Writer Wednesday welcomes Morgan Mandel
My friends are my saving grace! Welcome writer Morgan Mandel, today, would you, friends?
Are Your Friends the Same Age As You?
When I was a child, even one year’s age difference seemed humongous. Kindergarteners didn’t friend or get friended by first-graders, and on up the line. This concept remained fast even through my high school years. Then I was thrust into the mishmash of college. All of a sudden the lines blurred. I was thrown into the mix with students of various ages taking classes on all sorts of levels. An entire new horizon of friends opened up for me.
The years flew by. The friends in my age group remained, but I also had no problem connecting with those older and younger, from work, as well as other avenues. In fact, I became very close to a lady who was over thirty years older than me. She cracked me up, always saying exactly what she felt, and getting away with it. I adored her down-to-earth manner and sense of humor.
Another dear friend a few years older than me came about through our husbands’ common interest in fishing. While they were out pounding the waters, we found ways to keep occupied, such as shopping, going to lunch, putting together puzzles—and when casinos sprang up everywhere, we were goners! I’m afraid that’s one interest we’re a bit too interested in.
Looking at my writing chapter, I see members from all age groups. That doesn’t matter. We enjoy supporting each other and sharing our writing life. My best writing buddy is over twenty years younger, but we have so much in common and relate in so many ways, our age doesn’t enter into the picture.
I can’t close my observations without mentioning social networking from which I’ve gained so many valuable friendships, of those young and old whom I’ve never met offline. Still, I feel like I know them almost as well or even better than friends I see on a regular basis.
All my friends are very dear to me. Because of that, I’ve come to the conclusion age is not the deciding factor for forming friendships, as long as you have common interests.
That’s why in my romantic thriller, Forever Young: Blessing or Curse, when fifty-five year old Dorrie reverts back to twenty-four, she can still relate to her bestfriend from before, yet has no problem forming a friendship with someone her new age.
What about you? Are your friends the same age as you?
Answer Morgan here in the comments, or connect with her at her blog!
