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We spend a lot of time with people the age of our children. It's the way our community developed; we all moved up here at the same time (to an old, awakening neighborhood) and became close long before any "age mates" came to town. And those friendships continue. Recently though, there have been some bumps. I realized that one reason is that younger people have fewer years of experience (obviously, duh!) And there are things that it takes time to learn. Realizing that after five years, I wondered how others feel about the same sorts of situation. I also wanted to remind myself that friendships emerge in all sorts of ways. And of course, I found plenty of posts -- and most of them are pretty encouraging.
On The Friendship Blog, Dr. Irene Levine describes the transformation of a favorite teacher into a grown up friend.
Home Made Sal combines a meditation on friends of all ages with faith and prayer.
My special friend whom I met whilst very poorly in hospital. Despite our pain and the age gap - she is in her 80's - we had so much fun. It HURT to laugh, but we managed it!!;
At the HR Ringleader's Blog, Tricia looks the age gap at work and all the hullaballoo that's been written about it, and compares it to social media relationships, where age never matters.
One thing that occurred to me recently was that when I meet people via social media outlets, I never even think about their age. I have older friends, younger friends, and age is not an issue.
They all bear out my experience. Despite the "bumps" it's possible - and often lovely - to have friends far younger or older than you are. Like most wonderful things, all it requires is a sense of adventure and an open heart.
