It depends on the context with children. If I was so work at a primary school or preschool, I will be able to tune into it more easier. Or if I had a friend who had small children who I could get used to, I would be able to cope (especially if they are good, not hyperactive or loud). But in general, I'm not really tolerant of kids. Yesterday there were some kids chasing eachother right outside my gate, and their voices were so distracting, and I felt like banging on the window and telling them to f**k off, but I didn't. And once somebody sat next to me on a crowded bus and she had a baby on her lap, and I really did not want them sitting right there next to me. I just felt agitated (I'm an unrelaxed person anyway).
Teenagers are more ego-wrecking. They agitate me in a different way to little kids. If I see a crowd of teenagers coming towards me in the street, I get into a hell of a state inside, because 9 out of 10 times they make noises or shout out something stupid to me when I go past, which upsets me because I am emotionally weak, so things like that distress me more easily than most people. Plus they are very quick to judge, especially girls. If they know you look unconfident and stupid like me, they will purposefully walk right into you and even tread on your toe if they can (doesn't matter if you've got a bunion or something). Yet if I did that to them they'll probably yell out like crybabies - or start bullying you or something. Lately I haven't had teenage girls staring at me - mostly I've had women in their 50s and 60s staring at me, but I still feel on edge when there are obnoxious teenagers near me.
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