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Guess my age?

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shutthefrontdooor · 28/06/2026 08:26

I really enjoyed the thread started by @openthefrontdoorthe other week which was a different take on those boring threads where someone posted a photo.

So I thought I’d start one myself. Not sure I’ll be quite as eloquent but I’ll give it my best shot to drop some random facts

  1. Growing up, my dad was clean shaven but for a most fantastic bushy moustache which he took great pride in.

  2. Our 1 tv in the house through most of my early years was rented from Radio Rentals and had a wire on the tv remote connecting it.

  3. My most treasured Christmas present ever was a Tiny Tears doll that could cry and wet herself

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shutthefrontdooor · 28/06/2026 17:14

PuppyMonkey · 28/06/2026 16:35

I’m revising my guess again - I’m going for 45. Born in 1981.

Bruce Forsyth presented an updated version of the Generation Game from 1990-1994, so I now think that’s the era she’s remembering. She’d have been out on the razz with her phone box friends on Saturday nights if she was born earlier than that?

And she was about 13 for the Lottery launch party. Getting the Nokia phone when she was an older teen later in the 90s. Nobody would think a kid needed a mobile phone, but the parents gave her one for her 18th birthday.

Very very good deducing and (nearly) 💯 % correct!

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shutthefrontdooor · 28/06/2026 17:13

So well done to @QueenSteviewho was the first to correctly confirm I’m 45. Born 1980 (soon to be 46)

My lovely dad enjoyed grooming his big moustache and wore velor tracksuits at the weekend.

Our wired tv was a hand me down and in the late 80s my dad got quite a big promotion and we were able to get a second tv and it came with a company car (escort)

The magic roundabout was repeated through the 80s as was some mothers do have ‘em so I watched both growing up.

I got my first mobile when I was 17 and starting to go out and about.

And I watched the 90s revival of ‘The Generation Game’ with Bruce and the lovely Rosemary Ford which was our Saturday night tv!

Well done to those who also correctly guessed but I’d say the majority placed me a lot older which is interesting

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shutthefrontdooor · 28/06/2026 17:09

Safarisagoody · 28/06/2026 17:00

Has the op still not confirmed, there is a trick to this sort of thread, drag it out too long like this and it jist becomes pointless.

? I’ve said twice now I’ll confirm post 5 o’clock. It’s a lighthearted thread. You really don’t need to get so upset about it…

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WhereAreMyPants · 28/06/2026 17:04

46

Swiftie1878 · 28/06/2026 17:02

50

Safarisagoody · 28/06/2026 17:00

Has the op still not confirmed, there is a trick to this sort of thread, drag it out too long like this and it jist becomes pointless.

Neverendingdeclutter · 28/06/2026 16:59

I said 52 but I'm now thinking maybe 47

AMurderofMurderingCrows · 28/06/2026 16:57

Ive changed my mind - you're 51

Velumental · 28/06/2026 16:54

Mark Owen? 50

Velumental · 28/06/2026 16:54

62

TooHotMyIcecreamHasMelted · 28/06/2026 16:51

49

Fiddlesticks1 · 28/06/2026 16:50

The rental from Radio rentals reminded me of our first video player which we rented from them. You could only watch re-recorded videos on them.
We rented a James Bond movie and when we inserted said video it immediately rejected. On investigation our toddler daughter had posted a piece of cheese into it which obviously melted. When I phoned them explained and asked how much to repair she replied - no charge because of your honesty. It was beyond repair as the cheese melted into the circuit board and we were given a new one.

smalltreethisyear · 28/06/2026 16:48

shutthefrontdooor · 28/06/2026 16:47

Last one before I confirm post 5 o’clock.

My one true love growing up (and still is) was the one and only Mark Owen

I had said 47 but maybe 45

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shutthefrontdooor · 28/06/2026 16:47

Last one before I confirm post 5 o’clock.

My one true love growing up (and still is) was the one and only Mark Owen

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ErrolTheDragon · 28/06/2026 16:42

the extra info definitely puts you younger than the radio rentals tv thing suggested. House price sounds maybe early 80s? So you’d be around 45.

montysmaw · 28/06/2026 16:41

60

PuppyMonkey · 28/06/2026 16:35

I’m revising my guess again - I’m going for 45. Born in 1981.

Bruce Forsyth presented an updated version of the Generation Game from 1990-1994, so I now think that’s the era she’s remembering. She’d have been out on the razz with her phone box friends on Saturday nights if she was born earlier than that?

And she was about 13 for the Lottery launch party. Getting the Nokia phone when she was an older teen later in the 90s. Nobody would think a kid needed a mobile phone, but the parents gave her one for her 18th birthday.

ApolloandDaphne · 28/06/2026 16:19
  1. Same age as me.
Rosiecloud · 28/06/2026 15:56

The corded TV remote is throwing me, I’m 54 and we didn’t have that - that seems like a really old thing. But Postman Pat is not a thing if you were in your 50s.

So from the mobile phone and the price of your parents house I’m going to go with 47.

ElinorDashwood68 · 28/06/2026 15:52

58

Daisypod · 28/06/2026 15:52

44

Heylittlesongbird · 28/06/2026 15:49

with the phone, which came out in 98 and the family party for the lottery which started on 94 I’m now thinking maybe 47.

LividSun · 28/06/2026 15:48

1985goingbackagain · 28/06/2026 15:43

Why not? I remember people at uni starting to have mobiles (back when they were expensive and you had to pay to receive calls) back in 1997.

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I'm 45. I went to uni in 98. If her parents paid for her phone (and in the house?) then surely she can't have been 23+ at the time.

(Assuming not a wealthy family, same as mine, since the cheap telly!)

RaininSummer · 28/06/2026 15:47

The mobile phone is confusing me as most references make me think OP is close in age to me, 63, but I didn't get my first mobile phone until I was 26 and definitely not bought by my parents. The Miss Jones reference is Rising Damp isn't it so Leonard Rossiter. Not sure if that has been said already

1985goingbackagain · 28/06/2026 15:43

LividSun · 28/06/2026 15:40

If her parents bought her first mobile she's not in her fifties.

Those Nokias were late 90s.

Why not? I remember people at uni starting to have mobiles (back when they were expensive and you had to pay to receive calls) back in 1997.