How old will you be in 2010? (Please take the poll)

[Scheherazade]

Yes, it is that time of the year again! Shopping, gift-exchaning, over-eating and... getting older!

Take a deep breath and tell us how old you will be in 2010!

[RobinHood3000]

Twenty-two. As juvenile as I am most of the time, I really don't feel it.

[Niamh]

I will turn 27 next month. :)

[kilted exile]

I shall be 28 and I am not particularly happy about it. 30 is approaching way too quickly for my liking.

[Niamh]

what have i told you about turning 30! Life only begins at 30! :p

[Virgil]

I'm not telling how old I am. You will never find out. :p

[OrphanPip]

I'll be a very ancient 23.

[Maryd.]

I'll be one year younger than last year, I have decided to start going backwards from now on. And you can't stop me... So there!

[mona amon]

Forty seven :)

[toni]

How fast the time flies.. Next year, I'll move a level lower down the Litnet age bracket. I am turning twenty. :|
Farewell, teenage years. It was fun while it lasted.

[motherhubbard]

this time of year already! I'm just glad I didn't bump up into another age group.


I shall be 28 and I am not particularly happy about it. 30 is approaching way too quickly for my liking.

oh boohoo

[BienvenuJDC]

I am 37 today, so I will be 38 by the end of 2010...

[Lulim]

50 - 1 :eek2:

[Scheherazade]

50 - 1 :eek2:Oh, someone has ticked the wrong box in the poll... very conveniently, I think! ;)


For a change, the 30+ crowd is in majority on the Forum! :D

[Lulim]

Oh, someone has ticked the wrong box in the poll... very conveniently, I think! ;) (...)

Not I -- it's only next year that I have to move on to the next age group :)

[Virgil]

Where are all the teenagers that flood this place? Have the demographics shifted? Are we a more mature site now? :eek:

[Lokasenna]

Twenty-two. God help me, I'm getting old...

[Virgil]

Twenty-two. God help me, I'm getting old...

:lol: God help you? What about me??? :eek:

I open my mouth and three teenagers pop in. Hmm. ;)

[TheFifthElement]

I open my mouth and three teenagers pop in. Hmm. ;)

watch out, that kind of talk could get you arrested!

[no-angels]

i was born in december 1985, i will be 25 when it is december 2010 but all the year long i will be 24. so i'm in the group of 20-24 year olds. am i wrong? what should i have said? :)

[Virgil]

watch out, that kind of talk could get you arrested!
:lol:


i was born in december 1985, i will be 25 when it is december 2010 but all the year long i will be 24. so i'm in the group of 20-24 year olds. am i wrong? what should i have said? :)

Technically you should have picked the 25. It's the age you will turn this coming year.

[no-angels]

yes technically so, thanks for the answer. then how shall i change my vote on the poll? i think there's no way to do so :)

[Virgil]

yes technically so, thanks for the answer. then how shall i change my vote on the poll? i think there's no way to do so :)

Nope. You're stuck with it. :lol: It's not the end of the world. ;)

[SleepyWitch]

I'm not telling how old I am. You will never find out. :p

that's because you can't even remember your own age and need your wife to remind you :) (c.f. your birthday last (?) year).

I'll be 29

[Virgil]

that's because you can't even remember your own age and need your wife to remind you :) (c.f. your birthday last (?) year).

:lol: :lol: You remembered that! I can't believe you remembered that. Hahaha! Why is it that women always know how to stick it to me? :smash:

[Paulclem]

I'm now 46, but since around the age of 43, I've had difficulty remembering. I think it is a symptom of contentedness, and not the rampant senility my wife attributes to me.

For all you cuspian 30s and 20s - getting older is easy. You stop worrying about most of the things that harass and depress you in younger years.

I'll start worrying again when I start dribbling in public.

[Virgil]

I'm now 46, but since around the age of 43, I've had difficulty remembering. I think it is a symptom of contentedness, and not the rampant senility my wife attributes to me.

For all you cuspian 30s and 20s - getting older is easy. You stop worrying about most of the things that harass and depress you in younger years.

I'll start worrying again when I start dribbling in public.

I have the same problem Paul. What Sleepywitch is referring to and I replied back right above yours is that last year I swore I was about to turn 48 when I was actually turning 47. I even told Scher that my age was listed incorrectly. But then my wife reminded me I was turning 47, not 48. What had happened was that the few months leading to my birthday, i had already factored in my new age of 47, but then i forgot i was calculating ahead when my birthday arrived and had convinced myself I was 47 and now was to turn 48. :lol: Senility!!! :lol:

[Janine]

Definitely senility, Virg!:lol: especially if you argued about it last year and you were wrong. I always get my mother's birthday wrong; always a year off...but then, she has had a tremendous amount of birthdays to recall. I actually don't get my own birthday wrong, since mine is the same as the year - even/odd numbered. Born in 1950, so each time I am the same last number. 1962 - I was 12, 1970 - I was 20...see what I mean? Otherwise, I am sure I would forget what year it was, too and how old I am. Hate to admit to this next birthday. Come on voters, there must be more than just me and that other person in the 60-64 category. Fess up now!

