my 20's most days. I certainly don't feel like I am in my mid 40's.

Trish in SC
luckygardnr
16 years ago
I feel like I'm plenty-seven, but am actually 57.
linda_in_iowa
16 years ago
I'll be 68 in a couple of weeks but friends tell me I don't look or act my age.
wildchild
16 years ago
I'm really 59 but I have Peter Pan Syndrome. I am whatever age I want to be at any given moment. I don't see myself younger than 37 though. I wouldn't want to be. That was the year I found myself again after many years of wearing a "mask" and trying to fit in where I really didn't want to be and where I really wasn't wanted.
nicole__
16 years ago
Good question & I enjoy seeing all the answers!

I get things done like I'm 25, sewing, cooking, jogging things...but my skin is NOT tight...I'd say 70! I'm 50.

And I'm done showing cleavage! My tank tops are jewel necked, not plunge!
cmama
16 years ago
I'm 62 but feel younger than I did in earlier years. I am in a wonderful second marriage and doing things I never had time for--golf, mah jongg, time with friends. I work part-time at a community college where I do feel "old" since the students are younger than my own children, but never feel old in my community. Wish my body was more like it was, but gathered wisdom makes up for it.
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Kathsgrdn
16 years ago
In my mind I'm 12 still, body keeps telling me I'm 80.
jannie
16 years ago
Mentally I think I'm about 30. I have a lot of energy on my "good' days when I don't have dialysis. On D days I feel like 60 and I'm really 57.
marry
16 years ago
Probably 25.
I just told DH the other day that he makes me feel 25!
I really am truly shocked when I see pictures of myself!
How can I be "that" old?
I'll be 55 in Oct.
hallngarden
16 years ago
I still feel young, Still feel the same as I did in my early thirties, and I am in my 70's. Thankful for good genes.
sleeperblues
16 years ago
I'm 50 but my skin is really good. I think it is because I have alway exercised since my teen years. But some days I look kinda haggard, and some days I look great. I rarely wear make-up, maybe I should start doing that more. When I have full face paint on I look pretty good. I just started taking glucosamine for knee pain when I do squats and lunges in my exercise class and it does seem to be helping.
chisue
16 years ago
Until I got my driver's license renewed last month I thought I was holding up rather well. (Must be the 'soft white' incandescents at my bathroom mirror.) It's not wrinkles as much as gravity damage. When they can 'lift' hands too I'll consider having my face done!
maryanntx
16 years ago
Even though I've had bad health the past 2 years, I still think I'm 35.
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16 years ago
Some days 35 other days 95
des_arc_ya_ya
16 years ago
I'm 60 and probably feel about 45-48. Luckily, my health is good. Body sure isn't what it used to be, but I still feel pretty young. Age is a number and mine's just getting a little bigger every year! LOL
lilliepad
16 years ago
I am 68 and sometimes have to stop and figure it up! LOL Maybe because my brain IS 68(along with my body? LOL I feel a lot younger than that,maybe 50 or so.I wish!
I have never been one to worry or fret about age and as I said I have often had to stop and think about it when telling someone how old I am.I have also been told that I don't look "that old"!LOL
kathi_mdgd
16 years ago
I'm 72 but no one believes me when i tell them.I'm not wrinkled,still do lots of yard work,do most anything i want to do,except climb ladders.Have had 1 total knee replaced and the other gives me lots of trouble.Like Mary Ann i've also been to he** and back the last 2 years with BC,but doing well for the most part now,and my hair is still not all grey.I chalk it up to good Genes!!
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