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Doris Day Didn't Know How Old She Is

Noel7 — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 17:04:00 GMT

She says she never paid much attention to birthdays, but always thought she knew how old she was, she's now 93. Until reporters found her birth certificate which shows she's 95.

Ms. Day is delighted because she can now say she's older than Betty White by two months. How cute is that!

Happy Gaining Two Years, Doris Day

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roxxy1 — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 17:25:59 GMT

How could you not know what year you were born ?

SMH

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Noel7 — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 17:29:09 GMT

@roxxy1 wrote:
How could you not know what year you were born ?
SMH

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Maybe she does know the year, she just doesn't keep up with how many birthdays have passed. It's evidently not important to her.

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Nightowlz — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 17:31:29 GMT

I will probably be just like that. I thought I was going to be 60 this year. I just turned 59. LOL!!! I no longer keep that # in mind. I always have to deduct the year I was born from the year it is to know for sure.

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hoosieroriginal — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 17:31:59 GMT

My mother and half-brother always argued over his date of birth. He would say "I should know when I was born" and she would say "Well, I should know because I birthed you!" Not sure if anyone ever figured it out.

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Pearlee — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 17:47:13 GMT

I posted this in TV and Movies yesterday night:

https://community.qvc.com/t5/TV-and-Movies/Doris-Day-Turns-95-On-Monday-4-3/m-p/3657711#U3657711

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songbird — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 17:49:44 GMT

I loved that saying (don't know from whom....somebody made a statement) "I knew Doris Day before she was a virgin.

So funny.

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ChynnaBlue — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 17:52:12 GMT

@roxxy1 wrote:
How could you not know what year you were born ?
SMH

Do you do the math based on the year you were born and the current date whenever someone asks you your birthday, or do you tell them how old you are because it's just something you know, like your address or your phone number?

As I've gotten older and it's come up less, I forget, too. When you're a kid, people ask you all the time. As we get older, people consider it rude and don't ask. So now I have a birthday and forget, the same way I still use the last year when I'm writing the date in January of the new year.

Sometimes I can't remember if I'm 46 or 47 because it doesn't come up very often and I blurt out the wrong thing and then have to correct myself.

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MalteseMomma — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 18:21:52 GMT

As many of you here know,I always say I am 80 but I am really 79......( just 3 weeks ago)

I have said that all my life , to everyone and when I really need to know my age ,I have to get a pen and paper to figure it out

Why? I do not know?????????

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CelticCrafter — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 18:26:37 GMT

@roxxy1 wrote:
How could you not know what year you were born ?
SMH

I thought the same thing.

She's never had to use her birth certificate to show proof of age or citizenship, drivers license, passport...

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beckyb1012 — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 18:36:19 GMT

I can just hear her say "Que Sera, Sera Whatever will be, will be".

Loved her in movies and t.v. she is so great.

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dex — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 18:36:58 GMT

@ChynnaBlue I think you explained it best.I am always losing track of my age.years ago I told the doctor I was 48 and he said no you are 46.I responded..well don't women usually lie about their age to which he replied that they usually subtract years.I have birthdays but you are right that people don't ask how old I am anymore.I never was worried about my age though.I am more concerened about strength and ability.

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Noel7 — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 18:43:50 GMT

@MalteseMomma wrote:
As many of you here know,I always say I am 80 but I am really 79......( just 3 weeks ago)

I have said that all my life , to everyone and when I really need to know my age ,I have to get a pen and paper to figure it out

Why? I do not know?????????

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY @MalteseMomma!

I can't remember how it started, but I used to tease my daughter about how old she was, I'd bump it up a year. Once day she said she'd told someone she was a year older by mistake and blamed me, LOL. Yes, both of us had a good laugh about that one.

DH and a good friend of mine are both a year and a half from my age and I always have to stop and figure out how old they are by what month it is.

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Noel7 — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 18:45:44 GMT

@dex wrote:
@ChynnaBlue I think you explained it best.I am always losing track of my age.years ago I told the doctor I was 48 and he said no you are 46.I responded..well don't women usually lie about their age to which he replied that they usually subtract years.I have birthdays but you are right that people don't ask how old I am anymore.I never was worried about my age though.I am more concerened about strength and ability.

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That's cute @dex

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Peaches McPhee — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 18:46:44 GMT

I know what year I was born in, but frequently forget how old I am. As in, "wait, am I 56 or 57?". Luckily, it is only a split second of forgetfulness.

After a certain point, it is not like it matters, except maybe at the doctor's.

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bmorechick — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 18:48:25 GMT

sometimes as you get older in years, those things are hard to remember. I know that my mom, prior to her death always thought she was 94. We would gently remind her that no, you are 91 and would remind her of her year of birth. After a while, we let it go...jeeze when you're that old what difference does it really make??? She would always say to us when we were in our 20's and 30's and would chastise her because she couldn't remember some of the stuff we told her - "you just wait until you get my age...it's not so easy to remember." God bless her, she was right. I'm 62 and sometimes have to stop and think "am I right?"

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beckyb1012 — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 18:51:05 GMT

@Peaches McPhee wrote:
I know what year I was born in, but frequently forget how old I am. As in, "wait, am I 56 or 57?". Luckily, it is only a split second of forgetfulness.

After a certain point, it is not like it matters, except maybe at the doctor's.

@Peaches McPhee I do the same and mainly because my birthday is in the last week of the year. So all year I am thinking I am one age but have not reached Christmas yet. Even if it is only Easter. It is always a nice treat finding you are only one age instead of another.

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RedTop — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 18:51:18 GMT

One of my best teenage memories is of my 70-something Papaw, and his 80-something sister arguing about her age. Papaw had their family bible (which is in my possession now) and knew his sisters true age, but for whatever reason, she shaved 3 years off, and only admitted to a certain number. Papaw and his sister loved each other dearly, and enjoyed their visits, but Papaw loved to get her stirred up about her age, and she let it get to her every single time. I enjoy the memory of them arguing at his kitchen table, and it still brings tears to my eyes. They were not affectionate people, so when Papaw started the argument, it was kinda their unspoken "I love you sis", "I love you too brother".

When she died, her obituary said she was 100; her birth record in our family bible, written in her dads writing, says she was actually 103! So for whatever reason she shaved those 3 years off, she stuck to it until the day she died.

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Noel7 — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 18:54:31 GMT

@bmorechick wrote:
sometimes as you get older in years, those things are hard to remember. I know that my mom, prior to her death always thought she was 94. We would gently remind her that no, you are 91 and would remind her of her year of birth. After a while, we let it go...jeeze when you're that old what difference does it really make??? She would always say to us when we were in our 20's and 30's and would chastise her because she couldn't remember some of the stuff we told her - "you just wait until you get my age...it's not so easy to remember." God bless her, she was right. I'm 62 and sometimes have to stop and think "am I right?"

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@bmorechick

I love that part and I agree with you!

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chrystaltree — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 19:05:02 GMT

That's not unusual. My mom was 84 when she passed, she knew what year she was born in but she had to do the math real quick to figure out her age. She joked that she stopped counting at 49 and by the time she got to an age when it didn't matter anymore....she couldn't quite remember. I'm 57 and but when I think about my age, it seems so old that I always think I must be wrong...lol