cjchaos 3 Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 (edited) On my sons Thai birth certificate it says age of father:27. I was only 26 and 11 months at the time it was made. Everything else like my name is right, just I don't know their method of calculating I was 27. Can anybody shed light on this for me please? Edited February 5, 2015 by cjchaos Link to post Share on other sites
JohnC 539 Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Correct, Thais calculate to your next birthday , so you are in reality in your "27th" year! Another reason for checking ID cards of Thais ! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
angiolo 225 Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 same in Greece Link to post Share on other sites
cjchaos 3 Posted February 5, 2015 Author Share Posted February 5, 2015 Correct, Thais calculate to your next birthday , so you are in reality in your "27th" year! Another reason for checking ID cards of Thais ! Is it possible it is nearest birthday? since the mothers age was from her birthday a couple of months previous. It said 29 and she was 29 and 2 months. For her it was not her next birthday. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Seastallion 10,529 Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Interesting....and possibly the first time I've seen some official use of logic. Link to post Share on other sites
Toknarok 2,398 Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Same with drivers licences. When I got my 5 year one they calculated the expiry date on my birthday 5 years after issue. I therefore got a D/L that was valid for five and a half years. Link to post Share on other sites
isanbirder 1,307 Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Chinese are one year old the day they are born. Therefore by our reckoning, the ages they give are always one year too many. I don't know whether this has influenced Thailand. Link to post Share on other sites
samran 11,863 Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 No on a day to day basis. But there is the concept of being that age if you become that age in that year. For instance, you become exempt from army duty in the year that you turn 30. So if you don't turn 30 till the last day of the year, for the purposes of conscription day in April, you are scott free. Link to post Share on other sites
Beetlejuice 5,710 Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 As regards the attitudes of Thai women about age, it seems the older I get, the more expensive they become. Link to post Share on other sites
hhgz 178 Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 26 years and 11 months v 27 years. It looks like you're looking for things about which to complain. Nice. Link to post Share on other sites
LennyW 6,730 Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 26 years and 11 months v 27 years. It looks like you're looking for things about which to complain. Nice. No hint of complaint from the OP, merely asking for clarification. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
krisb 5,919 Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Isn't it to do with 9 months in mum's stomach is the first year? Even though it's 9 months! Link to post Share on other sites
georgemandm 884 Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 On my sons Thai birth certificate it says age of father:27. I was only 26 and 11 months at the time it was made. Everything else like my name is right, just I don't know their method of calculating I was 27. Can anybody shed light on this for me please? Why would care about some thing like that Link to post Share on other sites
ExPratt 3,174 Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 I thought they started at 1 at birth rather than 1 on there first birthday, well that's how it was explained to me 1 Link to post Share on other sites
IMA_FARANG 3,597 Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 (edited) It is not a rule, but many Thai/Chinese calculate a childs age to include the 9 months the child was in his or her mother's womb. So a woman may say she is 21 years old, which can mean she is only 20 years old if you go by date of birth as a westerner would. She would be adding 1 year for the "year" her mother carried her in the womb before she was born. I first saw this custom many years ago in Vietnam, with a Vietnamese/Chinese family. Edited February 6, 2015 by IMA_FARANG Link to post Share on other sites
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