@Jackw_37 well, no. i have always had friends younger than myself, older than myself, the same approximate age... why in the world would i want to hang out only with one age group? that would be like hanging out with only one skin tone, or only people wearing glasses, or only lefthanded people. sure, sometimes you do like to gather with people who have that one thing in common with you, but to say you have friends so you can be with people of the same age group? that is very exclusionary, and it's not particularly healthy either. it reminds me of folks who are arguing right now that congress needs to get rid of all the old folks and elect only new, young people. well, electing new, young people is a VERY good idea, and getting rid of bad representatives, especially (but not exclusively) if they've been there a long time, is also a good idea. but getting rid of old people, or tenured people, simply because they're old, or because they've been around accomplishing things for a long time, and only have new people who have not had an opportunity to learn the ropes -- who's going to show the new people the ropes? it's one thing to have new ideas and it's another thing to reinvent the wheel from scratch! it's important for the various generations to be together, to communicate, to learn from one another (because the new and young have stuff to teach the old and experienced, too).

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