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How old are you right now?

Asked by rebbel (35553points) December 29th, 2017

I know the age, aboutish, of some of you Jellies, but from the majority I don’t.
And from most of those that I don’t, I have absolutely no idea how old they are possibly are.
Sometimes a Jelly divulged her or his age and they left me flabbergasted; “Really, are you 63…., I always had you around your early twenties!”
Or vice versa.
So, if you please, go ahead.
If you don’t, don’t.
I’m 50.

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ucme's avatar

Just gone 51 in October

RedDeerGuy1's avatar

This incarnation is 40. Overall with reincarnation is over 5000 years old. The math is every two weeks added every incarnation from July- August 2000 to now and plus a bit plus 20 years.

Kardamom's avatar

54. Old enough to know better, and too tired to care.

thisismyusername's avatar

Just turned 46.

canidmajor's avatar

Old enough to be delighted that I’m still enjoying stuff and able enough to enjoy stuff.

stanleybmanly's avatar

73 I keep forgetting it, and it still surprises me. It’s a very peculiar situation, and I’m once again penalized for not acting my age.

johnpowell's avatar

A solid 40 with a beard that is going on 50..

Mimishu1995's avatar

22. And I always thought I was the youngest.

jonsblond's avatar

I will be 47 in 6 days.

imrainmaker's avatar

@mimi – You might have been the youngest before @SQ

marinelife's avatar

65 for a few more days.

Love_my_doggie's avatar

Chronologically: 61

Physically: about 35 (the long-term rewards of good nutrition and steady exercise)

Mentally and emotionally: maybe 12 on a good day

rebbel's avatar

Thanks you, guys and gals!
The average of the respondents is close to 48.
So, @canidmajor, I’d say that you must be around that number.

canidmajor's avatar

In high orbit around that number… :-D

rebbel's avatar

Ah, gotcha; 24.

canidmajor's avatar

Yeah…that’s it!!! :-)

janbb's avatar

I swing with @canidmajor . Oops – that didn’t sound right!

canidmajor's avatar

Aw, @janbb, it sure makes me sound funner than I really am!
I will gladly share the high orbit. :-)

Adagio's avatar

57 and climbing.

Tropical_Willie's avatar

@ragingloli Nine times what ? ?

I’m enjoying my twenty-first anniversary of my fiftieth birthfsay.

CWOTUS's avatar

I’m as young as I will ever be.

cookieman's avatar

46, but in my head I’m 25.

tedibear's avatar

53, but I play 34 on TV.

@johnpowell – I would have guessed you to be closer to 30 than 40.

Demosthenes's avatar

Right now I am 26. I will be 27 on July 6th.

syz's avatar

53 for 18 more days.

LornaLove's avatar

55 and wow the 50s are not easy!

janbb's avatar

@LornaLove if you think they’re bad, try the 60s!

LornaLove's avatar

@janbb I’m scared! However, I do hear Gail’s words echo in my head, ‘What’s the alternative?’. She was ever wise.

rojo's avatar

62. Sixty three this year

Brian1946's avatar

I turned 71 last December.

On January 19, I’ll be the same age that my mother was when she passed away.

stanleybmanly's avatar

I’ll tell you a story. Around 20 years ago I was walking past the window of a place on Divisadero that markets orthopedic equipment. I actually stopped to admire the wheel chairs and walkers, and was damned near opening the door when I caught myself in a panic and fled the neighborhood like I was on fire. You can’t allow old age to catch up with you. Remember, when people start peppering you with such cheerful tidings as “you can’t take it with you” have Jack Benny’s answer at the ready “then I’m not goin”.

zenvelo's avatar

Wow, I am the same age as @rojo! 62 until May!

kritiper's avatar

12.7 years until Oct. 1, 2030 when I reach the average life expectancy for men, which is 76.6 years.

ragingloli's avatar

enough time to make boyhood 2.

ZEPHYRA's avatar

In my forty-fifth year for another month.

