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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
I have several friends that are up to 13 years older than I am. We enjoy being with each other, have great conversations and it is not weird at all from my point of view. I guess it is fun for them to hang out with me, yes. So what? I am perfectly able to have serious conversations as well, and I do not think my friends are "babysitters." In some ways maybe a "mentor" kind of thing, but again, so what? As long as everybody enjoys being with each other all is well.
Absolute truth. When I was in my 20s, it was more about socializing with friends who were at a similar stage of life, new jobs, babies, etc. Now? I couldn't even tell you the exact ages of my closest friends. But I can tell you that I'm in my 50's, and just got an invitation to dinner at the home of a woman who just had her 30th birthday.
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?
So, do you think it is a waste of your older friends' time to hang out with you? It'a two way street, you know.
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?
That you make no sense.
So young people can be friends with older people, but old people cannot be friends with younger people?
What difference does it make once you are an adult? I have a former neighbor who is now in a memory care facility. She is my friend, and I make a point to visit her whenever I can. It is not as often as when she lived beside me, but it is regular. We used to talk about everything under the sun, and now that she is unable to remember much, I listen. She talks to me and calls me her sister, and that is fine. I remember all of the times she listened to me, when I needed her. It is my time to be there now. This friend is much older than I am, but I think my life has been richer because of her.
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