I’m 62. Is It Too Late to Start Lying About My Age?

I meant to say, I’m 42…yeah, that’s right, 42

Christine Schoenwald
Crow’s Feet
Published in
5 min readMay 16, 2023

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The first rule of lying about your age is never to reveal your real age, and the second is to start early.

Really early, like at birth.

Why, oh why, couldn’t my parents have procrastinated in filling out my birth certificate or delayed putting me in…

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Christine Schoenwald
Crow’s Feet

Writer for The Los Angeles Times, Salon, Next Avenue, Business Insider, and Your Tango Christineschoenwaldwriter.com