Age...Can you admit it?
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say Moo
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01-16-2009 17:51
from what i hear via via and experienced myself, many people in SL are somewhere between 40 and 55 years old. So don't be too surprised if it also happen to be the majority of the userbase.  I don't care, many of my sl friends i had/have... are around 50 years in rl.. to me: it's not the physical age, but the mental age, that counts for real, in communication aspects (and that's what sl is mainly about: communication) i'm btw 32 years old. (green leave, or brown leave, it all depends onto which angle you look at the age) From: Marianne McCann /me wonders quietly if this topic violates the disclosure policy in the Community Standards or not. well no, since people are free to disclose this info on their behalf, knowing that a forum is read by others, then the OP alone. |
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say Moo
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01-16-2009 17:56
From: Marianne McCann /me wonders quietly if this topic violates the disclosure policy in the Community Standards or not. well no, since people are free to disclose this info on their behalf, knowing that a forum is read by others, then the OP alone. |
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IsabellaRosa Capalini
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01-16-2009 17:57
I am 25, 26 next month, most of my sl friends vary in age, from a 19 year old to a 55 year old and they are all great people. Most of my friends are in the 30-35 bracket though it seems
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Brenda Connolly
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01-16-2009 18:05
I just realized that for most of the people on my SL friends list, I don't even know how old they are. I never ask. I can guess based on the conversations and experienes they've mentioned, but that's about it.
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Incanus Merlin
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01-16-2009 18:25
54 and 7/12ths...
and it's JUST possible I might be able to take a retirement in June, since I started as a boy clerk at the grand age of 16 9/12ths....
Have you noticed how time seems to pass quicker the older you get? Einstein never addressed THAT one!
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Tod69 Talamasca
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01-16-2009 18:28
From: Prawnyloks Parker I'll set the ball rolling then... I'm 39, 40 in a couple of months  DAY-UM!!! YOU IS OOOOOLD!!!!! (btw- me too!)
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Ralektra Breda
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01-16-2009 18:32
y'know what is scary is how the stuff from AARP starts arriving in the mail right on your 50th birthday....big brother and all that 
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Puppet Shepherd
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01-16-2009 18:34
No, I guess I can't admit it. I'm still a puppy at heart.
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LittleMe Jewell
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01-16-2009 18:42
From: Brenda Connolly I just realized that for most of the people on my SL friends list, I don't even know how old they are. I never ask. I can guess based on the conversations and experienes they've mentioned, but that's about it. Yep - I have not a clue how old most of my Friends are either. I know a few, only because it came about in natural conversation, but the vast majority I can only guess at.
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LittleMe Jewell
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01-16-2009 18:43
From: Ralektra Breda y'know what is scary is how the stuff from AARP starts arriving in the mail right on your 50th birthday....big brother and all that My husband turns 50 in June and I have been teasing him because he has been getting the AARP stuff for about a year now.
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Ghosty Kips
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01-16-2009 18:47
I will soon celebrate the 21st anniversary of my 29th birthday.
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Elora Lunasea
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01-16-2009 18:49
From: Bradley Bracken I'm 45. I figure my avs age is around 27...I live vicariously through him.  BRADLEY!!!! I was just talking about you yesterday (it was very good). Welcome back! Oh and back on topic. I'm 49 and I could care less who know this I will turn 50 in a few months. Don't look it, but I feel it at times And hey, has Honeybear answered her own question yet
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Raudf Fox
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01-16-2009 18:49
I'm 33. *shrugs* I figure I've earned them battle scars!
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HoneyBear Lilliehook
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01-16-2009 18:53
I didn't mean to set this dang thing up so people could see names....I fight my age every step of the way...sigh. Thanks to those who were brave enough to admit it!
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HoneyBear Lilliehook
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01-16-2009 18:57
From: Elora Lunasea And hey, has Honeybear answered her own question yet Of course she has
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Elora Lunasea
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01-16-2009 18:59
From: HoneyBear Lilliehook Of course she has Not directly
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HoneyBear Lilliehook
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01-16-2009 19:11
From: Elora Lunasea Not directly OK, directly, yes, I'm somewhere between 46 and 55 *giggles*
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Alvaro Zapatero
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01-16-2009 19:35
I'm reading posts and seeing ages but not connecting them to names.
Besides, at my advanced age memory is touch and go anyway.
So your secrets are all safe with me.
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Rhaorth Antonelli
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01-16-2009 19:41
I have no clue why some folks find it so hard to say their age
it is only a number, no big deal
as I already said I am 44
do I act 44? I dunno, how is someone who is 44 supposed to act?
do I look 44? Again, I dunno, how is someone who is 44 supposed to look?
*shrug*
still me, the same person I have been for 44 years, no big deal
I like being the age I am and am happy every year to be able to celebrate another year on this planet...
to me age is not a bad thing, it is a set of milestones, to show how long we have survived on this hell we call earth
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Elora Lunasea
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01-16-2009 19:44
From: Czari Zenovka The eldest person I have spoken with on SL said he was 75 and a retired psychologist. Similar. I was involved with someone here, who was 72. I had no problem at all with him being this age. Another person that I was not involved with, just a friend, had admitted he was even older than that but never told me the exact number. I know how old most of my female friends here are, more or less. Most, are my age, a bit younger or a bit older. The poll seems to reflect what my personal experience has already shown me. Certainly, a lot of late 40's/early 50's.
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Ashe1 Writer
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01-16-2009 19:57
Just turned 52  Ashe
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Maya Remblai
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01-16-2009 20:07
From: Ralektra Breda y'know what is scary is how the stuff from AARP starts arriving in the mail right on your 50th birthday....big brother and all that I don't get mail from AARP, but I do get invitations to retirement communities and rest homes, and the Scooter Store. |
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Zii Minotaur
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01-16-2009 20:22
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I'm surprised to be in the minority O.o
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01-16-2009 20:25
40 that second start of RL
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Isablan Neva
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01-16-2009 20:34
It's kind of cute that every couple of years this exact poll will crop up on the forums. The people who've been around SL for a few years and already know it skews 30's & 40's will not give a flying fig about posting their age. The newer people all think SL skews early 20's and don't want to reveal their age because they assume they will be *gasp* thought of as old. They are always so surprised
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