feel like the things they talk about are very petty and do you think OH MY GOODNESS is that what I sounded like at that age? I have such a hard time listening to certain younger people, not all just some. Especially when they are giving me advice and they have no children and not even married, and I didn't ask them for the advice to begin with, this one girl just assumed she knew what was going on in my life.

Then to hear someone younger talk about "teenage" stuff just drives me batty. I have no interest in it. Sometimes I want to knock on their little heads and ask HELLO ANYONE THERE? WAKE UP! Or maybe zap them with a stun gun and tell them to snap out of it lol. Ok that might be a little cruel but I get so annoyed sometimes

There is only one time I had a problem with somone younger than me trying to be a know it all with her advice .She had the gull to tell me that she didn't mind if my dd wanted to come to her and talk about sex she will be willing to talk to her.. ..She's know it ackward for kids to talk to there parents about this ........I'm like HELLO ..I'm her mom and we have already talk about sex long time ago and have preparations already in place just incase if she ever wants to take that step

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I go to college full time and I know exactly what you are talking about but I havent run into it with the people that I talk to much. When we are sitting in the lounge, I over hear people and think what a waste of time and hot air but when I am having conversations with the girls I go to school with it doesnt happen much.

They are young but most of them have kids, so we usally talk about our families or dreaded homework.


Darlene

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Hmmmm.....many of my co-workers and the people who work for me are 10 or more years younger than me (ages 20-35 or so) and I haven't noticed what you mention. They are all college-educated (BS, MS, PhD) and mostly male so maybe that makes a difference. Generally speaking, men don't jabber on as much as women anyways.

cj/

Not so much petty as sort of distressing. I suppose I just figure that being a teenager wasn't easy (I'm 25 now), and I don't want kids to suffer for things they could be warned against. I have managed to spot the start of a couple of problems with a coworker's daughter that he hadn't noticed, and was able to take care of. People a couple of years younger than me seem really petty, though. I was aware of things that happened well before I was born, and was expected to be able to handle technologies that were fading as I was growing up. If my grandparents wanted to talk about something that had been popular in the 50's, I had some idea what they were talking about, because I knew a lot had come before me. I know people now who don't seem to realise that life existed before 1998!

I have one friend like that shes about 6yrs younger than me & is always trying to give advice & is a real know it all. And yes it drives me crazy. I really think she has alot to learn & sometimes when I hear I think gee I sure hope I didnt sound or act that way when I was younger ya know.

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The biggest thing that bother's me about the way younger people talk is their filthy language!
When I hear a group of teenagers using really foul language, I will give them a dirty look at the least and a comment at the most.

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Square dancing is friendship set to music!

I met a neighbor around the corner from me one summer who had kids older than my kids. We got along great, and then she told me she wasn't even old enough to drink! I couldn't believe it, she was really fun to be with and we had a lot in common, but we are over 10 years apart!


We have since moved, but she comes over with the kids and we talk regularly on the phone. Her and her husband got pregnant in high school and married at 16 or 17 and have 3 kids now. SHe keeps me young!

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"A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked." ~ Bernard Meltzer

I'm 37 and my best friend (other than DH) is 27
Our lives are pretty different I have 4 kids she has none, she just got married in Sept Ive been married since she was little. But she keeps me young. If it wasnt for her I think I'd be "old and cranky"

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I have OCCD
Obsessive-Compulsive Coupon Disorder!!!

My best friend is 10yrs younger than me, so I guess the answer is no. My sil is 17yrs younger than me, so it was hard to take her seriously at first. Once I gave what she said the respect everyone deserves, I found that she made a lot of sense.