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Age isn't as important as "stage." I think there are shorter life stages when you're young (like preschool-elementary-middle school-HS-college). Afterwards, the stages are mostly adult, then elderly. College-aged adults shouldn't hang out with middle school kids. A 38 year old socializing with college-aged adults would probably be an odd relationship. But a 27 year old can usually hang out with a 40 year old and relate just fine, other than some childhood differences. Especially when young parents are befriending older parents.
I am in my mid 40s, married, have kids. One of my closest friends is 20 years younger than I am, is married, has kids. We have similar interests & personalities. Another friend us my age, never been married, no kids. We Have few interests in common. Our personalities are worlds apart. Guess which friend I'm drifting from? It's not about me wanting to be younger! It's about how much we enjoy spending time together. I'm very careful not to take on a motherly role. We are equals in our friendship. Incidentally, we didn't know how far apart we were age-wise until we were talking about movies once & I sais I saw the original Star Wars in the theater. It was a funny realization--we both thought we were much closer in age. It simply doesn't matter.
People who are really! intellectual regularly don't hang out with people who are a lot younger than them (if it's not compulsory), even though they are so young.. Because olders mostly have experience in comparison with youngers...
Last edited by wannaskedaddle; 01-24-2015 at 04:06 PM..
People who are really! intellectual regularly doesn't hang out with people who are a lot younger than them (if it's not compulsory), even though they are so young.. Because olders mostly have experience in comparison with youngers...
I can barely comprehend what you wrote here. Tell me if I translated this correctly. Are you saying that people who are intelligent don't hang out with people younger than them because they have more life experience?
Just because you're older doesn't mean you have more experience in life.
I can barely comprehend what you wrote here. Tell me if I translated this correctly. Are you saying that people who are intelligent don't hang out with people younger than them because they have more life experience?
Just because you're older doesn't mean you have more experience in life.
Yeah it's, But I haven't referred being intelligent that's intellectual(smart,highbrow and sophisticated)
When I was 10, my 34 y/o mother had a best friend who was a little younger than her mother (about 60). Once you're an adult, it doesn't seem to matter so much how old your friends are as long as you have things in common.
close friends = not acquaintances, but people you talk to and hang out with reguarly (like couple times a week at minimum)
a lot younger = 5-10 years younger
i think it's so weird, awkward, and more importantly wasteful when you have close friends that are a lot younger than you. for example, if i'm in college (21) it makes no logical sense to hang out with someone still in middle school. if i'm a young adult (30), it makes no sense to hang out with someone back in college. priorities are different. i think everyone should be close to people 5-10 years OLDER. if i'm 21, i want to hang out with some driven successful young adults. if i'm 30, i want to be close with people who have families and settled
by being close with someone older, you learn and mature and grow.
by being close with someone younger, you become a babysitter or just want to have fun
my opinion, what are yours?
My viewpoint: if a person has friends (closely associates with) someone who is old enough to be their parent or young enough to be their kid, it's beyond strange. Other than that, I think people should primarily associate within their peer group- and peer groups are individuals around one's own age. However, I think your way of looking at it makes sense, too.
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