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One of my mom''s closest friends and former coworkers is maybe 20 years or so younger than my mom. My parents'' best friends are probably 5-10 years older than my parents are. Most of my friends (and my husband''s) are close to my/our age -- probably within 5 years.

Are your friends close to you in age? If not, does the age thing bother you?
 
I have a lot of friends that are my age, a few years younger and a few that are five years older. My moms best friend is 15 years younger than her. My parents have a lot of older and younger friends, but most of them are around the same age as them. I don''t think it''s weird to have older or younger friends, I can relate to almost anyone no matter what their age is.
 
The ages of mine are mixed too. One of my closest friends is close to 50, and I''m 34. I have another good friend who is..27 I think..wait. Crap, what a good friend I am, I don''t even remember how old she is.
 
Anyone I would call to hang out is between 1-3 years older than me. Probably largely a function of still counting my college friends as my closest. Didn't know anyone more than 3 years older than myself in college
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I have some less-close friends that are 5-15 years older.

My close friends have always been a 1 or 2 years older, but not much more. I wonder how/if that'll change as I get older and more 'grown up.'

My parents don't maintain many close friendships, but those they have are all within 5 years of their age.
 
DH and I have always hung out with older people and now hang out with some younger ones (now that we''re old enough that "younger" people aren''t school-aged). When I was in high school, I became friends with older women like my youth group leader who is 8 years older; I was one of her two bridesmaids. When I met DH in college when I was 18 and he was 20, he was hanging out with all these people 5 to 10 years older who had jobs and houses and stuff. So I guess we''ve never been the types to just hang out with our own age group. When we lived in our condo, we hung out at least once a week with our 60+ neighbor and his 70+ girlfriend.

I''m 29. The non-family female friends I invited to my baby shower this weekend were:

early 20s: 1
late 20s: 3
30s: 4
40s: 4
50s: 0
60s: 1

The younger ones are my coworkers. The older ones are friends from being neighbors or sharing common interests. Hmmm, I wonder why I don''t have many older coworker friends . . . my first year at my school my closest friend/lunch buddy was 20+ years older, but she''s in a different department and we drifted apart after not having the same lunch the next year.
 
My friends are mostly around my own age to 7 years older than me. I have a few friends here and there that are 15 or so years older than me, but not many.

My mom''s very close friend/former coworker is about 25 years younger than her. My mom loves to go out and do stuff constantly-shows, museums, etc. I think a lot of her friends her own age aren''t nearly as active as she is so she needs younger friends. Same goes for my dad-my husband is one of his best friends and I think a lot of it has to do with my dad''s activity level.
 
Most of my friends are my age (22), either friends I have met in high school or at uni. A couple are 1 or 2 years older.

i must admit, I have always been clique-y. I always hang out with the same group of people during my free time. Other friends I have made at work are just not as close to me as my teenage years'' friends.
 
I am 19, and my best friends are all around 25.

Age is not an issue for me or my friends.. the only difference between us is the number
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I wanted to add:

I think a lot of it's in your attitude. I taught middle school my first year, so when I got my high school job I was 23, not 22. I was only older than one teacher who was 22, right out of college, and she was really disappointed when she found out I was "older" than she was, as though there was that much of a difference. When more young teachers were hired the next year, she talked about starting an informal "under 25 club." It seemed like she really felt like she stuck out because of her age, which just made her, well, stick out because of her age (or at least her attitude about age), ya know?
 
Our friends range in age from mid-late 20s to 50s. For reference, I''m 32, DH is 40. Age doesn''t matter to use if there are shared interests.
 
Many are older than us by 5 plus years... I am the youngest in the group. It doesn''t bother me one bit.
 
Most of my friends are between 3 years younger and 3 years older. Guess I'm in the middle
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My closest friend is only four months younger than me.
 
mixed.but my closest friends are within a few years of my age.
 
My very closest friends (ethe ones I speak with or see at least once a week) are:
27: 1 (met at work four years after college)
28: 2 (Met one in 2nd grade, one right after college. These are my two closest friends.)
30: 2 (Met at work four years after college)
31: 1 (Met at work one year after college)
38: 1 (Met at work four years after college)
39: 1 (Does my DH count?)
43: 1 (Met three years ago when I had her son in class)

I'm 28, for reference. I have a lot of acquaintances and social friends who are in their late 30s and early 40s whom I've met through my DH, who is ten years older than I am, so I suppose that is to be expected. Most of his friends are around his age.

And I consider my sister Allie to be one of my best friends, she'll be 24 on the 5th, but I suppose she doesn't count because she's my sister.

The age thing doesn't bother me at all, with my friends or with my DH.

ETA: Sorry, you asked for an average and I gave you a list. That was the only way I could really figure it out, though, to list each friend's age. So, the average is: 32.67, I think.
 
Date: 9/1/2009 9:52:07 PM
Author: cindygenit
Most of my friends are my age (22), either friends I have met in high school or at uni. A couple are 1 or 2 years older.

i must admit, I have always been clique-y. I always hang out with the same group of people during my free time. Other friends I have made at work are just not as close to me as my teenage years'' friends.
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Yeah, same here (only I''m 24).

A little off topic, but I too think that no relationship is as strong and lasting as the ones formed in your teenage years/yearly 20s and survived your transition from a kid to an adult. The people you meet afterwards see the final product, so to speak. The ones who''ve been there with you from the start helped you in the process of growing up and becoming the person you''re now.
 
