Posted by ayuda on April 19, 2003, at 14:59:25
In reply to Re: That makes you above-average! :-D » ayuda, posted by leeran on April 19, 2003, at 14:40:54
> Ayuda,
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> I am a 44 year old female, living in California, grappling* with the fact that I'm six years older than the average poster.
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> There's that phase in your life when everyone seems older - doctors, airline pilots, teachers, professors, etc. THEN, there's this point when you're not sure if they're older or younger. Of course, the natural progression is that you start realizing that everyone seems to be younger, a situation that's perhaps more pronounced (for me) because of the area where we live - a beach town in Southern California.
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> I think I have "Peter Pan" syndrome, LOL! But I don't want to hang around with kids - I just want to look younger!
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> *I'm not really grappling! But I did wince when I read the average age/birth year!Trust me, compared to a 38th year like mine, you are probably in better shape! I have had so many physical problems lately, I am on percodan all day long while my docs are trying to figure out (very slowly) how to get me through it.
Here are the actual stats (reformated because they were in table form), so you should not feel strange about the "median," because you are far from the oldest!
N Responding 4565
Min year 1917 age 86
Max year 1988 age 15
Avg year 1966 age 38I live in Southern Florida, so I know what you mean about wanting to look younger. My problem is that I do look like I'm about 10 years younger than I am (from what everyone tells me, the shock that they go into when I tell them my age), BUT last year the Effexor REALLY blew my weight out of control, and I am over 200 lbs now, while everyone here is like 18 years old, and 90 lbs. with big, big fake boobs. I go back and forth between, "do I really want to fit in with these people?" and "I don't want to be a misfit!" But I have to play the hand god gave me, I guess.
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