Was it easier to talk to adults or children growing up?

Post Reply New Topic

The only friend I've ever had, I met him when I was 12. He moved away 6 years ago and I haven't made any lasting friendships since. Before I was 12 I never made friends with people. Just objects. Now I make friends on the internet, like you guyyyyys!

I always felt shy around adults when I was a young child. I never spoke to my aunties or uncles, not because I was unfriendly, just because I was shy with them and I only smiled and said hello and that was it. I grew out of this when I got to about 11 or 12, or maybe a little younger.

I always speak to my aunties and uncles now, more so than my cousins around my age. In fact, in any family gathering, I would much rather sit with my older relatives (my mum, my grandmother, and my aunties and uncles) rather than sitting with my cousins. I find older people talk about more interesting things, whereas youngsters only talk about parties, drinking, and other youths who they met at the bar.

My friends have always been either younger or older; I don't think i've ever had a friend who was in the same year as me. I prefer people who are older because they aren't so loud.

As a child/teen I much preferred being with adults or children much younger than I was. As an adult, most of my good friends are at least 10 years older than I am.

I was unable to make any lasting (read: more than ~2 months) friends my own age until middle school. I had two best friends in middle school. They were really my only friends and one of them was new to the school and the other one also hadn't really had any friends along the way. In high school I was in band and I pretty much latched onto the misfit group from band and tagged along with them.

I'm not sure about easier, but I felt it was more important/would help me more to talk to the adults. I wasn't always right, BTW.

I have always find talking to people my age hard. Certain people tend to be harder to talk to than others.

I find adults easier to talk, they tend to be interested in the same things I am more.

My excuse for not having friends my age? "My parents don't let me have friends my age". They do, but it's easier than explaining that I find talking to teenagers hard. Most of my friends are older than me.

I had friends my age up until grade 8. That is when I was put in a class where I only knew 4 people and only had things in common with 2 of them. I am finding it easier to interact with people my age this year (grade 11), but found it impossible in my other high school years.

I was scared of almost every child my age before I started school. I did have two friends though (they are my age).

I don't find that teenagers are very interested in the same things I am. I mean, I like music, but not the kind they like and I don't like partying long into the night with alcohol, and it seems that is very popular activity at my school.

As for younger children, I find they can be immature, so I don't tend to interact with them.

I was a typical spergy kid that way, I preferred to hang around with much younger kids or adults.

I always chose to talk to adults. They were always more interesting and smarter and kinder than children. I've always resented people within my own age bracket, and kids are so mean to anyone who doesn't fit with them.

It's weird actually how when I was a kid I was always seen as being so mature for my age, but now I'm an adult I'm seen as being very immature for my age.

I think the reason could be that I haven't really changed mentally at all since childhood. I've always been stuck in limbo when it comes to maturity.

_________________
THINGS I LIKE
Parasaurolophus, Plesiosaurs, Dinosaurs, Pterosaurs, Music, Tuna, Chocolate milk, Oreos, Blue things

Parasaurolophuscolobus. Parasaurcolobus. Colobusaurolophus.
....And Nunchucks are my friends.

None they where all @.

Lucky (now) I can tell them what I think of them or better yet ignore them

I

I use to prefer talking to adults. I remember in grade school I never wanted to go outside and play with the other kids during recess. I used to try and stay inside and talk to my teacher. Unfortunately she always made me go outside anyway.

Adults