[holdyourhead]

	Originally Posted by owly To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	No. I don't subscribe to the idea that being an old-fuck makes you more intelligent, mature, etc. I especially dislike the idea that we should respect elders automatically, without question. You have to earn respect, no matter who you are.

True.


For me, I used to feel like I was in a position where I actually got on better both with older and younger people, just not in or near my own age range... I seemed to get on best with children or people over 30. The teenage and 20s age range seemed to have a higher proportion of people I could not connect with. There seemed to be more maturity in people over 30, and intelligent conversations. With the children there seems to be less expectation and judgemental attitudes.

[owly]

Age is inconsequential for me to relate. We have to be like-minded.

[True Rune]

When I was younger, yes. I couldn't relate with my age mates and opted for the older crowd. My older sister's friends generally liked me and old people at church thought I was a "smart young man".. I guess it's my turn to be the old guy now.

[Geneva]

Yes, I was just thing about this last week. I always ended up in the room with the "grown folks" talking about politics or big abstract ideas, while the other kids my age played. I'm 21 now and its my last year of college, the closest people to me are professors.

[Selene]

Originally Posted by crankit To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

I consider myself an old soul because the way I speak and my interests in general are much more like that of an older person then my own age group (26 years old). I also find it much easier to have a conversation with someone over 50. Are any of you INTJs on this forum like this? I really don't seem to have much in common with my own generation. Another trait of mine is that although I'm a proper tech head, I'm also interested in antiques and restoration of old things such as -Tube radios, Old Tractors, Vintage Appliances. Is this a trait common with the INTJ type? I usually read that the INTJ is focused more on the future which I am to a great degree but yet I'm quite nostalgic.

Yup I like old things, movies, books, and music. There's a romantic edge in the lostness of bygone age.

[WillBrazil]

I always prefferred to talk with people older than me. I always had the impression that most people of my age were futile. When I was a teenager, many of my friends were actually my parents' friends, much older than me.

When I used to go to church (14-20 years old) most part of my friends there were 30 years old or more (all the teens were futile)

At university I have found some good friends of my age (21), but out of university all my real friends are older than me (30 years or more).

The same happens to dates. I am usually attracted to guys older than me. Never dated someone younger.

[JackCY]

I much more enjoy talking to older people as well, like parents of my friends XD
Friends of my parents.

I guess because they have information that can actually be useful, they have experience and more wisdom than those younger hot headed "drunk" people that are about my age.
There are people of my age that are fine but they are hard to meet as it is hard to meet me IRL. There is not many meeting places when one does not enjoy social drinking/parties/...

[Social Torture]

One thing I've learned within the past few years is to listen to the stories when the older generation is passing them to you. I know that I'm probably stating the obvious here, but they don't tell us all those stories just to hear themselves talk. There is something to be learned in all of them.

[Purgatid]

Others consider me an old soul. Personally, I don't want to assign myself that trait since I have no experience from not being who I am. I can't compare.

[Elanesse]

The people I get along with best are all older than me by at least a few years. I'm not really sure why that is though.

[Silas]

I usually connect better with people older than me. I think i like to harvest all their wisdom and experiences.

I'm at the age of 21 and don't have any friends less then three years older than me. My best friend, who also unofficialy functions as my mentor, is 32.

[razgrim]

Always had an easier time talking and interacting with people 2+ years older than my physical age. The teachers were more my friends than the classmates in high school.

I'm 20, and a very old man.

[Mindfreak]

	Originally Posted by Overanalyzer To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	In cases like HS or College. For elementary, did you find fitting in hard? I didn't really have friends in HS nor do I in college, but I get along with some professors great.

Yes, to a degree. No real friends in high school, as I transfered to a new school during Freshman year. Getting along with teachers/professors was easier.

A psychology professor once said I was a high introvert trying too hard to be an extrovert. In retrospect, he was correct. He could read people like a book.

[HellGeist]

I've always gotten along better with adults and older people.

Guess I'm an old soul. I feel out of place with people around my age. I'm 22.

[pestulens]

For me, this was more true when I was young (elementary - middle school). Around mid way through high school I maid some fends my own age who I actually liked and continued that way in college. Oddly most of them where not that much more mature than others in our age group, just more interesting. I still find older people easier to relate to in general than people my own age (late 20's) but people closer to my own age are more likely to share simmer interests (Tech Geek).
I defiantly agree that physical age is no sure indicator of emotional or intellect maturity, but it helps.

[Monte314]

Geezers annoy me. Kids (=people under 40) are more fun.

[Junk]

I'm what you call an "old soul"

[Arthur Dent]

I complain and criticise constantly, like the old man stereotype. I'm also far from being physically fit.