Did/Do you get along better with adults as a teenager?

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yeah, i'd have to say i'm more oblivious to age as well. if a person is easy to be around or a pain to be around can apply to both kid and adult. i've noticed between 2 teen forums and 3 forums that's mostly adults, I don't see much difference. everyone is about the same to me as far as age goes. but i had a feeling aspie kids/teens were more likely to get along better with grownups. like LifUlfur i do have a problem with authority figures, and probably more like jerk authority figures.

Yes.

Textbook f***ing Aspie.

As a teen I shared the same values as many grown-ups, so I talked to them pretty often; however, I wished that I could have a conversation with kid's my age, but I felt like they could be shallow and inappropriate at times. (Unless they were Christians, especially if they were Christians from a home-school family like me).

As a child/teen, I sometimes did feel more comfortable around adults than kids my own age.....for example - we have family friends with two girls about my age, and when all five of us kids got together, I always seemed to be the one to get ganged up on/teased. This rarely happened when our parents were around, so for years, my mom couldn't figure out why I wasn't too enthusiastic about being around these girls. (I get along just fine with them now, oddly enough)

Yes - as a child and as a teen I got along far better with adults than with other children / teens. Preferred adult company far better as well when I was young. Once I grew into adulthood it became less so and I found myself hanging out with people more my age.

I still find however that I have the best conversations with seniors and elders in my social circles - they are so wise, it's great talking to them and hearing some of the interesting things they have to tell.

93% of my friends are 40+ which is more than double my age so yes adults work better for me

Up to a point. From about 10+ I got sick of how my peers were always engaged in social power struggles.

I read a study somewhere that only children get on better with adults because they don't have siblings to talk to. This sort of makes sense to me, I was an only child and got on OK with adults (except teachers) but my cousins only talk amongst themselves in hushed tones. Now my cousins are adults and they still do that. It's creepy.

I've always gotten along with adults in my teen years rather then people within my age group I guess it was more easier for me to communicate with adults knowing that they wont be quick to prejudge

EzraS,
Welcome to adolescence! I think that's an age thing I was kinda like that around your age I think once your near your late teens early 20's things will change (they did for me)

Yes.

Although I wasn't online nearly as much as a teen as I have been the last few years.

But in general, yes, I've always gotten along with older people than my own peers. Also with much younger people than my own peers, too. I've always been good with kids.

I found I got along far better with adults and could talk with them much easier than people my age. I guess I felt I didn't have much in common with people my age - and I didn't.

As per The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome, this is because Aspies tend to be intellectually advanced and emotionally immature w/ an emotional age of 2/3rds their chronological age. So, it's easy to communicate with older people and difficult to connect with our peers that we don't have much in common with. When it comes to seniors, I read that Aspies tend to do well with them in part because they tend to be relaxed & very patient listeners vs. younger people/adults who find ASD traits annoying or frustrating.

It doesn't work that way for everyone. In my single digit years I was in open warfare with my teachers but afterwards I just didn't care. Arguing with them every day was too much effort by that point.

The internet was not so prevalent when I was a teenager, but I always did prefer spending time with older people.

yes, definitely...I get along more with people who are older than me, than with my age (I'm a teenager)