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When I moved into my new home, I was looking for peace and quiet....
it's a great place, and there I met some of the nicest people....however, there is one lady inparticular with whom I just hit it off...she is in her early 80's but mentally youthful....I am 20 years younger then her...however, she has a perky sense of humor, she's compassionate, kind, and always ready to go somewhere....she still works and although she is older, you'd never know it....love her dearly....and we get along very well, we're even discussing taking trips together...and I'm very selective with who I travel with....
I can't stand someone who is needy, that has to be on the phone all the time...I work full time, come home take care of my dog and me and want peace and quiet...and my new found friend respects that about me....
I'm not the easiest person to get along with and I will speak my mind...that is why I don't usually travel with anyone...I like to veg, read, and eat and sleep by my schedule, not by anyone else's. to me, that is a wonderful vacation...so, with my friend....if I want to read and don't want to go down to eat, she is perfectly independent and secure enough, not to get upset or take it personal and constantly ask me if she did something to upset me....God I hate that! LOL
SO here's a question for you all and i really need input on this, I found out my son, who just turned 15 has been hanging out with a 33 yr old guy who takes them cruising ect, my son asked if he could go camping with this guy and a few other teens i felt really uneasy about it, and am glad i looked more into it cause they weren't going camping they were going to a hotel now why would a guy 33 yrs old rent a hotel room for a few teen boys? so i put a stop to it told this guy to stay away from my son. the next day my son asked to go cruising with a few friends i new these guys but when i left my house and pulled into the gas station i see this 33 yr old guy sitting in his car and my son in the back seat what does that sound like to you? And yes my son has been punished but the cops say there is nothing we can do unless that 33 yr old is caught doing something bad. am i wrong to keep my son from this creep from being "his Friend" they guy is a self admitted drug addict and hangs out with only teens, ect.
SO here's a question for you all and i really need input on this, I found out my son, who just turned 15 has been hanging out with a 33 yr old guy who takes them cruising ect, my son asked if he could go camping with this guy and a few other teens i felt really uneasy about it, and am glad i looked more into it cause they weren't going camping they were going to a hotel now why would a guy 33 yrs old rent a hotel room for a few teen boys? so i put a stop to it told this guy to stay away from my son. the next day my son asked to go cruising with a few friends i new these guys but when i left my house and pulled into the gas station i see this 33 yr old guy sitting in his car and my son in the back seat what does that sound like to you? And yes my son has been punished but the cops say there is nothing we can do unless that 33 yr old is caught doing something bad. am i wrong to keep my son from this creep from being "his Friend" they guy is a self admitted drug addict and hangs out with only teens, ect.
SO here's a question for you all and i really need input on this, I found out my son, who just turned 15 has been hanging out with a 33 yr old guy who takes them cruising ect, my son asked if he could go camping with this guy and a few other teens i felt really uneasy about it, and am glad i looked more into it cause they weren't going camping they were going to a hotel now why would a guy 33 yrs old rent a hotel room for a few teen boys? so i put a stop to it told this guy to stay away from my son. the next day my son asked to go cruising with a few friends i new these guys but when i left my house and pulled into the gas station i see this 33 yr old guy sitting in his car and my son in the back seat what does that sound like to you? And yes my son has been punished but the cops say there is nothing we can do unless that 33 yr old is caught doing something bad. am i wrong to keep my son from this creep from being "his Friend" they guy is a self admitted drug addict and hangs out with only teens, ect.
I dont think its wrong. I just hope your son has some street smarts to avoid bad people/situations.
What do you think of a person who is 50 hanging out with a 22 year old? What in the world does a 50 yr old have in common with a 22 year old?
I have no issue with it. In my case, I have dirt bikes and four wheelers in common with them. I boat with a younger crowd in the summer. Most of the 50 year olds I know are in front of the TV or in bed just as I am getting wound up.
I prefer talking with older people, always have. I am 51 and people younger than me seem to make a lot of assumptions, or they are entering a thought process I have been through before, or they simply lack a lot of history. It makes discussion very painful. However, why would a man of my same age with roughly the same intellect spend hours and hours talking with a 17 year old girl?
What do you think of a person who is 50 hanging out with a 22 year old? What in the world does a 50 yr old have in common with a 22 year old?
Wellllll .... let me see here ....
So here I am, an Xer in his early 50s. Unlike some folks a few years older than me, I came of age in the age of AIDS and at a time when much of what we now see socially was emerging. Lots of things you Millies take for granted were carved out by us.
For example, Alternative Rock, Hip Hop/Rap, EDM, etc, etc. We pioneered.
Beyond all that ... we pioneered the current digital existence.
Now all of that said, obviously, me, being in my early 50s, have so much more life experience than a young adult. So that creates a generation gap.
But ... I'd say the gap between X and Mil is not as severe as it is between X and older generations.
before he died, i used to go to my 84-year old great uncle's house and drink aristocrat vodka with him, and listen to him ramble on, and tell me crazy stories (lies) about his life. I was 25 and he was just a lonely old dude whose drinking buddies were all dead, and needed somebody he could talk "guy talk" with. He had a wild streak in him until the day he died.
he made a pretty good wingman. if we were ever out, which was rare, he'd find a cute girl my age sitting by herself, hobble over and say something like, "Honey, you got puuurty teeth." She'd start laughing, he'd walk off, and i'd come over... introduce myself, "sorry, he's a little bit crazy.. what is your name?.." etc.
What a fun and awesome set up.
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