Does age matter in friendships?

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I am a 20 year old woman, turning 21 in January. I have always had older and younger friends. When I was 11-12 I talked to 15-16 year olds on message boards and through email. Now I spend a lot of time on social networking, such as Facebook, Tumblr & Twitter. One of my best interweb friends is 2 1/2 years older, which isn't much. Another one of my best is a 35 year old man from Italy, and I talk with his 28 year old gf too. I also know a 47 or 48 year old lady. I got to be friends with a user on this site, I think he's in his 30s. And a lot of my friends who like the same music are my age or younger, most are 15-19. Most are female, and there are a couple boys. I don't feel romantically about any of them. I'm straight and don't go below 2 years when it comes to relationships. This one girl followed me on Twitter because my current pic is me and some guys from a band. She loves them too and says she's tight with them, which may or may not be an exaggeration. Anyway I thought she was like 16-17 cause that's how she looks/acts. But yesterday she told me she's only 13 which surprised me. Her mom is my friend on FB too so she has no prob with me. (most of these people don't live near me)

The internet isn't my life; I have real life friends too. Most are somewhat close to my age though. My best friend is 23, and my other bestie is 21. Anyway what do y'all think?

Yes it does. 8
Not at all. 35
To an extent/depends on some things 37
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  • KeddersPrincess
    11 years ago

    Well, I kind of have a problem with a five year old being friends with a forty-year old as that usually means something else, but I guess it depends on the situation.

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  • dirtybirdy
    11 years ago

    It doesn't matter too much. I'm friends with people over ten years younger and people into their 60's. Of you get along, its all good. The youngins can fill me in on all the hip new stuff and the old ones can tell their hip replacement stories. Variety is nice, and I like spice.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      11 years ago

      Good to know :)
      If you don't mind me asking, how old are you?

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      • dirtybirdy
        11 years ago

        Ughhhh......early 30's. Sshhhhhh!!!

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        • Terence_the_viking
          11 years ago

          now we know she's a golden oldie heheh

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          • dirtybirdy
            11 years ago

            don't make me hurt you -_- for I am extremely talon-ted in the art of maiming

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  • bedhead_caress
    10 years ago

    Best friendship I ever saw was a guy strolling through his neighborhood. An older man. He met a boy who liked to breakdance, he began to talk to the boy. But it was in a neighborhood with a crew around, not creepy. Not to mention the chirping birds. The boy went on to answer the man's questions, and the man acted as if he'd never even heard of breakdancing,all to make this boy feel like he was definitely something special. The boy then taught the man to dance, to do the wave. Most beautiful friendship I'd ever seen.

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  • posvent
    11 years ago

    I'm 19 and some of my friends are in their late 30's, age is nothing more than a number.

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  • Anonymous Post Author
    11 years ago

    Thanks for the comments :)
    I actually don't think age matters, I just wanted to see what the public would say. My younger friends are pretty mature for their age, although high schoolers aren't children so they should be mature. Like I said my online friends all share similar interests so that's how I got to be friends with them. Some people I talk to in real life are family acquaintances; I'm friends with a girl my mom works with who's 12 years older than me. And I like my dance instructors who are in their 40s.

    I agree that people can be different online than in real life. But I started talking to one of my best friends on FB before we hung out, and she types exactly the same as she talks, if that makes sense lol. Everybody I know IRL is pretty much the same online actually. I am fairly cautious about who I talk to and agree to hang with. Like, I won't meet someone I don't know well in private because there's no reason to, and if they ask to meet in private something's probably up. And I don't accept people on FB with no mutual friends and/or no profile pic.

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  • NeuroNeptunian
    11 years ago

    On the internet, most personal details don't matter when you are talking with someone. Look around here, it is difficult to asses how old someone is, their gender, whether or not they have kids etc. just by assessing what they say or how they type.

    It is different in real life though. People are usually more attracted to people they can relate to rather than people who can just make good conversation with them and people sometimes are different on the internet. I have a few friends that are not the same when we talk IRL then they are on the internet.

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  • Avant-Garde
    11 years ago

    I don't think it matters.

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