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    Question How old were you when you got your first cc

    I was 19 and Sears offered cc as you walked through the door. That was the beginning of a nightmare for me. I don't handle cc well, hence not having any for years.

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    18...and a young 18 at that.

    i had an amex, visa, and another visa before i knew what hit me

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    I didn't get a credit card until after I got married so I was about 21 and it was the start of a love/hate relationship that now is totally hate and I will not have another one.
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    26 I think

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    I had a store card in my late 20s and my first credit card in my 30s. I forget exactly when.

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    I think I was around 20. After my divorce, I canceled them all. I did not have one again until earlier this year and went crazy...I can't be trusted with a cc... I have decided to get this one paid off and not use them again....

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    Never I got my first debit card at 18 but I have never had a traditional credit card and I don't intend to start now.

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    my mom helped me get a CC at 16.

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    I think I was 20, and it was a Cross Country Bank Visa.

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    Actually I got my first cc (in my name only) 2 years ago when Kohl's opened up here!! I am 43 Even after dh and I got married 20 years ago I never had a cc in my name.....we had a Fedco card that was in his name that I could charge on but it wasn't mine!! Now we have just 1 cc in his name only and it is for emergencies only......we don't carry a balance on it!!

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    I was 25.

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    I was 18, I think - during my 1st year in college. They had those cc applications all over campus where it was very easy to sign up for one. But I was pretty responsible with it throughout college and paid it in full each month.

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    18/19 when I got my first one in college.....

    Didn't do to well with it

    Got a new one this past September and its going much better this time

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    Oh, I must have been 18-19. I got one when I was in college, then one more, and then another...

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