how old are you?

I was at work the other day and a co-worker of mine shared a story about some 20-somethings that she had encountered. this got me thinking about our ages and how we describe them. if we don't want to say the specific age of someone or of ourselves there is any easy way to be close without being specific. we will use the age group of 40-50 year olds. if someones age falls right ont he even decade (30,40 50) then thats easy we use that as their name. 41-43...early 40's. 44-46 mid 40's. 47-49 late 40's. so using this formula I am in my mid 20's. this of course, is not perfect science. if you don't knwo the specific age of the person you are referring to then you are probably guessign in which case if you guess young, chances are the person you are referring to will be pleased. if you guess too old, well then thats your mistake. and this my friends, you can take to the bank.