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Would you rather be your current age or the numbers reserved?

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OneUmberJoker · 05/10/2025 19:20

For example if you are currently 42 you would now be 24

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TheDandyLion · 05/10/2025 22:10

Oh to be 4 again and the only troubles were choosing an ice cream flavour.

BlueberryLatte · 05/10/2025 22:11

Current age! I'm 41 and do not want to be 14 again

BlueEyedBogWitch · 05/10/2025 22:13

I’d be 15. No way - not without the wisdom I’ve gained since then.

Twoshoesnewshoes · 05/10/2025 22:14

No, I definitely do not want to be 94! At any point.

TheScottishPlay · 05/10/2025 22:23

Think so - I was on the cusp of a career change and a new home. Though I've worked hard to progress in this second career and find the house we've just moved to. I'd definitely take family life with young DC again though!

Blueswirl · 05/10/2025 22:33

Great question! I'd be 35 which was when my husband said he didn't want children. It was a tough year. We did have children eventually but it took lots of time, money and compromise as we left it too late. So now I have 2 children who are still quite young and am happy being this age!

MarioLink · 05/10/2025 22:42

Yes if my age ended in a 2, my 20's were fun. But my age ends in a 1! No way am I being a young teen ever again it was pretty rough the first time.

Halloweengaul · 05/10/2025 22:42

I'll stick with my age my no way would I want to be 04 years old again.

Crucible · 05/10/2025 22:43

Im er...49..so thats a no..

Tarkan · 05/10/2025 23:18

I’m 44 so doesn’t matter. 🤣

YouForgotToTurnItOff · 05/10/2025 23:19

I'm 44

Gorillavest · 05/10/2025 23:36

I would much rather be 23, no health issues, fun times with not much stress beyond waking up with the fear of what happened at the last night out!

pinkpony88 · 05/10/2025 23:37

I’m 49 so I’ll definitely stick with that! 😳

Violinist64 · 05/10/2025 23:42

I have an 0 at the end of my current age so would be a little girl. I am nearly the next age and, like just about everyone else, I would definitely not want to be a teenager again. In just over a year, a reversal would make me in my mid-twenties, which seems just fine to me.

EconomyClassRockstar · 05/10/2025 23:43

I loved being 25 but no, I'm more than happy to stay at 52. It's so much more chill.

TappyGilmore · 05/10/2025 23:43

Definitely not reversed thanks! I’d be almost 20 years older!

Lockdownsceptic · 05/10/2025 23:44

No. I’ll be 96 soon enough🤣

ChickpeaCauliflowerSalad · 05/10/2025 23:44

MyElatedUmberFinch · 05/10/2025 19:25

I’m 56 so I’ll stick with that.

Ditto!

can I choose my shoe size?? 3, I'd love to be 3 again.

Algen · 05/10/2025 23:45

Tricky decision.

I’d be nearly 20 years older, but I’d be retired.

Are we keeping everything else the same, or are we going back / forward to the resources we had (or should have) at that age?

ChickpeaCauliflowerSalad · 05/10/2025 23:48

Berlinlover · 05/10/2025 21:34

I would be 94 but I was diagnosed with metastatic cancer in 2023 so I doubt if I’ll live that long.

I wish you well for the number of years you DO have, quality over quantity!

im currently not looking good on either score.

nut just found out one of my whole life policies matures in 40 years, well thats ok then, ill only be 96. Except I wont make that age so it'll be cashed in (for not a lot🥹) well before then!

bumbaloo · 05/10/2025 23:51

I doubt anyone with the second digits 5 or above would choose reversed

Algen · 05/10/2025 23:52

bumbaloo · 05/10/2025 23:51

I doubt anyone with the second digits 5 or above would choose reversed

Depends on what the first digit is!

CrimsonStoat · 06/10/2025 00:32

MyElatedUmberFinch · 05/10/2025 19:25

I’m 56 so I’ll stick with that.

Same here.

Ask me again when I'm in my early sixties!

KawasakiBabe · 06/10/2025 00:45

unsurewhattodoaboutit · 05/10/2025 19:57

That would make me 85. I will stick with the current age thanks!

Me too, I’ll stick!

GrandTheftWalrus · 06/10/2025 01:26

If I flipped it now id be 4 so no. But next month I'd be 14 and yes and I wouldn't entertain my ex as that was the age I was when I met him.

But then that wouldn't have lead to events where I met my now dh and had our daughters do tough.

If my dh flipped his he'd be back to 34 and awaiting our 1st born lol.

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