[Paulclem]

I have the same problem Paul. What Sleepywitch is referring to and I replied back right above yours is that last year I swore I was about to turn 48 when I was actually turning 47. I even told Scher that my age was listed incorrectly. But then my wife reminded me I was turning 47, not 48. What had happened was that the few months leading to my birthday, i had already factored in my new age of 47, but then i forgot i was calculating ahead when my birthday arrived and had convinced myself I was 47 and now was to turn 48. :lol: Senility!!! :lol:

That's exactly what hapened to me as well. Thinking -lamenting? - ahead. My wife also knows my age better than I do. I think I began when I was leaving the physical peak of 43. The rollercoaster is well underway now!:D

The young 'uns will be thinking we're insane!

[Janine]

Hang in there...it levels out after awhile...senility seems to be setting in and then one gets their second-wind and their mind suddenly sharpens in older age....at least my own theory. I am getting there now....hahah...I actually can answer more Jeopardy questions, than I used to. Maybe you guys will suddenly recall your correct ages, as you get older.

[Virgil]

That's exactly what hapened to me as well. Thinking -lamenting? - ahead. My wife also knows my age better than I do. I think I began when I was leaving the physical peak of 43. The rollercoaster is well underway now!:D

The young 'uns will be thinking we're insane!
well, at least I'm not alone. :)


Hang in there...it levels out after awhile...senility seems to be setting in and then one gets their second-wind and their mind suddenly sharpens in older age....at least my own theory. I am getting there now....hahah...I actually can answer more Jeopardy questions, than I used to. Maybe you guys will suddenly recall your correct ages, as you get older.
You're getting to where - senility or leveling off? :p

[DanielBenoit]

Where are all the teenagers that flood this place? Have the demographics shifted? Are we a more mature site now? :eek:

Not for long :smash:

I am still a youngling.

Twilight threads here we come! :crash:

[Janine]

well, at least I'm not alone. :)


You're getting to where - senility or leveling off? :p

Leveling off....:lol:

Some is actually older than me and admitting it...yeah! I thought I was the matriarch of Litnet.....

[clandestini]

I'm 25 years old and I do on April 26.

[oanna]

I will be 17 on May 27.

[Brad Coelho]

I just hit 30 on February 7th. I wasn't exactly looking forward to this milestone, yet the trip to Bermuda was enough of a payoff to numb the sting of it ;)

[Hawkman]

I am old, my beard is grey
I live but for the breaking day
For in the moment of the dawn
I feel my youth, not yet foresworn
Linger, with the fading dream
Of what I was, not how I seem
To those who know me now.

My eye was sharp, my waist was slim
With confidence I’d wander in
To any gathering, any place
Attracted by my natural grace
Fair maidens would my favour seek
And stay much longer than a week
Which wouldn’t happen now.

I have my memories of sin
A pleasant place to linger in
But new adventures, they are few
And fading like the morning dew
My looks are not as once they were
Experience is not the spur
For those who know me now.

My wit is quick, my mind is sharp
About lost loves I shall not carp
Not lost my talent to create
Who says that I must have a mate
I populate the naked page
With characters from any age
They keep me company now.

A fantasist, who says I am?
In time I’ll have so many fans
And money will come pouring in
The royalties won’t look too thin
And in my garret I’ll not starve
My name, on high, will masons carve
I’ve fame and fortune now.

The birds, I have to fight ‘em off
Dam’ Gold diggers, nose to trough;
Their endless beating at my door
My plan, it seems, possessed a flaw
Perhaps I should’ve stayed anonymous
My name, with failure, left synonymous
I’d best stop writing now!
Naomi! Claudia! I said not now; I’m trying to work!

[Virgil]

I just hit 30 on February 7th. I wasn't exactly looking forward to this milestone, yet the trip to Bermuda was enough of a payoff to numb the sting of it ;)

Yeah that stung when I hit thirty. It was even worse when I hit forty, so be prepared for that. I'm now nearing fifty. Urrgh.

[ClaesGefvenberg]

I'm not telling how old I am. You will never find out. :pI don't need to: I already know, remember? :lol:


50 - 1 :eek2:Errrr. How about 50 + 1? That will be me this year, but I have to file a formal complaint about the timing of this poll: I will not be adding that last 1 until in December... But on the other hand... Who cares? :brow:


For a change, the 30+ crowd is in majority on the Forum! :DThat will not last long...


Where are all the teenagers that flood this place? Have the demographics shifted? Are we a more mature site now? :eek:I hope not...


