do I even want to know your age?

[derien]

Is it silly to want to have communities on which nobody bothers to say anything, just so that I can see those communities on other people's profiles? Like, there could be (maybe there are, I don't know) comms for people born in particular decades just so that we could easily be reminded "Oh, right, this person is in my age group."

Or then again maybe not, because mostly I think it's better not to divide people by age. Some people are mature and sensible at a young age and some never become so. Some are born stodgy and others remain vibrantly young acting forever. So often I don't have anything at all in common with people 'my age' that usually I forget my age and am surprised to be reminded of it.

Maybe I'm just feeling old, today. And lonely.

Comments

[mamaslyth.livejournal.com]

12-12-64 here. About 2 years older than you.

[derien.livejournal.com]

There's you, daegaer and exquiscadavre on my f-list who are in the same age range. It's kind of a comfort, but that doesn't mean that we're 'naturally' more in tune with each other than with other people, if you know what I mean?

[mamaslyth.livejournal.com]

Yep. I do. But at least I would get A Flock of Seagulls hairstyle reference ;)

[derien.livejournal.com]

But see, I wouldn't, entirely - I didn't see videos when I was in high school. I know that they were a band and I think I heard that they had like long bangs pulled into a point, but it's all hearsay to me.

[daegaer.livejournal.com]

We're at least less likely to start posting all in text-speak :-) (but as you can see, may be more likely to use Usenet-era ASCII emoticons).

[derien.livejournal.com]

Well of course we do our emoticons sideways like right-thinking people. These kids today with their horizontal emoticons... ;)

[kryptyd.livejournal.com]

I have my age on my profile but here it is again: 21st of November 1979.

I also know ALL about the Flock of Seagulls hairstyle even though I'm not really old enough, thanks to my unfortunate obsession with the 80s during the mid to late 90s

[derien.livejournal.com]

If you didn't tell me it would be impossible for me to guess your age. I'd put you younger because of the video games, the manga and the band, even though my brother who was born in '70 also plays in a band... but yours is a younger type of band, because you can be ancient and look right doing bluegrass. You need more energy to jump around with punk. And I played video games up until only a couple of years ago, when I finally decided that they contributed nothing to my life. But as far as interactions, you seem remarkably sensible and intelligent.

[derien.livejournal.com]

Frick! I was actually going to change that last line to "one of the most sensible and intelligent people I know," but as I highlighted to remove it I accidently clicked the 'post' button. :P

[lifeofmendel.livejournal.com]

i've never typically identified with people in my age bracket. when i was a teen i identified better with people older than me (in fact when i was 16 i was good friends with someone in their 40s). once i got older i started to identify with people younger than me. now it's not so much an age thing as much as a life philosophy thing. i've taught some high school students that are more with it than some adults.

that sort of thing has always made more sense to me than anything else.

[derien.livejournal.com]

True for me too, though I never went so far as to call myself good friends with someone that much older - I was too insecure to ever have thought they were being anything but kind. :) I got along better with adults when I was a kid, and my best friends were two or three years younger than I was. I have one friend who's I think 15 years older than I am, and she didn't dare let me know that for a long time. I weasled that information by reading her license upside down when she was cashing a check one day, otherwise I'd never have realized it.

[slicesmissus.livejournal.com]

Age only matters if you're wine or cheese :-D

Totally agree with the some people are born stodgy and others act vibrantly young forever thing though.

As for me? Turning 36 soon but I refuse to feel any older than hubby (who is 26).

[derien.livejournal.com]

They say a younger spouse will keep you young, and I think that's because you'll just automatically keep up with them and keep moving.

[slicesmissus.livejournal.com]

Might be :-)

Saying that, I once pissed off my ex (in fact the last time I ever spoke to him online) by saying Alex was more mature than he was. At the time Alex was 21 and my ex was 33!

[derien.livejournal.com]

And I don't doubt for a moment that he was!

[eor.livejournal.com]

I'm old enough to know better, but still young enough to ignore the fact I know better.

[derien.livejournal.com]

And that gets us into all kinds of trouble! ;> (But so far we still have the ability to get out of it again, so that's okay.)