To consider myself in my 30’s

[Jumponit77]

I’m born late July 1994 so I said I’m in my 30’s now and was corrected. It’s like people don’t know about rounding up.

Eh?!!!! No.....

I suspect I may have said ‘in my fifties’ but possibly not often. Stating I’m 50, yes I’ve probably said that multiple times.

Can I round down? If so I'm in my 30s. Im 45

I take it maths isn’t your strong point? 🤣

Lol 🤣🤣
No that’s not how maths works

Are we allowed to round down too?

If we all used the rounding up method we’d only be in one decade for four years, it doesn’t make sense.

Eh? I'm 40 in a few days. I'm definitely still in my 30s now. This isn't the first time I've read a post like this though.

Rounding down would make slightly more sense as the OP is closer to 29 than 30 anyway.

If we’re changing our ages, I might start saying I’m 556 months old!

I'm in my twenties then (rounding down) 😂😂

On a more serious note, isn't this the type of stuff men get eviscerated for on here? Granted, they tend to shave off a decade, but still and all?

I have an aversion to prime numbers so went from 30 to 32. Now I am 'somewhat older' I just muddle it through with a general I'm in my decade because there is fuck ton of prime numbers in between and I'd be lying my way to 60 before I know it.
But @Jumponit77, you are bonkers, why on earth do you want to be older than you are?

There was definitely a thread exactly the same as this a few years ago.

I remember this - was it something like she cross referenced all the ages with the eldest child, so as soon as they went up a year in her mind all the others were upgraded to their next birthday as well, even if they'd just had their last one?

Or was that another weirdo one?

I can't imagine any reason where you'd need to give your age when rounding up would be any more useful than just saying your age? i.e. even if you don't want to say 'I'm in my twenties' for whatever reason just say 'I'm 29' rather than 'I'm in my thirties!'

Rounding down would make slightly more sense as the OP is closer to 29 than 30 anyway.

Closer to?

No. OP IS 29.

I used to round up, because I would genuinely forget how old I was, and 30 just seems much easier. I was 30 for over two years, from mid 29 to 32. My only excuse is those were the baby years for me, I was damned if I could remember my own name half the time!

You're 29. When you're older (like me, 64), you'll wish you could knock years off.

Not so , it's weirdly familiar there was a thread few yrs ago by an op rounding uptheir age . It is a weird thing to do. I kind of lost count in my late 20's and now I am fifty something

I remember that one.

This is crazy and pointless, though.
"I'm almost 30"
"I'm approaching 30"
"I'm knocking on 30"
"I'll be 30 soon"

All of these are true. But claiming to be in your 30s, when you are not - as any age that doesn't begin with a 3 is categorically not 'in your 30s' - it's just a silly pointless lie for the sake of it. It's not even like there's any benefit, as there may be in lying that you're 18 or 21 when you aren't quite - as there's nothing that you can legally do at 30 that you couldn't do at 29.

Even certain older people who, for some reason, like to impress people with how long they've been alive still say "I'll be 87 next birthday in 11 and a half months' time" - they don't usually actually claim to be the age that they haven't yet reached.

Even South Korea has recently changed their longstanding tradition of considering a baby to be 1 year old at their birth.

I think it's just race horses now, where it continues officially!

I’m 49 in 5 months, so mid-40s will do nicely, thanks!

Can I round up and claim my pension?

I’m 49 in 5 months, so mid-40s will do nicely, thanks!

You might just manage to get away with 'extremely late 30s' at a push

@EdithStourton right there with you 😁

I'm reminded of Emile Ratelband, who went to court in an attempt to officially change his date of birth to make himself twenty years younger - although he failed.

I'm not sure who would bother going to all that faff to make themselves officially appear only eight months different in age (whether older or younger), though.

Trying to avoid the penalty shootout again eh?