YARNLADY's avatar

As of my birthday at the end of this month, i will be 75 years old. I believe my life is ¾ over, give or take.

kritiper's avatar

@YARNLADY Wow, that is very optimistic!

Dutchess_III's avatar

59 and crying. It makes it damn near impossible to get a job.
I am amazed at you guys. I thought all y’all were in your 20s or something! You seem so…energized and…young…

Dutchess_III's avatar

It’s very sad. I’ve been dwelling on this for a couple of weeks now. All of my life I have noticed that we all do pretty much the exact same thing as our peers. We’re all in school together. Then we’re all out of school and dating and getting our own places. Then we’re all getting married. We’re all having children. Then we’re all having grand children.
Now…my peers are all dying. I had a friend from HS tell me, at our last class reunion, last year, that’s she was diagnosed with bladder cancer. The doctors told her they didn’t thin she’d live to see another Christmas. Well she did live to see this last Christmas, but two days ago she posted that she was going to the ER, and no one has heard from her since.
My husband’s best friend is on hospice care now. He spent the last 3 years fighting liver cancer, and he’s finally in remission…but all of the chemo and radiation and shit is now killing him. He’s only 73. We don’t think he’ll last another week. He is crashing so fast.

Jaxk's avatar

70 but I’m only days away from that becoming obsolete

stanleybmanly's avatar

@DutchessIII You come across just as young and….energized as anyone here. The worst part of being old is being forced to watch the decline and death of your peers. It’s fascinating how my life has shifted from more frivolous pursuits to ever increasing trips to hospitals rest homes, funeral parlors. I no longer bother to hang my black suit back in the closet, and the florist beams at the sight of me as strive to put her kids through college. In an hour I’m going to pick up my friend of some 40 years, 6 years younger than myself and slipping with Parkinson’s. We’re going to our blind friend’s place to roast a turkey, eat like pigs and lie about the women in our past.

rojo's avatar

@Jaxk I feel your pain. I think we all have those feeling sometimes and society doesn’t help us feel better about ourselves much.

stanleybmanly's avatar

You guys cant afford to dwell on that stuff. Get busy! @DutchessIII. Grab your husband and get out of Kansas. Out here, everyone your age is in the marijuana business.

rojo's avatar

^^^ Ommmm! I’m calling Jeff and telling! Anyone have the DOJ’s number (and I mean number in a very non-druggie way just to be clear)

stanleybmanly's avatar

Screw Jeff and the inbred horse he rode in on.

Dutchess_III's avatar

LOL!
I love that about the internet. On Wis.dm one of my very best friends was named Balmung. We hung out, laughing and joking for a year…AND THEN I FOUND OUT HE WAS 16 YEARS OLD!!! I got my first clue when he said something about kicking a soccer ball around in his room and breaking his computer! “In his ROOM??” That’s when the magic of the internet really hit me. Yeah, you can pretend to be something your not, but it also highlights more honesty. We just clicked in a way we probably wouldn’t have IRL. He’s 25 or so now.

stanleybmanly's avatar

So you’re 16 at heart! That may be what’s required to weather life’s insults.

Dutchess_III's avatar

Or he was 50 at heart!

stanleybmanly's avatar

Yes that’s it. A 50 year old kicking a soccer ball into his computer!

Dutchess_III's avatar

He’s the one who sent me this. God I LOVE this video! I made up the word “Vodicille.” It was our rallying cry! In fact, you may even still get hits if you google that non-word.

He’s the one who gave me the name “Dutchess”, too. We were fighting the Evil Power Rangers for control of the Kingdom of Wis.dm and…..oh. Nevermind! The battle raged for WEEKS! One of us was very immature.

stanleybmanly's avatar

Is the tune in Portuguese? Dial up youtube “ponteio” Turrentine/ Giberto. Tell me if its the same voice.

Dutchess_III's avatar

Yes, it’s in Portuguese. Carlos spoke Spanish so he could kind of decipher it for me.
BRB @stanleybmanly

Dutchess_III's avatar

Gosh, I don’t know! Ask Fluther! And now I’m going to be side tracked by a Carol Burnett parody of Star Trek!

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