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Should I be saying I’m 30

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30inmay · 07/02/2026 00:02

My friend the other day said oh we are 30 and I just said no I’m 29 till May

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BendSinister · 07/02/2026 00:13

Do you have some kind of issue with turning 30?

StopWindingBobStopWinding · 07/02/2026 00:17

Are you the weird poster who comes on regularly, late at night, with posts about rounding up ages? It’s tedious and I’m not sure what you get out of it.

mumofoneAloneandwell · 07/02/2026 00:17

😂😂 what’s going on here?

Tempodrom · 07/02/2026 00:17

Ffs

TakeTheCuntingQuichePatricia · 07/02/2026 00:21

No. Because you aren't 30.

FhatWheTuck · 07/02/2026 00:36

I love all the late-night posts about ages/rounding up ages/birthdays. Do you live under a 30 year old bridge (that was actually constructed in 1998) OP?

LifeInTheWind · 07/02/2026 00:51

StopWindingBobStopWinding · 07/02/2026 00:17

Are you the weird poster who comes on regularly, late at night, with posts about rounding up ages? It’s tedious and I’m not sure what you get out of it.

That’s one hell of a fetish.

Theonlywayicanloveyou · 07/02/2026 01:00

30 is exceptionally young - enjoy it

Theonlywayicanloveyou · 07/02/2026 01:01

StopWindingBobStopWinding · 07/02/2026 00:17

Are you the weird poster who comes on regularly, late at night, with posts about rounding up ages? It’s tedious and I’m not sure what you get out of it.

lol what? This place can be so weird sometimes

30inmay · 07/02/2026 17:05

Theonlywayicanloveyou · 07/02/2026 01:00

30 is exceptionally young - enjoy it

Not really

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RampantIvy · 07/02/2026 17:07

30inmay · 07/02/2026 17:05

Not really

Don't be silly. Of course it is. I'm old enough to be your mother. You are young. enjoy it.

Pollqueen · 07/02/2026 17:13

30 is a brilliant age to be. Wish I was 30 again with the knowledge of my 60 year old self and my don't give a fuck attitude

Anyone moaning about 30 being old needs a damn good slap 😤

INeedAnotherName · 07/02/2026 17:43

30inmay · 07/02/2026 00:02

My friend the other day said oh we are 30 and I just said no I’m 29 till May

What's your point OP? I only ask because it's a very weird thing to post about.

If you like having your exact age said in conversations then explain that to your friend. If you hate others thinking you are older than you actually are then keep clarifying your real age. But why do you feel it's such a problem when you will be 30 in only 4 months?

Beekman · 07/02/2026 17:45

Say 29 or 30, no one minds. How often does it come up in conversation?

Theonlywayicanloveyou · 07/02/2026 20:54

30inmay · 07/02/2026 17:05

Not really

From 13 years into your future - which come at you really fucking fast - I can tell you yes, it really is.

Barrellturn · 07/02/2026 20:55

Say you're 50. Then you'll get loads of compliments assuming you don't smoke 40 a day.

30inmay · 07/02/2026 21:10

INeedAnotherName · 07/02/2026 17:43

What's your point OP? I only ask because it's a very weird thing to post about.

If you like having your exact age said in conversations then explain that to your friend. If you hate others thinking you are older than you actually are then keep clarifying your real age. But why do you feel it's such a problem when you will be 30 in only 4 months?

No I don’t have an issue saying it but what’s the point in rounding up by four months

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Furlane · 07/02/2026 21:17

I tell everyone I’m 50, or sometimes I say I’m 20, depends on whether it’s a waxing or waning gibbous. Last time I looked, it hasn’t made a difference to my actual age, despite the moon cycle.

Zov · 07/02/2026 21:21

Why are you telling everyone your age @30inmay I'm nearly 60 - LOLOLOL - and I don't think ANYone has asked my age since I was maybe 19... and that was a bloke who was chatting me up (making sure I was 'old enough!')

And I have never voluntarily told people my age either!

Who goes around asking people their age, or TELLING people their age? Odd!

.

INeedAnotherName · 08/02/2026 12:14

30inmay · 07/02/2026 21:10

No I don’t have an issue saying it but what’s the point in rounding up by four months

Far easier to round up to say 30 than to try and remember someone's birthday and do mental maths to say 29 years, 8 months, 3 days and four hours.

Do you round down your friends ages to 30 instead of saying they are 30 and 5 months? If not then why the angst over them rounding up? Just curious.

TakeTheCuntingQuichePatricia · 08/02/2026 13:24

INeedAnotherName · 08/02/2026 12:14

Far easier to round up to say 30 than to try and remember someone's birthday and do mental maths to say 29 years, 8 months, 3 days and four hours.

Do you round down your friends ages to 30 instead of saying they are 30 and 5 months? If not then why the angst over them rounding up? Just curious.

Add an adult do you often include months in your age? That's really weird.
I'm 41. The however many months are neither here nor there. But I'm not 42 so why would I round up?
My best friend is 39, not 40. I dont say that shes 39 and 10 months.

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