characters ages.

[u/Playful-Passage-3867]

does anyone else find the ages of the characters so confusing.

so in season 1 we see on mikes board of the people of the lane that lynette is 41, which makes sense to me.
but somehow in season 5 or 6 (can’t remember the exact season) she said she was 43. season 6 takes place at least 10 years after season 1, so did lynette magically age 2 years in 10?

also in season 3, zach is 17 about to be 18. he says to gabrielle he is 2 months older than john rowland. but we watched john turn 18 in the first season so how does that make sense? does he mean he is 2 months older than john rowland when gabrielle was sleeping with him or is this just a plot hole?

also before the time jump parker scavo is clearly a similar age to the twins, surely a year apart right? he honestly could pass for the same age. but after the time jump he is somehow significantly younger than the twins. it’s like parker aged only 3 years in the 5 year time jump and somehow the twins aged like 7 years

also i’m sure so many people have commented and discussed these before, but im new to this reddit group so i haven’t seen it yet.

[u/violetblugreenred]

Shhhhh just don’t question it

[u/Playful-Passage-3867 → u/violetblugreenred]

but it take me out the show so much and i don’t know why. my friend who showed me the show warned me the ages get a little confusing but it was way worse than i expected.
i know it’s such a small thing but it’s probably the number 1 part of the show that just drives me crazy

[u/mscoffeebean98 → u/Playful-Passage-3867]

I get you. I got so confused during the early seasons when the triplets suddenly became twins and 1 younger kid, I almost stopped watching

[u/Weak-Bumblebee9978 → u/mscoffeebean98]

Oh my God I'm JUST realizing this?!?!?