I spend a lot of time around people a good bit younger than me. Most of the people I associate with range in age from 17 to 23. I have like 2 friends, including my sister, who are over 25. Before I moved to Florida I didn't even hang around with undergrads, let alone talk to teenagers. But since I manage a restaurant I come into contact with younger people all the time, and I like it. I'm not the weird old guy macking on the high school hostesses (in fact, I spend more than a little time yelling at servers to get away from the host stand and I occasionally have to shoo away lecherous bar patrons) but I enjoy talking to the young ladies because they're cool and they keep me from getting too crusty. It's not that I'm not aware of their hotness but I have morals. I enjoy goofing around with the younger guys, too. They keep me on my toes. They can also push my towards doing shit that'd probably get me fired but I have enough maturity to know when I need to stop. I have way more to lose than they do but I enjoy the challenge presented by those young bastards. I don't even know why I'm bringing this up. It just strikes me as weird, I guess. I'd like to know more people closer to my age but I just don't come into contact with them much. I meet tons of people at work and I do meet people my age but for the most part we're in different worlds. When I flew up to NYC for my best friend's birthday, I felt like a wild rock and roller compared to everyone I met. I'm used to working in an environment where people say the most obscene crazy things all the time and that's why I like it. But it puts me in a different spot than most people except for the more youthful (in age and spirit) sorts. I don't know about you guys but I'm not growing up. Yeah, I have way more responsibility than I did just a few years ago and I work way more than I ever thought I could tolerate, but I assure you I'm always going to be a goof. Maybe the point of this post is that it intrigues me how one ends up in spots in life that they never really expected and it's pretty damn cool. Peace, msi.
meh. there's no such thing as "what a person should do." so long as you're not causing anyone any agony and you're having fun, fuck "what a person should do." there's no such thing as "acting your age."
lol...that's true, your last line there. One of my closest friends is like, five years younger than me, but he's always there when I need him. I say age doesn't matter, as long as you're not my age and hanging around with twelve year olds...
