To find it odd that she felt the need to correct me

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I was asked how old I was at work so I said 25 as I’m 25 in. July. Work fired then say oh you actually 24 not 25. I don’t see what difference it makes as I’m very nearly 25 so simple rounded up.

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Why would you round up? You’re 24

What?! Why did you lie about your age?!

I find it odd that you rounded up your age when you still had 4-5 months to go until your birthday.

July isn’t ‘nearly’ your birthday. Saturday is ‘nearly’ your birthday.

How bizarre to say you are 25 when you are not 25 for another few months.

How weird. You’re 24 so say you’re 24. 25 isn’t any easier to say than 24, and it isn’t your age, so why say it?
Bizarre.

Very odd to round up!

You’re 24 you plum.

Still 5 months to go. Its odd that you're saying you're 25 when you're actually 24.

I do find it a bit odd that she corrected you. But I also find it a bit odd that you're rounding up at the age of 24. Even if I was 24 and 364days old, I'd still say I was 24 🤷

That's so weird, you're 24 not 25

That’s like saying a 17yr old can go to the pub because they’re nearly 18 🙄

I would have corrected you too

Why though? You’re 24. You’re not 25 for almost half a year!

My MIL does this with my children it really gets on my nerves. She starts rounding up their ages a good four months before. 🤷🏻‍♀️

It's February, so your birthday is nearly half a year away. Why would you say 25 when you are 24?!

I would understand if your birthday was within the next week or so, but it isn't.

I find it odd that you 'rounded up'! I might correct a friend on this and not think anything of it at all.

Yeah you’re nearly 6 months off being 25! So no idea why you rounded up how odd

My birthday is sooner than yours, I say I'm the age I am, not my next birthday . It's on part with children saying 'I'm 7 and three quarters'.

You're 24. When asked, you say 'I'm 24', because that's you're age. Until you're 25, in July.

Haha, not sure why you'd round up once you're older than 10. Sorry OP, it's not a big deal, but they weren't wrong to want your actual age, rather than how old you will be in a few months!

Ha my mum does this with everyone’s ages. Really annoys me. My sister is 40 next month but mum has managed to shoehorn in ‘well you are 40’ on more than one occasion. Not nearly 40, or 40 soon. You can imagine my sister’s reaction.

To be fair I sometimes forget how old I am and need to be corrected

Are you on minimum wage by any chance OP?

You’re 24 OP.

But I don’t think you’re the only one that rounds up.

I’m sure I saw a thread on here where a child was 2 years and 9 months old. The mother was determined she wasn’t “2”

July is ages away. This is fucking bonkers. I've read a few threads here where people do this rounding up. I don't get it.

OK if your birthday is next week but July is about 6 months away!