How to tell if you’re getting old: A quiz, kind of

Don’t worry Rachel, you’re not getting old – this photo won’t be a reality for another 60 years or so. (Photo taken with Oldify for iPhone.)

Getting old is a fact of life, but it’s a fact that most of us don’t want to admit. Meanwhile others believe they are prematurely aging.

Ron set up a quiz for Rachel to remind her of her age … though the questions are quite specific to her and give her the impression that she is both a little young and a little bit older.

Are you still single?

Rachel: “Why do you always bring this up? You’re so smug about being married.”

Are you a cat owner?

Rachel has a cat named “baby.”

Do you secretly read cookbooks as your night time reading?

Rachel: “It’s not a secret.”

Are you obsessed with sour cream?

Rachel does love sour cream. While eating copious amounts of the side/condiment isn’t a sign that she’s getting old, too much of a good thing could wear on her health.

Rachel: “No! You can’t do that. But I look at my board games and I wish someone was there to play with me.”

That may be a sign that Rachel is young, because as we learned in 1997, the elderly CAN play board games with themselves.

The quiz’s conclusion? Rachel is not showing signs of premature aging. While she’s a single gal with a cat, she does not yet play board games by herself.

For Libby, the belief that she’s aging is mostly in her head. At a spry 27, she says she’s closer to approaching the “big three-zero” than to the “little 25.”

“That’s how you know you’re still young,” says Rachel. “I don’t even think about ‘approaching’ because I don’t want to think about it.”

Still, the Ron and Don team thinks that if she isn’t careful, some of her defining traits could lead to premature aging. Producer Libby is a “worrier with a worried face.” (Libby! That sort of thing leads to wrinkles, don’t do it!) She was also nominated most likely to yell at kids to get off her lawn.