Most of my close friends range in age from 6 years younger than me to three years older. I do have one very close friend who is about 24 years older than me.
 
Date: 9/2/2009 3:58:56 AM
Author: bee*
Most of my close friends range in age from 6 years younger than me to three years older. I do have one very close friend who is about 24 years older than me.
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That sounds a lot like me--there''s a pretty wide range in the ages of my friends. Usually there are only a handful of people older than me, if any.
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majority of my friends are around my age but I have friends that are much younger or older.

Age doesn''t bother me it''s the individual and our connection. I recently loss my neighbor who had become a good friend and she was 40 yrs my senior.
 
My friends from childhood and undergrad are all around the same age as I am.

When I started working, a lot of the new friends I made were 2 - 15 or 20 years older.

My DH is older than I am, so many of the people I know through him are 7 - 8 years older.

And now that I've gone back to school, I have a lot of friends who are 4 - 7 years younger, which feels strange to me sometimes since I'm used to having older friends.


ETA: age doesn't bother me unless someone feels left out - like when I don't understand some cultural reference DH or his friends make about their childhood, or when my younger friends don't get cultural references from my childhood. For the most part, I love having older friends who can share the benefit of their life experience with me, and younger friends who (generally) socialize more and who can teach me about the things that are relevant to their lives.
 
My friends are mostly within 2-3 years of my age and DH''s age (he is a year and a half older than me). Recently DH and I moved to a community where the people are a little older (5-6 years older) and the age difference isn''t really noticeable to us. We happen to be closer to our friends our own age, but that''s really just because we grew up with them and went to college with them.
 
Most of my friends from HS/college are around my age (generally within 2 years) but I find that since I''ve gotten out of college, the people I prefer to spend time with are at least 3-5 years older than I am (with one exception, but I feel like if at 22 you already own your own home you get an honourary age boost).
 
My friends have always spanned in age quite a bit. I have to good friends who are about 20 years older than me, and then the rest of my girlfriends are right around my age. I appreciate the wisdom my older friends offer me, due to their life experience, and I love having friends who are experiencing similar life milestones with me. It''s the best of both worlds.
 
Many of my friends are around my age (26) but most of my friends from work are in their late 30''s-early 40''s. One of my good friends is 50. I think it just depends on what you are around.. A lot of the people my age at work are getting married/having kids and completely focused on having the biggest and best whatever, which I am not. The older ones are into just hanging out, not about keeping up with the Jones'' and are ok with the fact that I''m not getting married and having kids right now! They just accept me for who I am.. While the people my age just question me. This all just applies to work people though, which is interesting. My friends outside of work who are my age could care less about getting married/having kids or are doing so without judging me. It''s so odd to see the differences!
 
Most of my friends are older than me. A few are 2-3 years older and a few are 10-20 years older than me. My closest friend is 36. For reference, I will be turning 26 in a few days.

I find that I generally get along better with women older than me. It's always been this way, even in high school. In grade 8, I would be hanging out with girls in grade 11/12.
 
Date: 9/1/2009 10:04:26 PM
Author: April20
Our friends range in age from mid-late 20s to 50s. For reference, I''m 32, DH is 40. Age doesn''t matter to use if there are shared interests.
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Same for my husband and I (we are in our late 30''s).
 
I''m 35 (almost 36) and my husband is 37. As I said earlier, most of our friends are pretty close to our ages, but some are older and others are younger. I''ve hung out recently with a coworker who just graduated college, and while we''re in different places in our lives, we had fun. I hate to admit it, but the age thing made me wonder whether or not we''d have anything to talk about. I guess it''s more about where you are in your life instead of how old you are.
 
oh the age thing...

I''m 24 and fi is 40...closer in age to my parents than he is to me...
My best friends are my age
The friends I see on a regular basis are between 28-42

I can''t say there aren''t differences between 25 yr olds and 40 yr olds, because there are, but individual circumstances will dictate whether or not those differences "matter." The only time the age difference bothers me is when I hang out with my older friends who are established in life financially and with their families. Sometimes I feel like I should be at the same point in my life, but I have to keep reminding myself that they''ve had about 16 more years to accomplish the things I haven''t!
 
I was actually thinking about this yesterday so I''m glad to see a thread about this!

In high school, my friends were 2-5 years older. When I was in college my friends were 10-15 years older (returning to complete degrees or earn a 2nd one). And now I have two groups of friends which are both are 20-30 years older. I''m older than their children by only 5-15 years! The age difference doesn''t bother me, but I was reminded of it yesterday since we were discussing all the kids heading back to school next week. Can''t relate to that!
 
26-40''s. I''ll be 25 next month.
 
FI and I are 25 and most of our friends are 30-35, so a bit older. Honestly it doesn't bother us at all, as most people say we act 30-something instead of 20-something anyway. Most of the 20-somethings I work with are great, but they're still in to going out, not being in serious relationships, etc, so FI and I just fit in with the slighty older and more settled down crowd
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(eta: some say we're boring, I say laid back!)

My mom (55) is good friends with someone in her 30s as well as someone in her 70s (who still works and is go go go all the time). I always find it interesting that her friends are so diverse.

ETA: We're still good friends with a lot of our college buddies who are the same age as us, but they don't live close enough to hang out on a regular basis so I didn't include them.
 
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