I must be missing something here and if I am, my apologies in advance.

I seen many instances where a WLs age has been divulged on this forum without any angst or throwback

We're not talking about someone divulging her real name, her address, her phone number etc which is really invading privacy in an unacceptable manner.

I've seen age mentioned many times.

I think I may have confirmed J Liz's age once after she told me without flashback on this forum?

As I said, I may be missing something and will happily take a back step if I am and quickly apologize....