Do you limit your friendship to individuals in your same age group?

United States
March 10, 2012 1:17am CST
I think that friendships of all age groups are great. I don't limit my friendships to people who are just around my age.I have many friends of all different ages. The ones with the greatest age difference for me prove to be wonderful friends to me.
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@choybel (5042)
• Philippines
10 Mar 12
I believe that the quality of friends you keep defines your personality. I say this because I know from experience, I have been acquainted with so many people in almost all walks of life, and I can tell which I could easily keep as friends and which I would avoid as much as possible. There are a few exceptions of course, being that they have been your friends but have made new friends that brought them to another world and have become somebody entirely different. I have a few of this in my list but they know how to act around me and I know just when I should let go of a friendship. My friends consists of different ages and all of different interests. It is nice to have this variety as I learn many new things from them and them from me. The experiences with them is priceless.
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• United States
11 Mar 12
I agree with you. The people that we have in our life do have an impact on us. Either for the good or for the bad. Hopefully though for the good. I'm glad that you treasure your friendships. It is important for us to do this, it shows that we really care.
@choybel (5042)
• Philippines
11 Mar 12
It also proves the saying "No man is an island" to be true. I cannot imagine living alone for a very long time.
• United States
7 May 12
I could not imagine living alone either. That would be a very sad and lonely time. We all need some type of association and interaction with others.It really does add a lot to our life and we feel important as well.
@shadjee1 (602)
• Philippines
11 Mar 12
I agree with you. Being friends of all ages are fun. You get to know what kind of attitude they have. You will be able to learn to adapt easily to people if you are friendly to people of all ages. I have lots of friends of different ages.
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• United States
11 Mar 12
Yeah and a lot of the time the friends that we have that are of different age groups we can learn a lot from them. I know that I'm always learning from them. And that is a very good thing for me. I like to be able to have friendships that have true deep meanings. And I know that my friends care deeply about me and are often looking out for me.
@beamer88 (4259)
• Philippines
10 Mar 12
I feel that friendship transcends age, gender, race and all other things. I know, this sounds like a typical answer to a competition or something. Like saying we need world peace and stuff. But I do believe in this and I do have friends from all these categories. Besides, the friendship sometimes becomes more interesting when your friends are say either younger or older than you. I mean, you get varied opinions on things - you have an insight on how the younger generation thinks if you have younger friends and you learn from the wisdom and experiences of your older friends
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• United States
11 Mar 12
I agree with you. I know exactly what you are saying. I think that it is important that we have friends in various age groups. It does do a lot for us and our view of life,etc. I truly treasure the friendships that I have with those who are younger and those who are older.
@kaeirole (668)
• Philippines
10 Mar 12
i agree to that..before, i usually limit myself to friends with my same age group..but when i met my present partner, i met different people in different age groups..and they became my friends also..and it's so fun because we learn from each other..
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• United States
11 Mar 12
I'm glad to hear that. We can learn a lot from those who are older than we are. Most of the time those ones who are older have so much knowledge and experience to share with us. I enjoy listening to their life experience and hearing all that they have to say.
@Lucas818 (377)
10 Mar 12
I don't limit the friends by age group, for sure. I have many category of friends instead, and all of them give me different experiences. I think the most important is those who we can get along with, we appreciate him / her. Thanks God for it.
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• United States
11 Mar 12
I'm glad to hear that. We truly do benefit when we have friends of various ages. It gives us so much balance. It is really good when we are able to get along with others no matter what age they are. That helps build friendships and makes them stronger. Thanks for sharing your thoughts with me.
• United States
11 Mar 12
I like having friends of different ages because it lets my be completely who I am. I might sound a bit weird but there are just certain people you hang out with that bring out different parts of your personality. When I am with friends younger that me I feel more free to act goofy and play around and when with people older I can show off my serious side. When I am with people my own age it is hard to really be myself because I try sometimes to hard to be what I think they want be to be like. So I really think that having friends in a different age group is a great thing.
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• United States
11 Mar 12
Yeah I know what you are saying. I agree with you about that. It is very important for to be able to be ourselves. Trying to always be to someone else's liking is tiresome to say the very least. So being around those who genuinely care about us is important. I really enjoy spending time with my friends.
@dandan07 (1906)
• China
10 Mar 12
When i was young, i like to make friends with those who are old than me. For i think i can get many new things, information and knowledge from them. And in most case, they will take care of me. Now, i can make friends with those who are 5 years younger than me, for i think i can communicate with them and get fresh ideas. To those who are ten years or more younger than me, i find that there are a great gap between us. it is too hard for me to deal with them.
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• United States
7 May 12
I agree that those who are older have a lot of knowledge and information that we can learn from them. They are more than willing to share what they know for our benefit. That can be so helpful as we strive to make good and wise decisions in our life. I'm glad that you have a wide variety of age groups that you are friends with.
@dodo19 (47133)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
10 Mar 12
No, I don't limit friendship to people of my own age group. I have no problem becoming friends with people who older or younger than I am. I don't really see the problem with that, to be honest.
• United States
11 Mar 12
That is a good thing. It is beneficial for us when we are able to have friends of various age groups. Widening out gives us a huge variety of friends. Which adds a lot of joy and happiness to our lives. Thanks for sharing your thoughts with me. I appreciate hearing everyone's feelings.
@megamatt (14292)
• United States
13 Mar 12
I don't go out of my way to really do so to say the very least. But however, it just seems to happen that way for the most part. Where most of the people I am good friends with are at the very most about three or so years away from my age at most on either side. That wasn't really done by design and I do have a couple of people that I get along with well enough that they might be in that friend zone that are out of that comfort zone. However, the gap of ages can be something that can be a huge stumbling block, with how well we are just going to react with many people. There are just going to be a number of times where someone five years younger or five years older even, there are just going to be some things where there seems to a be a huge clash mentally with. I do wonder how this is just happening a lot of the time, but it really does happen extremely often.
• United States
21 Mar 12
I can see where it is easy to make friends around the same age group. After all we generally have a lot more in common with those around our age group. For me I do get along well with most of the people around my age group. But I prefer friendships that are older. I would say that I had to grow up fast and that's why I prefer friendships with those who are mature. My father passed away when I was seventeen and I moved out on my own when I was 18. So at the time most of the people my age where fighting and arguing with one another over trivial things like who liked this person, or why this friend didn't call them back, etc. And I didn't have time for friends like that. I had to work, pay bills, figure out where I wanted to go with my life and so friends who were older had so much more wisdom than those around me.
• Philippines
11 Mar 12
I don't limit my friends by age group. :) I have friends who are 10 years older than me. We all jam and sing, and they teach me things about music that I need to learn. :) They really are nice to be with.
• United States
11 Mar 12
I agree with you. My friends are all of various age groups. I think that I'm able to develop the closest relationships this way.I have very close good friends who are 20 plus years. I'm always learning a lot from them. And with them I don't have to worry about petty little things like with a lot of young people around my age.