How old are you at myLot ?

I no longer show my age in my profile because I don't believe that age matters one jot on a discussion board like this. Maturity is fairly independent of age and I have seen youngsters with a very mature attitude and others, who according to their age should know better, behaving in a very immature way. I don't really have a problem with revealing to those that ask that I am past the allotted life span, according to the Bible. Perhaps I am living on borrowed time.

Initially when I signed up to myLot I had no idea what I was signing up for. Therefore, my intention was to hide as much as I was not sure if I would be harmed via fraud and or God knows what. It took me two months to actually dive in, now that I am in I find that myLot is no different then the great many people who surround me off-line. I do not reveal my age as I am one who has issues with many seeking whatever instead of seeing me for me. I do not post pictures of me and or avatars of me, for the same reason, I do not want googly eyes and or false intentions. In the real world many way, way younger mistaken me simply for my looks. Therefore when I come on here I find sincerity to be of up most, so when you read what I write, I want you to know me for me and not for what I look, like. My avatars are very deceiving and I appreciate it that way, I want all to know me/attract, for me and not for what I look like. I do not list my birthday and or age as I work on hundreds of sites and the last thing I need is for fraud and or identity to be stolen.

I have my age on my profile for a very important reason. If my age was not visible then I would have to put something to the lines of 'hey I'm a grandma' because it would not be fair to allow others to presume that I am not that age. Age is just a number. There are no rules as to how one should behave or feel at a certain age and because of this I do and say what I feel like doing and saying but I feel that it is my responsability to inform others that I am already 'as old as that' so that they do not get ideas in their head that they really didn't ought to Of course if they then get them anyway well that is up to them as no-one should tell them what they can and cannot do at their age - but at least they were warned

I'm hiding my age coz ........ I do not want my responses to be brushed aside based on my age factor! I do visit new profile pages daily not for their age though --- one profile update which got struck in my mind is "I'm a pakistani...and i'm no terrorist" That mylotter is few months old in here ... how sad to come up with an update as such.

Hi topffer, First I am not a lady... and this might be one reason. If you hopped on to my profile, you would see my age is 36 in real world and 13 months in mylot world. I love the 13 months of me here more than the 36 years of real world... No it is not that I am young here and so I like it, it is because I can play and re-live my childhood here. If you scrolled my discussions you would have ample proof of what I say... I am happy to be the 13 months here as I can play innocent, child, confused and even insane me...

hi ... topffer... i am 32 years old in the real world and i just 1 years old in mylot. i donot hide my age in here. i think there is no big deal in the age range in mylot. i like to join here because i can learn something from the other members. i am sure older their age, more experience they are. for example, i started my discussion about diapers problem and i got some responses from the mylot members.they shared they solution about my problem and i took them and i applied it. i think they are older than me and it doesnot matter at all. and how about you topffer?

Wow if you will realized the post according to the title you will be mislead. Better I read the post 2 times. I understand what's all about. I thought you are asking how many years I am here in myLot. Anyway, I observed also that the age will become old but the mind still young. Some individual when you saw their faces we can call them old already but they are still acting like teenager which are common nowadays. For me, age doesn't matter, as long as they are friendly, all of them are welcome to be my friends

hi topffer I am going on my fourth year here at mylot as I was off for 11 months due to a whole ton of huge problems. but am back now with my trusty computer and fairly new monitor. I did not put my age at first because no one really loves elderly people much here in the US but finally after an irate poster accused me of lying about my age I posted my age . I am elderly and so what,my mind is clear and not senile. I am 84 going on 85 and age I cannot help. I feel a whole lot younger and thats all that counts anyway. Age here is not important as we here are flexible and making friends here and sharing and caring are more important than our respective ages.I have friends here ranging in all ages and all I care about are the people themselves,not their ages.

I don't think people should hide their age because nowdays it doesn't matter how old you are just don't be old in your mind.I will be 23 on 21st may of this year. But if someone doesn't want to tell us their age than its fine as one should respect others privacy too.Lying about your age is not a good thing.

You are not old, so why do you say that age counts more in the off-line world than on-line? Have you had experiences that have made you think this way? I would not think that age would be much of a factor in either the off-line world or on-line, especially for a guy. The reason that I say "especially for a guy" is that I have been reading on here a lot lately that women over the age of thirty-five or forty are "past their expiration date" so to speak, although this is definitely news to me. Perhaps that is why women are so hesitant to state their age, because if men do not know that they have "expired" and these men are interested in them, then why should it change if these men know their age? Are they not the same person that they were when these men thought they were younger?

I used to show my age. Then wonder what good does it do? So i removed my age. Now I can act as young as I want, or as wise as i can be. OK, I think I am younger than owlwings and I too look up to him. I did not do it to 'trick' the girls. I am not good enough. Haha... and I am here to share, not to mislead. So rest assured. I am only 1 month in myLot, and loving every minute when I am logged in.

God i wish i had an age to hide!!! I am just 26 years old!!!! I am not old enough to be able to do what i want and this is speaking professionally!! And well speaking on behalf of women and all women who hide their age are so justified!!! Sorry Sir Top!! But i beg to differ!! Have you seen the number of products out there enticing people to be young, feel young, look young etc etc.. Not to mention the interesting prospects awaiting you when the softer gender is so Young!!! Parade all the gorgeous young things!! Hold one beauty pageant after another!!! And people still wonder why we hid our age!!!

I think you are entirely right! I have hidden my age as soon as I got into myLot,for I am afraid they know I'm too old and leave me.

Hehe, I'm not a woman too... So why should I hiding my age? I'm 19 years old, and 2-mylot-day-old. :)) I'm too wondering why women want to hide their ages... Does that because they afraid of being old. For me, the older, the more mature - Old is not very bad, you know

No, i do not hide my age on mylot or anywhere else. I am blessed to be the age i am [68]. I had a few close calls health wise so i'm very proud of my age.

Old is not important with me. The important things is how people treat me as human and I am not hiding my age here. I disclose what is real so the public may know that I am old not young

well, since i am less than 25, i don't mind at all! :) i am a mylot member for about 1 year now. in a site like mylot, i don't really care much about anybody's age and hence don't ask. if someone here asked me for my age, i would find it weird though. what does my age has to do with me responding here anyway? :)

Hi,topffer! Age difference is not important for me at Mylot at all.I mean,why should it be important?We are here because we share our problems and thoughts with each other.Some wise people doesn't have to be old and some old ones have better advice to offer.And as you said,age doesn't count so much online and mental age is more important.For me,even age in real world is not that important.In my school,there is one foreign teacher well above 60,and he is just so funny and he make many friends with us students.I don't mind others asking my age at all,as long as they have no offense.Maybe I am saying that because I'm just 20.And I always believe that sometimes soul mates can be the ones who have a large age gap.Again,the thoughts are the things that count. Have a nice day!

I will not hide my age here in mylot or anywhere else, at the end of the day it is my age and that cannot be changed. I like to respond to discussions in different ways. There can be from the mind, or from the heart or even from both. I would like to hope that i do respond well to peoples discussions. I maybe 34 years old and to some that isn't old but i do have a good head on my shoulders and i always like to try and think about how to respond to a discussion, but for sure even people older than me can still be very young in their mind and in their ways. But this is what makes us us.

For me, age is not that important. What is more important is how you deal with other people. There many old people who did not learn anything in life and still as immature as a kid. There also young people who know how to treat other people with respect.