Relating to Members of Other Generations

So, I figure this is relevant to this particular subforum.

How do you "relate", as it were, to people who are either generations older or younger than you? Do you have any intergenerational friendships?

This applies to both on the forums and IRL.

Before I went to college, most of my friends were my mom's friends from church.

Depends on the person.

I get along well with a lot of people older than me, usually friends of my dad or parents of my friends.

Exception: This one professor from my college who is...Very sixties. Partly because I don't think he's the best teacher in my section.

Older people can be more approachable.

I often wonder what the older (by which I mean, 19<) tropers think of me.

If indeed, they think of me at all.

I know what some of them think of me. I'm dating one, after all. But you know what I mean.

edited 14th Mar '11 9:30:19 PM by SpainSun

I relate to people regardless of age. Although it does help I can easily talk about 70s Colombian culture and sound like someone knowledgeable. Although I can't stand people who're younger than me.

edited 14th Mar '11 9:31:05 PM by juancarlos11

...does a 9 year gap count?

'Ts probably the relationship most close to a friendship that I have atm.

mellon: I'd say so.

I used to be friends with a Vietnam veteran. He's passed on now, though.

edited 14th Mar '11 9:31:27 PM by SpainSun

Patronizing them seems to work pretty well.

Lemme just say it's weird when people who were the same age as me when I played Pokemon are now talking about Pokemon I've never heard of and gameplay mechanics that sure as Hell weren't around when I was a kid.

Word, Charles.

Is it really that strange?

This is probably not the best thing to ask, but how exactly are you dating Funnyguts? Do you know her in real life?

Web dating.

I maintain my stance that the internet is a wonderful thing.

I find I tend to relate better to children than I do to people my own age. But that doesn't surprise anyone, knowing me.

Oddly enough, I can also get along better with "grown-ups" than people my age, too. Unless they're in a position of authority over me, in which case I tend to irrationally hate them.

Would you say I was a "child"?

By my standards? No. At least, no more than I'm a "child".

Agreed one hundred percent

I think e-romance would be an awkward thing, somehow, but not e-friendship. Probably because that's less close.

Well I'm not asking for your permission, luckily.

-is probably better at e-romance than real life romance, considering how badly I did trying to live with my last GF-

I generally find people in their thirties easier to talk to. Shopkeepers, my bosses, and so on. School is easier now that I'm in college, but still. This is likely due to my brother being fifteen years older than me.

My boyfriend is likely another old soul, which is the only reason I am romantically involved with a younger bloke at all.

Intergenerational relationships?

I got two daughters. Little kids are fun.

I'm better at socializing with people who are at least one year younger than me. Probably because I don't feel intimidated by them anymore and start feeling superior to them. It's the same with people shorter than me.

I usually am uncomfortable with most strangers who are about the same age as I am—I'm better with people who are much older, or much younger.