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

[Holidaypending]

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.

I with with public assistance benefits, some of which are age based. When I ask a person how old they are, I want to know how old they ARE, not how old they'll be at some point in the future. Yet, I bet about half of the people tell me how old they'll be on their next birthday. It make no sense. 🤷‍♀️

Bizarre. You don’t seem to know your own age and then get annoyed when someone corrects you.

You lied and she corrected you.

I'm 68 in 30 years can I have my pension now?

I round up. Mainly because then I get compliments as to how young I look.

(Not really.)

YABVU. You are not “very nearly” 25 - it’s almost half a year away!

You lied, so yes, your friend was right to correct you.

You’re about 295 months op. That’s just as weird as what you said.

Was this you on twitter op? www.sportsjoe.ie/football/two-arsenal-fans-engage-in-possibly-the-best-twitter-argument-of-all-time-28446

If the friend knew her age then why ask the question

But you are 24, not 25. Not even nearly 25 because July is over 4 months away. It's much more peculiar that you would say you're 25 than it is that your friend corrected you.

You are not very nearly 25, your birthday is five months off.

If anybody asks me my age, I will be saying 50 until my birthday arrives and then I will start to say 51.

You are not nearly 25. Whether your friend correcting you is odd or not really depends on who you were talking to and why they were asking your age?

I'll be 53 next week. I am still 52 and say so if anyone is rude enough to ask.

@Holidaypending

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.

If you don't see what difference it makes why would you change the number at all, even your reasoning is stupid

"She just rounds up in conversation which is perfectly normal."

There's nothing "perfectly normal" about it.

She just rounds up in conversation which is perfectly normal

It’s really not. Read the room 😂

I always round up too if I'm in the latter 6 months before my birthday. Everyone in my family does too. I think it's a regional thing. Very common where I live. Are you northern op, by any chance? @Holidaypending

You’re 24

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I thought it was only older people who rounded their age up, my old auntie was always “coming up 93”

I always round up. Not sure why I just do. I turn 44 in September and I would often say I am 44 not 43. Mind you, now I sometimes forget whether I am 42 or 43. I think I am 43 turning 44 - born in 1977!

OP, you're not even 24 ; you can't possibly skip right past that and round up to 25!

Isn't it just easier to remember your actual age rather than your age then adding one on? At which point in the year do you claim to be a year older? The day after your 25th birthday, will you say you're now 26? Or do you give it six months/wait until Christmas, what? It just seems like a lot more brain needs using up to do this instead of just using your birthday, the internationally recognised day on which one turns a year older, a successful system used for a long time, to determine how old you are. Why think of a random day in the year to add a year onto your age when that's what birthdays are actually for? Bizarre

@MeepleMe

Weird thing to do IMO. Like another poster I frequently ask people their ages, or more often their children's, and I get so many saying 'nearly', it winds me up. Had a lady the other day saying 'coming up to 3, almost 5 and nearly 11', right I said, so you mean 2, 4 and 10?! Why not just say their actual ages?!

Goodness! You feel you have a right to go around asking people their age or their children's but they don't have the right to say their age how they see fit. How entitled is that? Now, that's odd. Worse than OP.

OP, you're not even 24

Love the reference!

I do have a tendency to round up before my birthday, but usually only a month before.
My birthday is in July as well, and I'm definitely not rounding it up in February. Very odd.

Unless you count from conception. Ask your parents.

Not this again ffs. Ops disappeared after OP btw. Just a wind up merchant maybe?