To tell people that my twins are five?

[lukasiak]

Even though they technically don't turn five until November?

Dh is in a right hump about it. He thinks by me telling everybody that they are already five that it makes people place age inappropriate expectations on them. I think it's all just semantics, and those who actually need to know their real age know it. It's a bad habit I picked up from my mother, and my older children have survived me rounding their age up once their birthdays drew close with out being labelled as having additional needs, as seems to be DH's primary concern.

Is it really that big of a deal?

I do this all the time

@managedmis

I do this all the time

Why? What purpose could it possibly serve?

Sometimes when people ask how old my 2 year old is i say 7...…

Because why not

mysuperpowerisme

😂😂

Must be true for adults, I feel about ten years old than my actual age 🤪

I'm with everyone else. They aren't 5.
Odd.

lukisiak: you sit them on a penguin and push them.

Doesn't it melt?

This is so weird
Basically you are saying they are in a different school year and have already started school.

I would never expect anyone to "round up" a child's age. If they were a week before their birthday I might say "they'll be 5 next week"

Is there anyone who doesn’t think this is odd? It’s extremely strange. You’re chatting to a stranger in the park and tell them they’re five and they start saying ‘oh are they enjoying school? They’ll be at the same one as our Jimmy’ And then you have to correct yourself and admit you’d made up their ages. V v strange.

Odd? It's bonkers, all of it

Would you do this with school years OP? So you'd say they were y2 instead of y1 etc?

@netflixismysidehustle

Would you do this with school years OP? So you'd say they were y2 instead of y1 etc?

Could come in handy in latter years. What do you mean they're not getting their GCSE Certificates? They've just finished Year 11! Because I SAY so. You're not one of the people who NEEDS to know their real ages, you don't count!

Even better. Just say they got A* across the board. Sure it’s just letters.

I'd say 'nearly 5' (or 4, because they are).

Christ, people are weird.

Your kids are four. You say 'four'. If you have a deep desire for precision, say 'nearly five'.

My daughter will also be 5 in November. I tell people she’s 4, 5 in November, not that many people believe us as she’s not much smaller than her 7 yea old brother and towers over children her own age. She’s going to look like a giant when she starts Reception in September!

YABU. At least your husband is sane

My daughter will also be 5 in November. I tell people she’s 4, 5 in November,
Of course you do. It's the way most sane people approach these things.

At that age we round up....at my age we round down

This is just really weird, November is still months away.

You'd wonder why numbers are so difficult for some people
I used to know someone whose child was in a mixed year class. She handed out birthday party invitations, and on being asked "how old is X?" replied "6".
Which she was, strictly speaking; until her birthday in two weeks time where she turned 7.
She was astounded at all the 6 birthday cards 😂

This is so strange!! Sort your head out!!!

Most places start charging at five. Most kids stay four for at least six months afterwards! 😂

My parents used to do this and I HATED it, especially in my teen years. It took a bit of the shine off actually having a birthday and there was no excitement about milestone birthdays. Plus people used to get really confused!

My Dad still does it occasionally and now I'm in my late thirties, I hate it even more. He did it with my DDs age once and I pulled him up on it. It was along the lines of "let her do that, she's 4" when she was actually 3.

All that said, I have issues with time and aging and my babies getting older. I'll probably still be giving their ages in months when they are teenagers...

My Mum has been doing this to me for my whole life! Always tells people I'm a year older than I am, it drives me mad. She's been telling people I'm 'nearly 40' for years.
Newsflash. I'm still not 40!
Please don't do it!

Your husband is right... And this is just odd

On a practical note.. When a kid turns 5 you have to pay for them on a bus, trains and certain places have a cut off line for age 5. If they pick up your habit of saying they are 5, you might end up with them saying this when they shouldn't, and could cost you when it shouldn't.
Personally I wouldn't be wishing their age away so fast...