Will it be good to maintain friendship with persons who younger than you?

I have officemates who are just of the same age level as my 29 yr. daughter. I am friends and get along well with them. We enjoy our conversations together, because they said they learn a lot from me, being much experienced than them. They in turn do make me laugh and happy with their stories too. Though, i am more closer of course to those just 10 or more years younger than me and still prefer my friends who are of same level or older than me.

Yes, it is good to maintain friendship with persons who are younger. In fact, I have friends who are significantly older and significantly younger than myself. How do I manage friendship with someone younger? Well, I show them respect. I respect their views. I do not impose my views on them.

I maintain friendship with people in an age group which includes youngsters and as well as elders and this way the increasing age is never a concern.

Yes,i have many friends that are younger than me.,i think its not a big problem.they are carrying me like a good friend and we don't care about our age diffrence,and its real fun friend.....!

Age difference has never bothered me in friendship so far and I enjoy being the all younger as well as elder to me. I share a very healthy friendship with most of them. It is always important for me how our temperament match and how well we handle all the friends.

Age can only become a barrier to friendship if you allowed it to. It's a common thing that people of different age and even background can develop a close friendship together. It is not with the age but rather on the values that connects you together that will make the bond more stronger.

I really dont see ages being so much of a factor in friendships. People are more the factor in how they actually act. There are mature people and immature people. It can be a very separate piece of the persons personality. And really 4 years is not much of a difference to me. I have several friends that are 10 years younger than me and my husband is 10 years older than me. In regular day to day things this is not something that can be noticed. But he does have more wisdom in certain areas and that is something that I like. The friends I have that are younger than me are surprised when I reveal my age. I am pretty sure that they are just having fun with you to see what your reaction will be. I am sure its all in fun.

Hi shine! I have lots of friends who are younger than me. Many of them treat me as their equals, like I'm at the same age with them. But many also treat me as someone older, they even call me "Ate" which means big sister. But I don't mind. I got used to it since I was in my second year in college. I do not have troubles getting along with them. They respect me and I respect them. If they are teasing me, I just go with the flow. I mean, it's a tease, it's not meant to be taken seriously. Then I also tease them. Teasing is just a form of having fun. But it's true that there are jokes that are below the belt or those that cross the line. If you didn't like the joke then tell them. But not in a very serious manner, because you don't know if they are just playing or not.

Age means very little when it comes to maturity and intellect. If I only had friends my own age there would not be too many to choose from. I am 64 and most of my peers are sleeping or eating. hahahaha!

Hello Shine, I love to have friends of age younger than me as it gives me feeling that i am still young.But i don't hesitate to have friendship with people elder than me as they teach me right ways when i stuck somewhere.

I have friends who are older than me and friends who are younger and I don't feel the difference in age when we are together. I think young friends are fun and they make me fill that child in me.

Hi.... For friendship not necessary the age same even a small child can also make a friends and elder person can also make a friend no matter of age for true and innocent friendship. Even our parents are also our friends.

I don't think age has anything to do with friendship..Well its true though that you tend to make friends of same age more often but its not compulsory always or in all cases..!! So if you want to make friends just do it..!!And moreover friendship is about understanding so if you are good friends then automatically you both have good understanding....and when there is understanding then there is no question of loosing anything I guess..:-) Wish you all the best and hope you get true friends in life...!! Happy Mylotting..:-)

Most of my friends are younger than me like 4-5 years, and I get along very well. Yeah, it does make you feel less older. Hmmm...About the teasing part, I usually do the teasing (but I make sure I won't go overboard), and when they tease back, I find it fun. If i feel it's out of bounds, I just tell them to stop. And thank God, they listen. One advantage of being older. :)

It feels good if you have younger friends they kind of remind you of what you were like when you were their age. I have a few friends who are younger than me and we do have fun talking and when they do tease me about my being older than them I tease them too about their being so young and immature and that they need to grow up! It's all good when it's done only for pulling each others' leg but when some friend picks up on you for being older better break friendship with them.

I feel happy that i could have such friend and keep our friendship longer.I feel even become younger when i stay with them,but i think it would be great and listen to them and communicate with each other genuinely.It's been a great relationship that others won't have,just enjoy and cherish it.

I have many friends more than 20 years younger than I am. I feel that keeps me thinking younger therefore feeling younger. Don't worry about your 'prestige' - just let them know that they are being disrespectful and that 'older' folks don't appreciate that. If they are horsing around like children, tell them they need to 'grow up' when they are around you. If they truly want to be your friend, they will abide by that. How I manage friendship with much younger people: I respect their point of view, if it is too far off base, I explain to them why they should consider a different point of view and try to lead them in the appropriate direction. I think it is wonderful to have friends of any age and love being around younger people as long as they are respectful, talk using decent language and act in an appropriate manner for the company they are in.

Yes, I have friends older than me and younger than me. In my work, I am the youngest and my colleagues treat me like their youngest brother. I also have a group of friends wherein I am one of the eldest, I always feel responsible for the youngsters actions. What I did is I talked to other older members to gather ideas to create rules to follow. So far, the group is still going strong and the members are well bonded. Being with youngsters is okay, we can share our experiences and we can also learn new ideas from them.