iammachine -> RE: what is it with girls having masters double their age? (10/20/2007 11:34:15 AM)
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Holy thread necromancy, batman! I've only read the OP, and the page with replies from this year, for the record. tl;dr and whatnot. I'm going to snip and quote at my leisure for emphasis. quote:
HouseBetwnWorlds: My reason is simple; have you really SEEN the 20 somethings these days! I am glad Dylan is 46. Trust me a little maturity is refreshing these days. You're a twenty something. I'm a twenty something. Have you seen yourself? [;)] That's just me being the devil's advocate. There are exceptions to every rule. Age, does not necessarily equate to maturity. Trust me, I know plenty of 40 somethings that are just as clueless as people half their age, and a few very precocious youths. quote:
CreativeDominant: She liked the fact that I seemed to be able to give my attention to her when we went out in public and not have my eye roving to every other young thing in the place. She liked the fact that I was able to converse about something other than the next game, the next party, or other people. Of course, one of the things that helped me get to this place was not just age but life experience and learning from a father who was smart enough to teach his sons that women were not men (big surprise but surprisingly, something that many young men don't seem to get) and that they tend to look for self-assurance, not arrogance Which again, speaks to strength of character and maturity, as opposed to a direct correlation with age. Age has the benefit of generally correlating with life experience. This, of course, is not always true as there are older people that have comparatively less life experience than people younger than they. In addition, whatever experience someone may have only leads to maturity if they actually learn from that experience. :) There are exceptions to every rule, naturally. I will agree, however, that I tend to prefer to interact with people older than myself as well. A good part of it is that my life experience dictates that these are the people that I consider to be my peers, as I have always fraternized with people roughly ten years older than myself. As I get older, I'm finding the discrepancies in life experience with those nearer to my age is slowly closing, but I still have a hard time seeing them as peers. I've actually caught myself thinking "damn, they're young" and then stopping to realize that the person was actually older than myself. [:-] quote:
HouseBetwnWorlds: DONT expect the 20 something to act like a 40 something nor a 40 something to act like a 20 something. . <snip> Another thing is you have to take into account that where each of you is at age wise in life will give you a different perspective at planning. Which, I totally agree with. The same qualities that an older person might have in being more settled in their life, and having the kinks of their character worked out through experience, also come with the side effects of having different perspectives and goals for their life. That isn't neccessarily a bad thing, but it can be an obstacle, for sure. Myself, I want that happy and improbable medium of having the vibrance of youth, the wisdom of a few more trips around the sun, goals that aren't in direct conflict, and having enough interests generally in common to be able to relate. There's a reason that I'm "married" to my education. [8D]
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