Poll
Question:
How old are you?
Option 1: 16-20
votes: 6
Option 2: 21-30
votes: 19
Option 3: 31-40
votes: 21
Option 4: 41-50
votes: 10
Option 5: 51-65
votes: 14
Option 6: Over 65
votes: 0
Option 7: Under 16 (Is your permission letter on file?)
votes: 1
I thought it might be useful to get a sense of the distribution of ages of the skating forum members. We have people from their late teens to their 60s. How many are in which age group?
Even if you never, ever post, but only read, please fill out this poll. We really want to know.
The standard answer: old enough to vote, lol.
I'm 14.
Old as dirt, lol.
Not old, just older. ;)
14, nearly 15.
22, nearly 23 :)
30 until next month ;D
28
Im now 44 years old.
Older than my daughters and grandson, younger than my parents.
My driver's license (which I can change the name on next week) claims that I'm 48.
25...but I can pass for 21
Quote from: Laneybug7 on July 09, 2011, 11:51:37 AM
25...but I can pass for 21
Oh, honey hang on to that as long as you can. I'm sixty and on a good day with the light behind me, I can pass for 45. And I'm holding on to every damn year!
Quote from: AgnesNitt on July 09, 2011, 03:19:18 PM
Oh, honey hang on to that as long as you can. I'm sixty and on a good day with the light behind me, I can pass for 45. And I'm holding on to every damn year!
One of the kids at the rink reckons I was born in the 12th Century (bless her). I'm looking really good for my 900+ years!
I'm 49 and not the oldest woman skating at my rink (altho for a while I was!). Sometimes I feel 90 depending on how much my body hurts lol ;D
27 and I can still pass for 21. :)
23 but pass for 17/18.
When I started working there all my coworkers assumed I was in high school and asked where I was graduating from. When I said the local state university in December they were shocked. They were more shocked to find out I was 22 at the time.
i am 48 years old and am just took my first class of adult learn to skate!
WooHooooo! You GO, Jenniturtle!!
I started skating at age 46. Now 56 and still gliding on!
I also have the issue where people think that I am younger than I am. One of the 18 year olds at the rink thought I was early to mid-20's and was shocked when I told her that I was 31!
Me too. People have a hard time believing me when I tell them my daughter is 34.
I have the opposite issue :P People sometimes mistake me for 18+. I've had people ask me what college I go to, when I've only done one year of highschool.
I honestly have no clue what it is that makes me look older to some people. I don't have an adult body whatsoever.
Quote from: davincisoprano1 on July 11, 2011, 08:49:33 AM
23 but pass for 17/18.
When I started working there all my coworkers assumed I was in high school and asked where I was graduating from. When I said the local state university in December they were shocked. They were more shocked to find out I was 22 at the time.
Oh my goodness, this is almost exactly my story! I'm nearly 23 as well and yet people think I'm not yet out of college! I absolutely shocked one of the other skaters last week when I told her I graduated university at the end of the year!
I'm still uncertain as to whether it's a complement to have people go, "Oh my god, I thought you were 17/18/19"! Is it good to be told you look young? I have this overwhelming terror of coming off as immature.
I turned 30 back in January. I graduated college with a bachelor's degree in May. NEVER too old!
Quote from: karne on July 14, 2011, 10:30:35 AM
Oh my goodness, this is almost exactly my story! I'm nearly 23 as well and yet people think I'm not yet out of college! I absolutely shocked one of the other skaters last week when I told her I graduated university at the end of the year!
I'm still uncertain as to whether it's a complement to have people go, "Oh my god, I thought you were 17/18/19"! Is it good to be told you look young? I have this overwhelming terror of coming off as immature.
The only place looking like 18 has worked against me is my love life. lol. When I first started at the rink I had a 17 year old trying to flirt with me and he asked what school I went to and I said University of Blank, I'm 22 (at that time I was) and he was shocked.... lol.
When I first started skating again, I was 27. There was always a group of 11-12 year old girls who did LTS together and liked to show me all the stuff they'd learned on the Sat public session. When they'd ask me how old I was, I'd say, "How old do you think I am?" The answer was almost always 16 or thereabouts. Which just made my day! :) Loved those girls!
While I fit in one of the current categories, this poll needs a "65 or older" category for when some of us reach that milestone.
It's just a few years off, and I fully intend to skate then - especially since I'll be retired with much more time on my hands.
Okay, done.
That was fast!
I didn't need it for 3-1/2 more years. :D
Filling in this poll while I still fit into the 31-40 grouping. Don't think I'm mentally ready to check the category that ends in 50! :D
New fangled iron age skaters have it way too easy.
Sharpened bone was the way to go.
I'm 17, almost 18 :)
I'm 44, I started skating 5 years ago when I signed my son up for Ice Tots. I'm currently working on Bronze moves and Pre-Bronze Free. Glad I stumbled on this forum!
I just turned 34.
I have completed over five decades of life, and have been skating for over three decades.
I'm 30, for another month and two days... :blush:
I'm 26, been skating since I was 23 :)
63. And should know better. Refusing to grow up.
Proof: Just started skating in Jan. this year.
I'm 58 but people don't think I look that old. I think skating keeps us young looking - perhaps being in the cold rinks helps preserve our faces!
Quote from: Laneybug7 on July 09, 2011, 11:51:37 AM
25...but I can pass for 21
pretty close to you there myself LOL and I can still be mistaken for a teenager if I am in the same group as a bunch of them - happened the other day, while I appreciate the 'look young' I really hate been mistaken for one because I soo don't connect with that age group any more!
Quote from: Mainiac159 on September 24, 2011, 11:50:52 PM
I think skating keeps us young looking - perhaps being in the cold rinks helps preserve our faces!
Cryogenics in action?? ;D
Quote from: kiwiskater on September 25, 2011, 02:56:47 AM
pretty close to you there myself LOL and I can still be mistaken for a teenager if I am in the same group as a bunch of them - happened the other day, while I appreciate the 'look young' I really hate been mistaken for one because I soo don't connect with that age group any more!
I actually prefer to hang out with the teenagers at the rink sometimes! They're generally a really nice bunch of girls
One thing I love about skating is that everyone is the same age. Doesn't matter if you're a kid, teen, young adult or 80 years old. We all have skating in common and it's easy to get to know people well. I've moved twice as an adult skater and I think the transitions have been much easier because I've had a built in base of people who share my passion. : )
Quote from: Mainiac159 on September 25, 2011, 05:30:37 PM
One thing I love about skating is that everyone is the same age. Doesn't matter if you're a kid, teen, young adult or 80 years old. We all have skating in common and it's easy to get to know people well. I've moved twice as an adult skater and I think the transitions have been much easier because I've had a built in base of people who share my passion. : )
I think you might be on to something, I'm not bothered at skating that I'm with kids of 8+ (other than the fact some just don't have the maturity to be able to connect with) but I find the teenagers far more identifiable than in other situations. The example springs to mind that I went to help out at a launch party for the sponsors of our local Santa parade but because physically my dimensions are the same as many teenagers I get put in with them but they sit around giggling about school and other kids their age and I simply can't identify with them.
On ice the people I skate with are about my level or just above but we are all there for one reason - to learn....Maybe its the kind of people attracted to skating or that a common goal is more unifying??