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GreyQueen

ivyleaf wrote: »

GQ Do you find, as I do, that as you get older, people of varying ages feel more and more like your contemporaries?
Mind you, i'm 64, so maybe you haven't reached the same stage but I now feel more comfortable than I used to when chatting to either people who are older than me or those who are much younger. Maybe it's just that I've stopped worrying about what they think of me iyswim

Oh, most definately. I can chat away quite happily with just about anybody and don't feel the slightest shred of self-consciousness having my handsome 'toyboys' as I'm not about to jump their bones and they aren't interesting in jumping mine (well, I hope not ) so we can just get on with being pals.

I think it's a great idea to not stick to one's own generation for the very good reason that you can tend to get stuck in a mindset. Also, practically speaking, when you get older your peers might pop their clogs before you and you end up nigh-friendless.:rotfl:

moneyistooshorttomention

Personally - I'm quite happily making friends with people just about young enough (physically speaking) to be my "children" - as well as being friends with those in my own agegroup.

I tend to like the fact that that younger agegroup are, on average, more open-minded than my own agegroup/more au fait with modern ideas and styles/and the little wotnames tease me a lot:rotfl:. My own agegroup can be rather "serious" for my liking sometimes - hence I'm quite happy to "mix and match" a bit.

fuddle

My age group irritate my very core. but likewise the older generation can be very closed off to ideas and also irritate my very core. I have come to the conclusion that I am a bit intolerant and a lot of different.

I would describe myself as an open minded modern traditionalist and I find folk like me aren't that common. I definitely cross over but that bit of intolerance in me stops me from developing lots of friendships. My bad. Oooops.

GreyQueen

It takes time to find kindred spirits, but practise makes perfect. If people get on one's wick, they get on one's wick, nobody's at fault, it is as it is. Time to move on and find another set of pals.

I find the more natural and unselfconscious I am, the better I get on with people. I used to be shy but came to a realisation that this was sometimes my excuse for not being more outgoing. Not to mention very egotistical of me, thinking everyone was looking at me, what was I like?!:rotfl:

Because if you're outgoing and friendly, it won't always be reciprocated and then - what? Will we be driven out of the village and left to starve in the Woods of Unpopularity? Whilst being eaten by the Alsations of Doom - who (presumably) will have a scanty supper on account of the starvingness.

I saw a brilliant quote online somewhere in the past few months; What other people think of me is none of my business. :rotfl:

Witless

GreyQueen wrote: »

I saw a brilliant quote online somewhere in the past few months; What other people think of me is none of my business. :rotfl:

There's a more apt local version round here "It's a matter of opinion but your opinion doesn't matter"

mardatha

I went on a week's course a couple of years ago with James van Praagh, the American medium. That was his favourite saying, "what other people think of us is none of our business." I loved it.

thriftwizard

"what other people think of us is none of our business"

Oh, that's going to get quoted at The Offspring! Quite often, I fear... I hope I can speak equally happily to people both older and younger than me, from all kinds of backgrounds and cultures; mind you, my business kind of depends on that! I do come across some whose braincells I'd be happy never to agitate again, but by and large people of all ages constantly amaze and delight me.

erin_transport

Hi
Very interesting reply from Sammy Wilson MP.
More to come on this story I'm sure.
Thanks for sharing it.

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mardatha wrote: »

I went on a week's course a couple of years ago with James van Praagh, the American medium.

Have you seen the film Talking To Heaven, based on him?

The twist at the end is :eek:

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Snowing up here.

It was snowing very lightly (and not sticking), when I went shopping this morning.

Now it's falling a lot heavier, and beginning to stick.