To not think I was wrong to argue with my daughter over this

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She’s 27 28 in march so I said she was almost 30 and she’s not happy with me

Technically you are right but is it worth an argument?
Yabu

It depends on the context of the conversation.

It sounds like a totally stupid thing to say for no real reason.

Anyway - I would call 27 "mid 20s" - and wouldn't call it "almost 30" - is there any reason that you feel the need to say that she is older than she is apart from to make her feel bad?

I wouldn't say a 27.5 year old is nearly 30.

I hated it when people said that.

I am 31 and my mum is already "joking" that I am nearly 40.

I don't care about aging, it's not an insult to age.

It's more that I find it annoying when people aren't specific.

She's 27, she's not "almost" 30.

I would be irritated and tell my mum to stop being silly. But not worth an argument unless you pushed the issue.

If she said she didn't like it and you carried on, then you are being massively unreasonable.

You argued with your daughter over how close 27-nearly-28 is to 30? Are you in primary school?

She's basically as close to 30 as she is to 25. Why is it so important to you that she think of herself as "almost 30"?

I would put money on it being “Don’t you think it’s time you settled down / decided what to do with your life?” or similar.

YABU because no matter who's right here you're arguing over something meaningless.

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I think OP, you are being disingenuous here and the argument wasn't really about the age. I bet top dollar you were pressuring your daughter into having children.

If she was 29, then nearly 30 is fair. But she's 27. You were unreasonable.

You were unreasonable

If it were a neutral observation then it would be silly and unnecessary, but it's a loaded observation for a 27 year old woman. Were you trying to upset her?

You’re both insane.

YABU.

Why would you argue over something so trivial? What was the context?

I also think it is easier to say 27 than “nearly 30”. Also when I was in my later 20s, I didn’t have my life as on track as I would have liked and don’t think I would appreciate being referred to as “nearly 30”, as daft as it seems now, I thought I was getting old.

Why would you argue about it? Can't you let her enjoy her 20s?

my dd thought she'd wither when she turned 30 she hated the thought. turned 30 still thriving still young and not withered 😃

You've posted zero context but as you are so desperate to be "right" about something so trival yabu

I wouldn't tell my 7 year old that she's nearly 10 so yes yabu!

I get the impression you were talking about it in terms of she should have been doing something or other by this age..marriage babies career whatever, that's why she got annoyed.

Pathetic argument but I’m at a similar point to her albeit several decade older and I’m certainly not almost 60- it’s two whole years away.

Can't you agree to disagree.

Me too. I'm 57, I'm nearer 55 than 60 so I'm still mid 50s!

I want to be 60 though as I can collect my NHS pension then!😉

27 rounds up to 30, but I wouldn't say she is 'nearly' 30, thats 3 birthdays away!!! I'm late-20's and because of covid I feel all my mid-20s were taken away from me, she might be feeling similar as so is a little more sensitive to your rounding off her late-20s also.

Honestly it sounds like the sort of micro aggressions my own mother used to use. Just little things constantly to cause a wind up for no reason. It honestly doesn’t need saying, so why say it?

She's not 'nearly 30' though, is she? She won't be 30 for another two and a half years. That's a quarter of a decade. She's as close to 25 as she is to 30.

Even if she was 29, why would you want to be telling her she's 'nearly 30' anyway? What's the point of telling someone that? And why would you then argue the toss over it? Jeez.

Totally this. That kind of pointless, petty niggling for the sole purpose of annoying someone is so childish and unpleasant, isn't it? Deliberately baiting people until they snap, and then acting like they're the unreasonable one for taking the bait and snapping. Like prodding a sleeping dog and then crying when it bites you.