Passing Thought: Age Matters

In a conversation with my mom yesterday, the topic of her being 87 came up. She said she was 86, not 87. I replied with patience, recognizing that her condition, age and medication all contribute to a cognitive decline, that she was 87. She reminded me that she was born in 1938, and that, although she is in her 87th year of life, her age is defined not by the year of life she is in, but the year of life she has completed. I had to stop and virtually face-palm. Of course it is. Just as I am 62, not 63, until July at least. Even though I am in my 63rd year of life. who the hell come up with this concept anyway? Something tells me it's the same people that decided the period of time between the rotation of the earth should be divided by 24, and then by fractions of 60 from there. Give or take an hour based on the season, of course. Logic F. T. W.! (And yes I acknowledge the cognitive decline is not coming from her),