A weird and clingy new friend

I went to an art exhibition few days ago and got into a chat with an employee of the gallery. It wasn't the first time we had a random chat. He was one of these talkative, very intelligent, extroverted, yet a little bit egocentric persons, who keep talking about themselves, but in intelligent and clingy way. We chatted for an hour and exchanged e-mails to send each other stuff(art samples).

So, he has already sent, like, 3 e-mails past these two days; I find it... amazing, I guess. I have no idea if it's normal... I mean, I find it strange that he pays so much attention to a random person who visited the gallery, while he seems to know so many people and being so extroverted wouldn't pay that much of attention to one person. I must mention that the guy is, like, in his fifties and I'm in my mid twenties, so I highly doubt he would be interested in me romantically. It seems like he has a certain type of character(I know another very similar person, but that is a different story), a way of interacting with people, and I wonder what's gonna happen next. I'm not used to this kind of style; I wonder if he'll obsess over me until he'll get bored and then disappear, or we'll become, um, buddies(not likely, we're like 20 years apart, is it possible?)
Frankly I'm writing this because I find it unusual, being of an avoidant type of interacter I'm rarely in contact with extreme extroverts. Is that normal for them or what?

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  • thegypsysailor

    I love it.
    Why would a 50's guy be interested in a possibly attractive, obviously intelligent and interesting person in their mid 20's?
    Perhaps he is moving a bit swiftly, but you might forgive him, because he may be quite smitten with you. It might be that his conversation came across as a bit egocentric because he was somewhat nervous, talking to you? Once in a great while, a guy may meet a very exceptional woman, and feel so comfortable with her that he doesn't notice that she's not quite as into the association as he. For me, two such encounters led to many years of wonderful friendship and love.
    As for "or we'll become, um, buddies(not likely, we're like 20 years apart, is it possible?", all I can say about that is my wife is 42 years my junior and yet we have an incredible relationship. We are best friends and buddies, pals and partners and spend as much time as we can together, adventuring and exploring life.
    Don't judge the man by his age, please.

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    • gegute

      Thanks for your reply, it is lovely.
      By the part of us being 20 years apart I've meant that usually I have problem connecting with older people, I feel cautious because I usually know and feel that there's a gap in experience and/or views on life between me and them. There was nothing derogatory in it.

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      • thegypsysailor

        I can understand the trepidation you might have to entertain the thought of a relationship with someone that much older than you. I was just saying that it worked out really, really well for us.

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  • RoseIsabella

    I wouldn't have given him my information unless he was gay.

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  • Murun

    You're both adults, so why would the age difference rule out friendship, or romantic interest? I had friends in their 50s when I was in my 20s through common interests of art, music or whatever. I'm late 40s now and circle of friends ranges from teenagers to pensioners. (and have had 20-yr age gap relationships at both ends of the gap)

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