Same here. I've had the same floaters as long as I can remember.

A friend of mine saw a floater for the first time and was freaking out. This confused me since, by then (and we're the same age), I was used to seeing the world through an aquarium of floaters. 8D

Ditto. I remember my first and only floater which manifested in a somewhat dark library. I found myself batting away at what appeared to be a rather large and persistent butterfly. Took awhile to calm down! I still haven't become accustomed to it despite my opthalmologist's assurances that my "eyes will accomodate" to it" (BS I think).

No floaters until I was in my 50s.

In response to top of thread, retinal detachment does usually start with new floaters.

My first floater came with an unusually timed cluster headache ( like a migraine but usually with predictable timing ) so I had accompanying visual auras. Because I didn’t recognize it as a cluster I described it to the on call eye doc as new floaters and sparkles. That got me an emergency trip to optical ER and a slightly disappointed surgeon.

Mid-30s, none yet that I've noticed.

Reading this thread is like thinking about breathing, now I'm seeing them all again.

None that I can see at 40 here. I think I'd freak out if I saw something like that, so it's good to know I'd actually need to go get it checked out.

I haven't had any yet, age 52.

I thought I had them when I was young, but I learned they were just a form of phosphenes.