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Post by limeny on Sept 21, 2021 4:10:25 GMT -5
a friend is a friend no matter what end
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Post by B. on Sept 21, 2021 10:35:15 GMT -5
Actually this is interesting because this year I've made lots of new friends in my city who are in their 30s/40s, and I appreciate their life perspective on a lot of things. I think it broadens your perspective to have friends of all different ages/backgrounds/walks of life.
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Post by Poe's Coats Host Toast on Sept 21, 2021 16:10:59 GMT -5
The biggest age gap friendship I have rn is 4 years older than me, which isn't much. also I like to think i'm friends with my gram-gram, but i realize family is different.
I think a very large age gap might get in the way of finding enough common ground to sustain a friendship, but not necessarily. I also imagine they ought to be different to friendships among age-equals to some extent, due to inequality in life experience, and especially between underage / adult folk, but sure, they can be friends under the right circumstances.
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Post by limeny on Sept 22, 2021 1:30:08 GMT -5
I think having a job definitely warms you up to having older friends. I was 15 working at McDonald's befriending the managers in their 20s-30s. I guess it's not that much of an age difference, but when you're younger it seems like it. Now I am one of the youngest at my job, there are only 2-3 teenagers out of our 30+ employees.
I have a sister who is three years younger than me, and I get on with her inner circle. I used to have to include her begrudgingly when I was younger having friends over and now i'm volunteering to be an extra player with their board games.
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Post by Esmé's meme is meh on Sept 22, 2021 9:35:37 GMT -5
It doesn't matter, I've been friends with Reba for years and he's 7 y.o.
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Post by Kit's tits kick ticks on Sept 23, 2021 15:57:22 GMT -5
I think it's good to have friends who are different ages so you learn to understand people from different backgrounds, similar to how it's important to have friends from different cultures, family situations or financial backgrounds.
Of course it's not the same as a friendship between people of the same age, but I think it's even important for children to have some sort of friendly relationships with adults, especially because it's not common to have a lot of aunts and uncles. I was thinking there should really be an extra word for that.
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