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I noticed a lot of people doesn't want adult friends, which is completely understandable if you're scared of friending a creep.
Personally I've been extremely lucky, I made a few friends way older than me (literally have a 30ish online friend, rest of the time it's between 19 to 22) and I've never got any problem with them. They're respectful of my boundaries as much as I am with theirs.
I mean, we're all humans, because they are adults and we are minors doesn't mean they will be weird about it. People has been repeatedly concerned for my online friends but it's really not that deep.
What do y'all think about those kind of age gaps?
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sock
I'm on the other side of this, so ill give my opinion
I completely understand why most adults would say to avoid other adults if you're a minor, because of just how common the weirdos can be
That said, I personally am fine with being friends with younger people, because I like to be able to offer help and advice to hopefully spare them some of the things I've dealt with in life.
It feels kinda like looking at my younger self and having the opportunity to help.
SamIRL
I personally don't see a problem with it, not every adult online is a creep
feral boy Jamara
I don’t see why people make such a big deal about age on social media. To me a cool and interesting person is a cool and interesting person no matter what their age. Also, I like to include some adults among my friends on social media because it’s good to know that I have someone I can turn to for support and advice when I need to.
bea ๑ï
when I was younger, I just didn't like to befriend older people aw typically I wouldn't have good experiences with them. now that I'm 18, I just don't feel comfortable befriending people younger than me, especially if they're like younger than 15 because kids can be pretty impressionable (i think that's the right word) and the maturity levels just aren't the same. like I wouldn't go out of my way to befriend someone in their mid twenties unless we genuinely clicked because of that whole maturity thing. I guess for me it's more a preference thing, but also age gaps can be a bit problematic in general when the wrong person has the upperhand
That is true, if the adult has bad intentions I don't encourage the friendship at all, and if the younger one isn't mature enough to know where to draw a line I also think it's a bad thing to stay friend with an adult that doesn't have any filter. But if the adult is mature enough to know what's appropriate to say to a minor and the minor is mature enough to know when to say stop or block someone than it's fine. That's what I was trying to say
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RunningWithAnAfro
Idk why teenagers always trying to hang out with me. Even in real life teenagers always trying to hang out with me after work. Brotha I got 8 years on you, why do you want to hang out with me so bad <(｀^´)>
Haha maybe they just thinks you're cool or something! I understand not wanting to friends minor either, sometimes younger people than you can get exhausting TwT depends on how is the person you talk to I guess :)
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