[mrbabbage]

As someone who came out at 18 (technically an adult), both:

- younger—I had a vastly accelerated "social puberty" bc I started so much later than most folks.

- older—for the reason you mentioned.

- but now younger again—I don't feel the same pressure to have biokids, and thus not beholden to the "biological clock" that forces birthing parents to start families in their 30s. I'm 32 and just went back to school, because why not! Plus, the pressure of the white gay dating scene forces me to take better care of myself (sleep, diet, exercise), which also make me feel younger.