:lol: :lol: You remembered that! I can't believe you remembered that. Hahaha! Why is it that women always know how to stick it to me? :smash:An X chromosome related talent, I believe...? I seem to have noticed (and been struck by) it too :eek2:


Hate to admit to this next birthday. Come on voters, there must be more than just me and that other person in the 60-64 category. Fess up now!Not just yet, if you please


Yeah that stung when I hit thirty. It was even worse when I hit forty, so be prepared for that. I'm now nearing fifty. Urrgh.Should comment on that? Nah... :brow: Not necessary.

/Claes

[Virgil]

:lol: Oh Claes. I'm glad you are back. :)

[ClaesGefvenberg]

:lol: Oh Claes. I'm glad you are back. :)Awwwww. Thank you, but I bet you're saying that to any poster older than you in this thread...:lol:

/Claes

[Not An Addict]

I'll be 15 on Sept 26 :)

[Eliza Bennet]

I am a new adult. I just turned 18 last November. So if we really want to get technical, I will be 18 for most of 2010, but will also be 19 for the last month and a half.

[Penny47]

I was 63 last week. Looking at the poll and reading these messages - making me feel VERY OLD!:sad:

[Scheherazade]

I was 63 last week. Looking at the poll and reading these messages - making me feel VERY OLD!:sad:Welcome to the Forum, Penny! :)

[Virgil]

I was 63 last week. Looking at the poll and reading these messages - making me feel VERY OLD!:sad:

Oh don't feel old Penny. It's not only kiddies here. :) Welcome.

[Nikhar]

Our age group is in the majority here. Yay...

And who said today's youth knows nothing about literature... :p

[theblacksheet]

:) Hmm totally agree with you. Glad to be in that group.

[samercury]

Will turn 21 this year and can't decide if that's a good thing or a bad thing. Where has the time gone by?

[MrRegular]

27 has snuck (sneaked, besnook?) up on me, I know it's been said by practically every person who has ever aged, but wow, time does really begin to go faster as you go. Probably because you start doing less memorable things.

[Virgil]

27 has snuck (sneaked, besnook?) up on me, I know it's been said by practically every person who has ever aged, but wow, time does really begin to go faster as you go. Probably because you start doing less memorable things.

I don't know. I would think adults do more memorable things than children, and yet it goes slower for children. I think it's the routine of adult life that makes everything just blurr together.

[Scheherazade]

Just wondering why so many of our regular members have not taken the poll yet...

:D

[Nikhar]

I wonder why so many women are fussy about hiding their age. Is it the grandma's recipe for eternal youth?

[the facade]

25 this year!

[magzarelli]

Im gonna be 32!

[TurquoiseSunset]

26 :cornut:

[Eno Suibon]

I turned the ripe old age of 21 back in January. Go me!

[scaltz]

I'm pleasantly surprised that the majority of people lurking her are quite young or in the adolescent range :D. As for me, I'm going to be 16 this June...YESSSSSSSSSSSSS then after that, NOOOOOOOOOOOO. 16 years is considered to be the age of transition to adulthood her, in Switzerland.

[Maximilianus]

I'll be 36 on September 27... if I don't die before :p

[Jerrybaldy]

:nod:unfortunately it ends at 40

[Pierre k31]

If I had looked at this first I'd have had a better understanding of the prevelant Short Story subject matter.
Interesting and gratifying that there are so very many youngsters involved in writing.

P

[Pensive]

It's funny how time passes so quickly. Just seems like yesterday when I shifted from the 10-14 group to 15-19 one and just in a year I would have to jump across this one too. :)

[Kyriakos]

I am 31 :)

[DoCho]

Im 21 but i was told i shouldnt give out personal information on the internet so im really 72

[Technophile]

I shall be 18 this month.

[Virgil]

A lot more people in their forties from past I think. Did I also notice that Scher will turn 40 this year? :D :D

[OrphanPip]

If we're looking at active members who post regularly, I think the numbers probably favor the 30+ crowd.

[Virgil]

If we're looking at active members who post regularly, I think the numbers probably favor the 30+ crowd.

Yep. The kids have the numbers but they are sporadic.

[Nick91]

Turned Nineteen in may

[Serena03]

My age holds no relevance to who I am and my place in the universe. The anniversary of my birth is no more significant than any other day of life, but how significant is life in accordance to the entire universe?

[MANICHAEAN]

On Monday I'm 67 which still keeps me in the 65-69 poll bracket of goldern oldies(totalling 3). Wonder if I will make the goldern, goldern oldies? (70+ totalling 2)

George Burns at 90+ said he played around with young women as he could not find any his own age!

[dafydd manton]

Physically 56 in three weeks, but mentally, still 15. My youngest daugher gave me a badge which I still have - "I may be getting older, but I refuse to grow up!" Suits me!

[Delta40]

I really am 42 - don't ever want to be a teenager again!

[DarkRaven]

I really am 42 - don't ever want to be a teenager again!

Why not? We get all the fun...

In all seriousness, though, I can't wait to turn 20. I'm 18 and so technically an adult, but my parents don't take me seriously at all yet. Plus, my peers are a bunch of idiots.

[yuka]

flowerlike age :)