Is "conception date" more accurate a measure of age than "birth date"?

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<p>strictly speaking?</p>

<p>afterall, if I were born prematurely on March 5, 1994, then I would be “older” than a guy (say G2) born non-prematurely on March 8, 1994. Even though technically speaking, I would be younger than G2, since G2 was probably well-developed before I was well-developed. It might be significant if I were born several weeks prematurely. </p>

<p>But then, it might be possible to think of a scenario where conception was significantly delayed by several weeks, after which development commenced. this could apply to any stage of development, of course. </p>

<p>But seriously, if you say that you’ve “existed” for 14 years, then it might be more accurate to say that you existed for 14.5 years or something, since you were “something” for a while, at least since you were a fetus or something (at least you had a heart, a brain, and other organs back then). Maybe this measure could be applied to a certain “developmental threshold” instead of “conception date”. such as “the time when your organs have developed to a certain extent”. </p>

<p>And then when artificial incubators come, this may become even more complicated.</p>

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<p>No. Birthdate is since there is no definitive conception date (normally). Besides, then my conception date would be my sister’s birthdate and that is just not a reminder I constantly want. <em>Shudder</em></p>

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<p>Age is only a number…</p>

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<p>^^OMG, really, romani? I…really don’t know what to say to that lol.</p>

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<p>^ Neither did I when my drunk mother told me. I also figured out when I was old enough to do math that my parents were married to other people at the time. </p>

<p>Please, let’s stick with BIRTH dates!</p>

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<p>I was conceived by my drunk parents on Thanksgiving. I guess the triptophan hadn’t kicked in</p>

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<p>I’d rather not know my conception story or when it took place…</p>

<p>How and why do you guys know?</p>

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<p>They do the conception date in S. Korea (and east Asia? I’m not sure).
When a child is born, they start out as 1 year old…</p>

<p>Like in your example, I am a pre-me. I was born 6 weeks early o.O
I weighed like 3 lbs and a half!!! (besides the point…)</p>

<p>I think they should keep the birth date.</p>

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<p>Cody, my mom was drunk and told me. I was the result of an affair one-night-stand, so it was easy to point out the date to me <em>shudder</em></p>

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<p>MY BDAY IS MARCH 5,1994! I was premature tooo! :)</p>

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<p>I like to believe there was no conception of me.
Nor is there any disproof of the stork theory and I do not know for a fact whether my parents have…genitals.</p>

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<p>haha…
I think there would be a lot of “conceptiondays” celebrated on February 14.</p>

<p>Or we can say things like “It’s my 17th year of life without physical attachment to my mother!” or something when it’s really your “17th birthday.”</p>

<p>But really, the date of birth is simply easier to determine and if someone was conceived earlier and born later than another person…that’s life and that first person just ends up being considered younger. Not the first-born’s fault it got out first (for whatever reason).
Plus if birthdays are that close, it shouldn’t reeeally matter who’s older.</p>

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<p>^ The most common birth month is September, so I think a lot of conception days would be around Christmas/New Years lol.</p>

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<p>^that’s funny, because that’s exactly when I was born.
I try not to think about it. XP</p>

<p>But yeah, it’s just that noticed a bunch of mid-November birthdays too.</p>

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<p>To a pro-lifer, it would be.</p>

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<p>But are we really living at that point? Or at least conscious? Age seems to be a measure of how developed we are. Mentally or physically? Hmm I guess I’d say physical. (Because there are countless examples of people who are “far beyond their age” or vice-versa) So I guess conception date is more accurate in that sense.</p>

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<p>Omg Romani that’s terrible XD</p>

<p>My mom’s birthday is December 21st. My birthday is September 22nd.
December 21 + 9 months = September 21</p>

<p>;-; ■■■</p>

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<p>^this reminds me of a certain song…
(sorry, though…that’s awkward.)</p>

<p>Edit: Ohh. I just realized my mom’s birthday is a day before nine months before my “due date.”
This is fun. -_-</p>

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<p>Hehe, I’ve opened up a whole can of disturbing worms.</p>

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<p>My parents actually knelt and prayed that God would bless them with me the day my parents decided to multiply! So, we know the date of conception! Tehe. Fortunately, my mom and dad have never taken drugs or alcohol, so it feels good to know I was not in-uterol exposed to toxins.</p>