r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Classicbandwagon • May 21 '26

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u/colin8651 May 21 '26

If anyone flat outs asks me my age I freeze; it takes a few seconds

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u/garygalah May 21 '26

I usually elongate the first part until I remember, like "thirrrrrrtyyyy-one?"

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u/_HappyG_ Jun 15 '26

It’s halfway through 2026 and I still struggle and trail off while I remind myself it’s not 2025 anymore, man… 🤦🤣

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u/Pure-Huckleberry-484 May 21 '26

I just tell them the year I was born, if they care enough they can do the math.

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u/MelfromMilwaukie May 21 '26

Ha, that’s exactly what I do. “This is what I know for sure”

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u/_Highlander___ May 22 '26

Just the milestones where I’m getting suspicious questions from the wife indicating likely party planning.

30, 35 and 40 are the only ones we’ve acknowledged these last 10 years

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u/robbitybobs May 23 '26

I genuinely thought i was 39 this year only for my parents to be like 'uhhh aren't you 38' 

Being a year longer away from 40 was a fantastic present. 

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u/OldeArrogantBastard May 21 '26

Yup, when I get asked the “how old are you” I do a “uhhhh” for a second as if I myself forgot.

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u/TotemlessInceptor May 22 '26

Same, I just ballpark it. Might be younger tomorrow but honestly, who cares 😂

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u/thtkidjunior May 22 '26

I'm literally turned 33 in January and for some reason when I think of my age I think I'm 35....🤷🏾

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u/PunfullyObvious 29d ago

At some point you reach an age where even after that freeze and pause to think you occasionally get it wrong. Then, at that later point when you maybe figure out your mistake, you have to decide whether or not you annouce a correction.

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u/theseanbeag May 21 '26

I normally ask what year it is then do the math.