SolarAndViolet
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Joined: 8/26/2007 Status: offline
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I may be just 26 and have not lived as long as some other people, but this much I have already learned. Age is not shown by a number in a birth certificate or ID. The age is determined by the person's behavior, whether its in real life or online. Both online and real life I met many different people, from young but intelligent "i got to learn more" types to young and arrogant "I know it all already!" . But guess what, I've also met numerous older folks that fit in the same categories. "I've lived my life thus I know all and more" as well as "We never stop learning no matter how many years we had on this earth." I've even had one older man tell me, "If you haven't lived at a time where remote control for the TV wasn't available and you had to get up from the computer and turn a knob to change a channel, you don't know life" Made me laugh that one... really hard. In fact, I lived in Russia during the first 13 years of my life and we had the TV which was turned on/off and channeled by a knob. And computer? I only had it in my wildest dreams. (Though a richer friend of mine had it... still with those huge thin black diskettes) But people make all kind of assumptions... and it's just part of life. I try (and that'll be the key word here) not to make assumptions. If I see a person's age I don't automatically assume that they are wise or that they are inexperienced. I give it a moment and talk to them (or read their posts on forums) and then try to see how they behave/communicate. I've seen 40+ year old people behave like absolute adolescents and I've seen 20-year-olds post the most sensible and wise comments. So folks, both young and old. Number is just a number. Some people learn fast and live fast, others live their whole lives and don't learn anything. Talk to a person first and then decide, but for that, you need to know how to listen with an open mind. That's just my 2 cents.... or more like 20 cents... Ok Ok..2 dollars. :) 'violet'
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