To be saying I’m 40 already

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my birthday is late July but I’ve been saying I’m 40 already as this is the year I will be turning it

Don't you have anything better to think about? Your post is pretty pathetic/sad

I used to do this, no idea why. Now I’m heading towards 60 I’ve managed to stop .

YABU, thats not how ages work. I just turned 42, but I'll be 43 in the coming year. Specifically, in late December 2026. I suppose, by your logic, I could start saying I'm 43 in January, but I'd be out by nearly 12 months.

But your 39...

It's an odd thing to do. You are not 40 yet, you are 39. Why not just say that you'll be 40 next birthday?

Oh fuck no. This is what girls at Primary School did to convince boys at the local disco they were actually at high school. How the hell have you not grown out of it yet?

Just be the age that you are currently!

My parents often do this and it is very annoying- they add a few years on for me.

For example I recall being 38 but my mother was complaining about something I’d done/hadn't done with my laundry when we found ourselves temporarily living with the parents in between a house move. She called me a lazy 40 year old, leaving my dirty knickers in the wrong place or something - I was like err I’m still 38!

More recently my dad referred to me as a 50 year old- I was 46 at the time 🤷🏻‍♀️

So no thanks, I’ll be the age that I currently am thank you!!

I’m turning 40 in early June. I’m not 40 and you’re a few weeks younger than I am, so yes, YABU.

This is just peculiar if you are British and grew up in the UK where the age convention is that you turn your age marks the end of the year. In a few - South Korea I think - it is done differently and you are 1 the day you are born.
Your way of doing it doesn’t make sense. And it’s different to doing it from forgetfulness as you are intentionally doing it. Why are you? What are the benefits? Have you aged everyone else in your family in the same way?
I did used find it a bit weird when the DC were pre-schoolers as they approached each birthday as they change so much in a year. To describe both a 12mo and a 23.5mo as “1” seemed unhelpful they were so so different but they were both 1 and I could differentiate by saying “almost 2” or similar. I didn’t just round them up.

I mean, I forget my age because I literally never have to mention it so I have to do a quick calculation subtracting my year of birth from the current year. Which means that for the entirety of the last year I was telling people I was 42 and onto realised I was lying all along when it got to my birthday.
Say whatever you want. Literally, nobody cares.

Same here. I’m fairly confident I’m 42 but if it was the last question to win a million I’d phone a friend.

As an adult, in what circumstances are you telling people your age? Only, whilst I might ask a kid how old they are, I'd never ask an adult in general conversation - so I'm wondering why you even need to have this rule/approach in place?